Adylan Roaffa

Senior Software Engineer

Germany5 yrs 10 mos experience

Key Highlights

Led initiatives reducing costs by over $2M annually.
Architected scalable infrastructure for millions of users.
Recognized with the 2023 Spot Award for outstanding performance.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Software Engineer with expertise in high-scale systems and distributed architectures.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software InfrastructureSoftware Design

Other Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Android DevelopmentApache KafkaCC++Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)Code ReviewData AnalysisEngineeringGoHTMLJavaJavaScriptLeadershipMachine Learning

About

Senior Software Engineer specializing in high-scale backend systems and distributed architectures. Currently at Adjoe leading cross-functional initiatives in adtech; previously built systems serving millions of users at TikTok and Shopee.I focus on designing scalable infrastructure that delivers measurable business impact—from optimizing services handling millions of QPS to reducing costs by $2M+ annually. My expertise spans Go, Python, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kafka, MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB).I'm drawn to complex engineering challenges where technical excellence meets real product impact. Whether it's architecting data placement strategies, migrating monoliths to microservices, or leading teams through ambitious technical projects, I believe in building systems that scale both technically and operationally.Based in Hamburg. Always happy to connect with engineers tackling interesting problems in distributed systems and backend infrastructure. Always open to relocation :)

Experience

5 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 4 mos

Current Experience

Adjoe

Senior Software Engineer

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · Hamburg, Germany · Hybrid

GoMySQLSoftware Project ManagementAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache KafkaSoftware Infrastructure+1

Tiktok

Software Engineer

Feb 2023 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos · Singapore

Integrated into the Data Service Team responsible for storing and serving TikTok video metadata, handling millions of queries per second globally.
Acted as the technical owner of the video metadata indexing service, collaborating closely with two SREs and one additional software engineer.
Architected and delivered video data placement strategies metadata to be utilized for regional data placement and tiered
(hot/cold) storage strategies—successfully eliminating the need for storage scaling for the next X years.
Led the design and implementation of a new metadata field onboarding workflow. Conducted user interviews, mapped user flows, and built rapid MVPs — reducing manual operational toil by 90%.
Spearheaded a storage optimization initiative that reduced annual storage costs by >$X million USD.
Recognized with the 2023 Spot Award for outstanding performance and key contributions to team success.
Mentored junior engineers and interns through regular 1:1s, design sessions, and code reviews — with one mentee earning the "Excellent New Employee" spot bonus award.

Code ReviewProblem SolvingTroubleshootingSoftware DesignSoftware InfrastructureEngineering

Shopee

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2023 – Feb 2023 · 1 mo · Singapore

Code ReviewProblem SolvingTroubleshooting

Software Engineer

Jun 2020 – Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Singapore

Working as a software engineer in ShopeePay Wallet Team & Coin Shared Service Team.
Technologies used: Python, Golang, MySQL, Redis, Kubernetes

Code ReviewProblem SolvingTroubleshooting

Adakerja

Software Engineer

Aug 2019 – Jan 2020 · 5 mos · Jakarta Metropolitan Area

Troubleshooting

Dekoruma

Software Engineer

May 2019 – Aug 2019 · 3 mos · Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

Troubleshooting

Jojonomic - the future of work

Back End Developer

Oct 2018 – Jan 2019 · 3 mos · Bandung Area, West Java, Indonesia

Developed the core features of payroll system to provide end-to-end employee payroll experience which includes calculation of taxes, bonuses, and allowances. Involved in designing and creating the core back-end services using REST API for the payroll system.

University of chicago

Research Assistant

May 2018 – May 2019 · 1 yr

Joined Garuda Ilmu Komputer Laboratory.
Working on a research to create a tail-tolerant SSD systems using deep learning. Assisted the PhD student to design machine learning models and measure the inference time of the machine learning models to create a comparative analysis among the models.

Tokopedia

Software Engineer

May 2018 – Aug 2018 · 3 mos · Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

Developed group chat features. Involved in building some key features such as: Group chat gamification (voting system), Group chat rooms, Internal tools for Tokopedia’s internal business purposes, and creating unit test. Mostly working on back-end development with some small involvement in front-end development.