Summary
Afrisal Purnama is a solo mobile app developer with 11 years of experience building native Android (Java/Kotlin) and iOS (Swift) apps as well as cross-platform React Native solutions, and he runs backend systems in Node.js with Kafka and MongoDB. He has a proven track record shipping consumer apps downloaded by millions and has won 35+ Topcoder challenges, demonstrating both product focus and competitive engineering skill. His work frequently blends computer vision, image processing, and augmented reality to create richer mobile experiences, reflecting a practical interest in emerging mobile technologies. A former CTO and co-founder, he combines startup leadership with hands-on implementation, and currently operates independently from East Java, Indonesia. Notably, his career spans long-term contributions to messaging and real-time projects dating back to early roles at Catfiz Messenger and internships that seeded his mobile-first approach.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering - Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering - Computer Engineering at Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS)
Indonesian, Indonesian