Rick Christie is a pragmatic technology leader and CTO with a decade of hands-on experience building web, backend, and mobile products across startups and high-growth platforms. He has moved from front-end engineering to leading central infrastructure and product teams at Traveloka, designing CMS, common view libraries, authentication systems, and helping secure PCI-DSS compliance while driving measurable product impact. As a startup co-founder he built a Go backend and Android MVP, learned hard lessons in product-market fit, and now applies that operator mindset to make quality living more accessible at Rukita. Known for mentoring engineers, fostering engineering culture, and shipping practical tooling, he pairs product empathy with strong implementation skills and continuous self-improvement.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
S. Kom., Information Systems, 3.91, S. Kom., Information Systems, 3.91 at Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana
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Rick Christie - Chief Technology Officer at Rukita