Summary
Toby Darmawan is a software engineer with eight years of experience building reliable backend systems and cross-platform applications that prioritize privacy and operational efficiency. Based in California and currently at Brilliant Smart Home, he has shipped asyncio Python services, REST and GraphQL endpoints, and gRPC APIs backed by Redis and PostgreSQL while maintaining AWS infrastructure with Terraform and Packer. He designed and deployed a high-scale NATS.io pub/sub system supporting over 80,000 concurrent TLS connections and half a million subscriptions, demonstrating a strong focus on real-time, device-to-cloud communication. Toby pairs rigorous testing and CI/CD troubleshooting with pragmatic performance improvements—batch queries and API optimizations—to reduce latency in production. He also brings hands-on deployment experience from large multi-unit smart home rollouts and a background in quality assurance from the University of Michigan, giving him a practical perspective on product reliability and user-facing operations.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
IB Diploma, IB Diploma at Jakarta Intercultural School
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of Michigan
Binus School Simprug