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Software Engineer and ML Researcher

Software Engineer / Singapore / HFT Firm / 14+ wins

Software Engineer building high-performance post-trade systems. ML Enthusiast exploring data-efficient learning for underrepresented languages. 14x hackathon winner.

ContactExperience
Current
Undisclosed High-frequency Trading Firm
Previous
Coinbase / Shopee
Research
EMNLP / ACL / IEEE

6

Years Experience

14+

Hackathon Wins

4

Publications

01 / About

I am a Software Engineer at an Undisclosed High-frequency Trading Firm (Singapore) building high-performance post-trade systems. I have 6 years of experience. My passion lies in pragmatic engineering and building high-impact products. I am interested in Weak Supervision and Multilingual NLP to solve data scarcity for underrepresented languages. Previously at Coinbase and Shopee.

Based in

Singapore

Experience

6 years

Previous

Coinbase / Shopee / Traveloka

Current

HFT Firm

02 / Experience

2023–Present

Software Engineer

Undisclosed High-frequency Trading Firm

2022–2023

Software Engineer

Coinbase

Built Internationalization (i18n) platform & Payment infra.

2020–2022

Machine Learning Engineer

Shopee

Recommendation Systems (Buy Again/Voucher Tab).

2019

Machine Learning Engineer Intern

Traveloka

Built Indonesian Word Segmentation library.

2018

Software Engineer Intern

GDP Labs

Worked on Indonesian text classification and web application.

03 / Research

EMNLP / ACL / IEEE

04 / Awards

14+

hackathon wins and competitive builds

05 / Side Projects

Products built around public access, creator discovery, and better tooling for Indonesian users.

Pasal.id

Open Legal Search

Live Product

An open Indonesian law platform that makes regulations searchable, structured, and easier to verify than raw PDFs.

Built around official government publications and transparent source tracking.

Turns bab, pasal, and ayat into individually searchable legal data.

Also exposes REST API and MCP access for developer workflows.

ProdukLokal.tech

Tech Product Launch Platform

Live Product

A discovery and launch home for Indonesian tech products, designed for makers, creators, and early adopters.

Lets creators launch, showcase, and grow locally built products.

Supports browsing through categories, trending lists, winners, and fresh launches.

Frames itself as a place to discover and support Indonesian technology.

06 / Writing

I write about Engineering & AI. Check out my latest stories on Medium.

Read on Medium

07 / Contact

Let's build something precise, useful, and a little more memorable than the default.

ilhamfirdausiputra(at)gmail(dot)com