Dhifan Razaqa

Informatics student at UPN Veteran Jakarta with experience building and shipping backend systems in Go, from real-time gRPC microservices and WebSocket in undergraduate thesis to high-traffic GraphQL Subscriptions and Typesense systems at Kumparan. Also experienced in frontend and mobile development through an internship at Telkomsel, deploying applications on GCP and Azure, and winning several national software development competitions.

iOS Developer Intern at Apple Developer Academy (2026-03 – Present)

World-class talent development program by Apple with 90% employment rate. Selected as one of the few participants (3% Acceptance Rate) for a 10-month program to develop world-class iOS applications using Swift and Apple's Challenge-Based Learning framework. The program was conducted in a half-day format, allowing participants to continue working alongside the program.

Backend Engineer Intern at kumparan (2025-07 – 2025-11)

Indonesia's leading hybrid media platform backed by GDP Venture & Go-Ventures

• Built a Topic Suggestion feature that cut topic search time from 3 minutes to under 5 seconds, improving journalist workflow efficiency by 97-98%.
• Developed a real-time suggestion system using Go, GraphQL Subscriptions, and Typesense for instant topic discovery.
• Improved backend performance for high-traffic news delivery by maintaining library versions and building a custom indexer using Goroutine to manage Typesense indexes.

Software Engineer Intern at Telkomsel (2024-09 – 2024-12)

Indonesia's largest mobile network operator with 159+ million subscribers. Selected as 1 of 192 interns out of 59,000+ applicants (0.3 % Acceptance Rate) for the Kampus Merdeka Batch 7 program.

• Built "Josh Hire," a cross-platform recruitment app with Tinder-like swipe mechanics using React Native and Expo to simplify the job-matching process.
• Applied Trunk-Based Development and Git Conventions to maintain code quality and keep the team moving fast.

Web Developer at FiveTV UPNVJ (2024-03 – 2024-08)

• Updated and maintained fivetvupnvj.com to match FiveTV UPNVJ's needs, including integrating Instagram Reels and adding a comment feature using Next.js and WordPress with GraphQL.

Backend Beginner Mentor at KSM Android UPNVJ (2024-02 – 2024-06)

• Taught a 10-week backend course for 17 mentees at KSM Android UPNVJ, covering Express JS, PostgreSQL, GitHub, and deployment.

Application Maintenance Manager at KSM Android UPNVJ (2023-12 – 2024-12)

• Maintained Dignition, an internal Learning Management System for KSM Android UPNVJ, keeping it running on Azure virtual machines.
• Led a team of 19 members across Backend, Frontend, Mobile, System Analyst, and QA to maintain and improve the app together.

Bachelor of Informatics (S.Kom) in Informatics – Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta (2022-2026)