Raka Alifiar Gunarto

Email: [email protected] | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/raka-gunarto | GitHub: github.com/raka-gunarto

Work Experience

Application Engineer (Copilot, Gen AI, Azure) | January 2025 – Present

Sole Software Engineer: Embedded within an operations-focused organization, taking end-to-end ownership of internal engineering initiatives in an environment with minimal existing technical infrastructure.
Deep Learning Research: Researched deep learning techniques for oil well time-series modeling to support operational decision-making and production optimization.
Knowledge Management: Integrated Microsoft Copilot with on-prem file shares for the wells team, enabling a chat experience with gigabytes of reports dating back to 1980.
Efficiency Improvements: Implemented a custom RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) chat solution with Azure AI Search and Azure OpenAI for the legal team. Improved information discovery times by at least 4x.

Software Engineer (Azure, Cloud, C#, Java, Linux) | November 2023 – September 2024

Client Delivery: Tested complex upgrade paths for a key product and led a live on-site upgrade for a major client.
Bug Resolution: Quickly adapted to new projects, resolving critical bugs under tight deadlines to meet deliverables before release.
OS Migration: Designed and implemented an in-place OS upgrade process for bespoke product VMs (CentOS 7 to RHEL 8), ensuring continued security and low-friction state preservation.
Security & Automation: Prevented a product release containing critically vulnerable dependencies by enhancing automated detection processes.
Process Optimization: Automated manual processes such as credential rotations, saving hours of work and reducing the potential for human error.

Software Engineer Intern (CI, AzureDevOps, Jira, Python) | June 2022 – August 2022

Migration: Coordinated a division-wide migration of projects from Jira to AzDO, preserving work history without blocking development teams.
Audit Automation: Improved automated package/library auditing and reporting in the Git pipeline, ensuring better SLA compliance through immediate tracking of vulnerable dependencies.

Technical Architect / Software Engineer (Part-Time) | June 2020 – June 2022

Team Leadership: Led a development team for the 'Orbit' client project, creating a web application for the 'Orbit Better Days Fund'.
DevOps: Handled automated CI/CD workflows for deployment to staging and production environments.
Agile Management: Implemented Agile practices, utilizing Gitflow and Jira to maintain team efficiency.

Vice Head of PPIUK Data and Digital Technologies Department (2020 – 2022)
Project Lead: PPIUK central database and member portal project (2020 – 2022)

MEng, BSc Computer Science | September 2019 – June 2023

Web Application Development: Developed an Instagram clone using Python and Flask.
Computer Graphics: Implemented a mini game engine in C++.
BSc Project: Implemented VGA graphics for the xv6 Operating System.

BT Hackathon 2019: 1st Place
RHB Hackathon 2021: 4th Place & "Best In Category" Special Award (out of hundreds of professional participants)
XHacks 2021: 2nd Place
Malaysian Computing Olympiad 2018: Silver Medal

Programming Languages: Javascript, C/C++, C#, Python, Java
Tools & Frameworks: Git, MongoDB, SQL, ReactJS, NodeJS, HTML/CSS, React Native, Systems Administration, DevOps, Jira