Deby Candrakirana
Data Engineer · Analytics · Product Management · Data Operations
Professional Summary
Data & product professional with 12+ years of career experience (since 2013) — including 6+ years in data engineering (since 2019) and experience in IT consulting, agri-tech, fintech, telco, oil & gas, mining, and healthcare. Proven track record of building end-to-end data platforms, leading cross-functional teams (up to 30 members), and delivering actionable insights that drive strategic decisions. Currently heading Product & Data Operations at Koltiva. Open to senior fulltime roles, international relocation, and strategic consulting engagements.
Career Highlights
12+ Years
Career in tech — data engineering, analytics, product, and web development
30+
Direct & indirect reports managed across QA, DataOps, and Engineering
7 Industries
IT Consulting, Fintech, Telco, Oil & Gas, Mining, Healthcare, Agri-tech
60%
Cloud cost reduction via platform architecture and query optimisation
Work Experience
Koltiva
Head of Product & Data Operations
Jun 2025 – Present- Led a cross-functional team of 13+ members across Global Helpdesk, Customer Support, Product Operations, and Data Operations, enhancing overall service delivery and operational efficiency
- Acted as Tier 1 and Tier 2 guardian, ensuring effective issue resolution, maintaining clear internal communication, and driving cross-department collaboration
- Conducted AI clustering analysis to generate data-driven insights, supporting continuous improvement initiatives across Product, Development, and Operations teams
Head of IT Governance & Quality Assurance
Aug 2024 – May 2025- Led a team of 20–30 QA engineers, enhancing quality assurance across B2B and B2C product lines
- Standardized QA workflows with an execution-time-based testing framework, integrating automation for faster regression testing
- Supervised master data integrity initiatives and developed SOPs for database user access, improving compliance
Data Integrity & System Audit Manager (Project Lead)
Mar 2024 – Jul 2024- Led strategic ERP alignment project as the CEO-appointed project lead across Product, Technology, and Operations
- Delivered comprehensive GAP analysis covering 10+ integrated systems; defined remediation roadmap
EdenFarm
Head of Technology
Oct 2023 – Feb 2024- Led cross-functional teams across Product, DevOps, Engineering, IT Operations, and Data Engineering
- Developed quarterly technology roadmaps aligned with business growth targets; managed vendor relationships
- Reduced infrastructure costs through team restructuring and cloud optimization initiatives
Data Engineer Manager
Jan 2023 – Oct 2023- Built and scaled the data engineering function from 2 → 5 engineers; established team rituals, OKRs, and delivery standards
- Transformed 5 System Analysts into productive Data Engineers in 3 months while keeping operations continuity
- Architected cost-efficient BigQuery-based data platform; achieved ~60% cloud cost reduction via pipeline and query optimization
- Drove data governance policies and established data access SLAs for downstream BI teams
Freelance Project Collaboration – Lead DE & Senior DE
Aug 2023 – Early 2024Healthcare Industry • Mining Industry
- Contributed as Lead Data Engineer on a healthcare project and Senior Data Engineer on a mining project — both as project-based collaborations done after office hours and on weekends
XQ Informatics (IT Consulting)
Team Lead & Tech Lead – Data Engineering & Data Science
Late 2019 – Jan 2023- Led multi-client data engineering and analytics projects across telco, oil & gas, mining, and fintech simultaneously
- Managed cross-functional teams (voyager team) embedded in telco client environment as third-party tech lead
- Delivered end-to-end data platform for mining industry and migrated Lab DW to Hadoop ecosystem
Data Engineer & Data Visualization Specialist
Jul 2019 – Late 2019- Joined as individual contributor building data pipelines and BI dashboards; promoted to Team Lead after demonstrating cross-client delivery capability
Head of System Development
Sep 2018 – Jun 2019PT. Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta)
- Led software development teams and managed third-party project evaluation, contracts, and regular executive reporting
Frontend Developer → Full Stack Developer
Aug 2016 – Aug 2018Dattabot (Digital Tech & Data Consulting)
- Built web applications and data-driven frontend interfaces across multiple digital product platforms
Web Developer
Apr 2015 – Jun 2016PT EDI Indonesia (Government Payment Systems · Banking IT)
- Developed web-based systems for government tax payment modules (eTax, MPN G-2) in the bank team
IT Support, Lab Assistant & Freelance Web Developer
2013 – 2014Bank (IT Support) · Universitas Gunadarma · Freelance
- Served as IT Lead Support at a bank for 3 months, supporting banking system operations
- Lab assistant at Universitas Gunadarma and built freelance web projects while completing undergraduate studies
Skills & Competencies
Education
Universitas Gunadarma
Bachelor of Industrial Technology, Information & Technology
2010 – 2014
Certifications
✓ Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
✓ Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)
✓ Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)
✓ Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300) · 2021–2025
Microsoft Learn
Portfolio
Full project case studies with architecture, approach, and impact: debycandrakirana.com