About
From agricultural engineering to software engineering. A story of reinvention, curiosity, and building things that matter on the web.
Muhammad Ihsan
Software Engineer with a strong frontend foundation
Hello! I'm Ihsan, a Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience building and maintaining scalable web applications. Starting from frontend development, I've been expanding my skills across the full stack — from building pixel-perfect UIs to designing backend APIs and managing infrastructure. Most recently, I spent 4 years at Female Daily Network, Indonesia's largest beauty ecosystem platform, where I shipped production-ready features and collaborated across multiple engineering tribes.
My journey into tech started in 2021 when I decided to pivot from a career spanning sales, procurement, and digital marketing. I graduated from Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) with a degree in Agricultural Engineering, then completed a Fullstack JavaScript Developer program at Hacktiv8, where I was awarded Best Individual Project.
I started with frontend because I'm drawn to the visual and interactive side of building products. Over time, my curiosity led me deeper — into backend services, databases, DevOps, and system-level architecture. I thrive on solving complex problems end-to-end, from the UI layer all the way to deployment. Learning and consistent practice are the two things that keep me growing.
Through this website, I share my knowledge in web development and software engineering via blogs and projects. I believe sharing what I learn helps me grow even further.
Thank you for visiting! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out on social media. 🚀
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Experiences
Frontend Developer
Female Daily Network · Full-time
Mar 2022 – Feb 2026
4 years · Jakarta, Indonesia 🇮🇩
Key Responsibilities
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Built an end-to-end event ticketing platform that increased ticket sales by 40%, covering user-facing flows (event listing, ticket selection, checkout, and payment) and internal dashboards for event management and payment handling, using React and Next.js, with a custom payment widget and secure backend communication via Next.js API proxies.
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Improved web performance and SEO across multiple editorial, review and commerce platforms by implementing Server-Side Rendering (SSR), Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR), and advanced image optimization, increasing Lighthouse scores from under 50 to more than 90.
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Increased frontend performance by 30% by refactoring the commerce platform state management from Redux to RTK Query, optimizing data fetching, caching strategies, and API state handling.
Frontend Developer
Dealio · Full-time
Jun 2021 – Mar 2022
10 months · Jakarta, Indonesia 🇮🇩
Key Responsibilities
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Designed and engineered two centralized dashboards and web views for matamatapolitik.com and survei.io, streamlining news management and content administration for high-traffic editorial and survey platforms.
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Accelerated product stability and reliability by collaborating closely with the QA team to implement rigorous bug tracking and error reporting workflows, significantly reducing production issues.
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Enhanced cross-functional delivery by partnering with the development team to architect solutions for complex website issues, ensuring consistent uptime and a seamless user experience across multiple web properties.