Ashman

Hey there, I'm Ashman!

| almost through the monitor 😉

About me

I'm a passionate developer or some might call an engineer with a knack for turning complex problems into elegant solutions. My journey in tech has been driven by curiosity and a love for creating meaningful experiences through code.

When I'm not crafting digital experiences, you can find me hitting the hours on some new games or perhaps the badminton court. I believe in continuous learning and am always excited to take on new challenges in the ever-evolving world of technology.

Education

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Bachelor of Management (Technology) with Honours

CGPA : 3.83

October 2022 - July 2025

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Diploma in Technology Management

CGPA : 3.95

July 2019 - July 2022

Work Experience

Shortcut Asia

Software Engineer | Release Engineer (DevOps)

Serving as a Software Engineer with TypeScript, React and Node.js as it's main stack. Aside from that, I am also serving as Release Engineer (DevOps) for RHB Group spanning all recent DCP projects.

November 2025 - Present

Kestrl

Software Engineer

• Built and scaled backend APIs using Laravel, PostgreSQL, and GCP/AWS — achieving 99.99% uptime.

• Led a 3-engineer team to deliver ATLAS Faith’s first feature drop in just 3 months.

• Refactored Kestrl’s architecture to Domain-Driven Design (DDD) with Test-Driven Development (TDD) — cutting errors by 30% and speeding deployments by 20%.

• Integrated Open Banking, Solaris e-Money, IEX Cloud, and iDenfy for payments, data, and eKYC.

• Optimised API response from seconds to milliseconds through query and serverless performance tuning.

• Automated CI/CD pipelines with Bitbucket, Envoyer, and Terraform, reducing manual ops.

• Spearheaded ISO27001 internal audit compliance and infrastructure governance.

• Architected a Ubiquiti UniFi office network for 100+ clients — nearly zero downtime.

• Recognised as 2024 Top Performing Backend Engineer by the CTO.

Jan 2023 - November 2025

Taiace Engineering

IT Technician

• Deployed 2 systems (Aquafresh & IkanFresh) for internal use with Laravel 8.

• Assisted in the maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems, printers, and other office equipment.

• Assisted in the installation of new hardware and software.

• Assisted in the setup of new computer systems.

• Assisted in the setup of new printers.

• Assisted in the setup of new office equipment.

2022

Skills & Technologies

Languages

PHP90%
JavaScript80%
TypeScript80%
HTML95%
CSS90%
SQL80%
Bash80%

Frameworks

Laravel90%
Vue.js75%
Nuxt.js75%
Next.js80%
React80%
Node.js80%

DevOps

Docker85%
Terraform70%
Bitbucket Pipelines90%
Laravel Vapor75%
Laravel Forge85%
Ansible65%
Jenkins75%
JBoss EAP50%

Cloud

AWS80%
GCP95%

Databases

PostgreSQL85%
Redis80%
DynamoDB80%

Others

Git90%
REST API90%
TDD80%
Bitbucket85%
GitHub85%

Get In Touch

Hit me up anytime! I'm always excited to connect and discuss new opportunities or collaborations.

Email me at

edrisashman@gmail.com