Arham Abiyan — Backend / Software Engineer

Software engineer with 5+ years of experience designing, building, and scaling distributed systems with Go, Kubernetes, and AWS. I focus on performant APIs, production observability, and cost-efficient infrastructure, with a track record across fintech and B2B domains.

Experience

• Senior Software Engineer at DurianPay (Jan 2026 – Present)
• Senior Software Engineer at InfinID (May 2023 – Jan 2026)
• Systems Developer at Brankas (Sep 2021 – Mar 2023)
• Software Engineer, Engineering Productivity at Tokopedia (Jun 2021 – Sep 2021)
• Software Engineer at Sinbad (Sep 2019 – Jun 2021)
• Backend Engineer at SigmaTech (Jan 2019 – Jul 2019)
• Software Engineer Intern at Kazee (Jul 2017 – Sep 2017)

Skills

• Languages: Go, JavaScript, Python, SQL
• Backend & Messaging: REST API, gRPC, Microservices, NATS, Kafka
• Data Stores: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
• Infrastructure & Delivery: Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, ArgoCD, Git
• Observability: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, Loki

Writing

• Designing Scalable Backend Systems in Go
• Kubernetes in Production: Lessons on Cost and Reliability
• Building Observable Go Services

Contact

• Email: arham.abiyan@gmail.com
• GitHub: @arham09
• LinkedIn: in/arham-abiyan
• Substack: gopherjourney
• Medium: @arham.abiyan

scalable-backend-systems Designing Scalable Backend Systems in Go 2026-03-05 · 3 min read · golang, architecture, concurrency, microservices Concurrency, messaging, and boundaries — the building blocks I reach for when scaling Go services. kubernetes-production-lessons Kubernetes in Production: Lessons on Cost and Reliability 2026-02-10 · 2 min read · kubernetes, aws, cost-optimization, devops What running Go workloads on managed Kubernetes taught me about autoscaling, cost, and safe delivery. building-observable-go-services Building Observable Go Services 2026-01-15 · 3 min read · golang, observability, opentelemetry Practical patterns for tracing, metrics, and structured logging in production Go microservices. Open a post with blog read <slug>.

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