The Code Alchemist/ Nova Nurhamdani

I buildproducts.interfaces.systems.

Frontend-heavy Full-Stack Software Engineer

I build products, interfaces, and the systems behind them.

React · Next.js · TypeScript · Go · PostgreSQL

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Code AlchemistBuilding
Neon illustration of Nova Nurhamdani framed by cobalt and lime brush strokes

the code alchemist · est. 2010

02Selected Work

Things I've actually built.

A mix of production software, independent products, and engineering experiments.

Featured build / Loomoda

BUILDING
Role
Frontend · Backend · Architecture
Stack
Next.jsTypeScriptGoPostgreSQL

Commerce Platform

Loomoda

A commerce platform for fashion businesses: storefront, operational admin, and a Go modular monolith covering catalog through fulfillment, invoicing and finance.

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BUILDINGProduct Platform

Repicode

A multi-tenant product platform - shared foundation, per-tenant configuration, and industry modules. Travel is the first working vertical.

Next.js · TypeScript · Go · PostgreSQL

03
PLANNEDPayment Operations

Flowpay

A fictional payment operations sandbox exploring transaction lifecycle, bulk operations, reconciliation, and operational interfaces.

Next.js · Go · PostgreSQL

04
PLANNEDFinancial Workflow

RiskFlow

A fictional financial review workflow exploring business rules, review states, approvals, and audit history.

Next.js · Go · PostgreSQL

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03Real World Experience

Built in the real world.

Experience across production software, financial operations, business systems, and web applications.

Quickbill Indonesia

Frontend Developer

Nov 2025 - Aug 2026

Frontend development on production payment infrastructure - payment history, bulk invoicing, backoffice and internal UI systems.

Next.jsReactReact QueryJotaiTailwind CSSFlutter

Areas

  • Payment History
  • Bulk Invoice
  • Backoffice
  • Internal UI components
  • Product UI revamp
  • Frontend workflows

Hijra

Frontend Developer

May 2022 - Feb 2025

Worked on financial workflows, internal tools, and mobile applications across web and React Native.

Areas

  • MUAP Generator
  • Risk Review Generator
  • React Native apps
  • Storybook
  • WordPress integration
  • Mentoring

Cindrum

Junior Vue Developer

Jun 2021 - Apr 2022

Developed frontend experiences for cryptocurrency exchange and wallet platforms using Vue, translating UI/UX designs into production interfaces.

Areas

  • Exchange & wallet frontends
  • UI/UX to Vue implementation
  • Usability improvements

KSP Mitra Dhuafa (Komida)

Internal Audit Manager

Jun 2016 - Jan 2020

Managed a 35-person internal audit team, conducting strategic and technical reviews across financial operations, quality controls, schedules, and budgets.

Areas

  • Team management (35 staff)
  • Financial data analysis
  • Fraud detection support
  • Process & policy improvements
  • Staff training & mentoring

KSP Mitra Dhuafa (Komida)

Management Information System Officer

May 2010 - Jun 2016

Managed day-to-day operations of the company information system, including system maintenance, bug fixes, reporting features, research, and data-driven reporting.

HTMLCSSASP.NET

Areas

  • Information system operations
  • Reporting features
  • Bug fixes & maintenance
  • Research & reporting

Worxcode Imagineering Indonesia

Junior Programmer (Internship)

Jun 2009 - Dec 2009

Assisted senior programmers in developing features for large client projects, gaining hands-on experience with PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, HTML and CSS.

HTMLCSSPHPJavaScriptAJAX

04How I Build

I don't just build interfaces. I build the system around them.

Frontend

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • React Native
  • TanStack Query

Backend

  • Go
  • Node.js
  • REST APIs

Data

  • PostgreSQL

Engineering

  • API Design
  • Business Workflows
  • Domain Modeling
  • Modular Architecture
  • Product Engineering

From problem to deployment

Product engineering / workflow

  1. 01Problem
  2. 02Product
  3. 03Interface
  4. 04API
  5. 05Data
  6. 06Deployment

05 Engineering Lab / Lab index & blueprints

Things I'mcurrently brewing.

Experiments, prototypes, and small systems built to understand how things work. Some graduate into real projects - the rest teach me something.

Total

04

Planned

02

Active

02

01 / Planned blueprint

Flowpay

PLANNED

Payment Operations Sandbox

Focus areas

07 / SCOPE
Transaction lifecycleIdempotency

Next.js · Go · PostgreSQL

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02 / Planned blueprint

RiskFlow

PLANNED

Financial Review Workflow

Focus areas

05 / SCOPE
Workflow statesReview process

Next.js · Go · PostgreSQL

Inspect details

03 / Active experiment

Go API Lab

EXPERIMENT

Backend experiments

Focus areas

07 / SCOPE
Go REST APIsPostgreSQL

Go · PostgreSQL

04 / Active experiment

Creative UI Lab

EXPERIMENT

Interaction and frontend experiments

Focus areas

03 / SCOPE
Interaction patternsMotion & transitions

React · TypeScript

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06Journey

From writing code to building systems.

  1. 2009

    Junior Programmer

    First professional programming experience.

  2. 2010-2016

    Information Systems

    Working with business systems, reporting, data, and internal tools.

  3. 2016-2020

    Audit & Operations

    Managing a 35-person internal audit team and working deeply with financial operations.

  4. 2020

    Independent Business

    Exploring entrepreneurship through a small printing business.

  5. 2021

    Return to Software

    Returning to the IT industry after a period of entrepreneurship.

  6. 2021-2022

    Software Development

    Building cryptocurrency products with Vue.

  7. 2022-2025

    Frontend Engineering

    Building financial products and production interfaces.

  8. 2025-2026

    Production Software

    Working on payment infrastructure and complex business workflows.

  9. 2026-Present

    Full-Stack Product Engineering

    Expanding from interfaces into APIs, data, architecture, and the systems behind products.

07 About / the person behind the code

Engineering with real-world empathy & rigor.

The Code Alchemist avatar
Nova Nurhamdani

hover / focus to meet the human

I started programming in 2009, then spent years inside information systems, internal audit, and financial operations before returning to code in 2021.

Coming back through frontend taught me how people actually interact with software, and production financial and payment systems showed me where the real problems live - the workflows behind the screen: API contracts, data models, operational edge cases.

So now I build toward both: Next.js and TypeScript on the surface, Go and PostgreSQL underneath. The Code Alchemist persona stuck around - it still fits. I like systems that feel like magic on the surface and behave like clockwork underneath.

08 / Contact / whisper a spell

Have a project, opportunity, or interesting problem?

I'm open to product work, engineering roles, and interesting technical challenges - especially where frontend meets real systems.

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