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muhamadfikri.com
Electrical Engineering · ITB Indonesia

I build AI-enabled systems that hold up outside the demo.

I’m Muhamad Fikri, an engineering student working across applied AI, backend architecture, platform operations, security, and connected products. I like turning ambiguous problems into systems that are explainable, testable, and useful to the people operating them.

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Selected Work

Recent, Relevant Work

Case studies spanning applied AI, backend systems, platform operations, smartcard security, and IoT products.

Jun 2026

AIN Hire

active

Bahasa Indonesia voice-screening prototype with bounded interviews, evidence-backed AI scoring, and required recruiter sign-off.

AI Python Backend Product

What I did

  • Designed a deterministic interview state machine that keeps AI-led screening bounded, repeatable, and auditable.
  • Separated the conversational interviewer from the scorer so candidate interaction and final evaluation have distinct responsibilities.
Read case study GitHub Repository Project README

Feb 2026

e-mrtd

active

Java-based ePassport emulator implementing ICAO 9303 core protocols for issuance and verification flows.

Backend Java Security Research

What I did

  • Implemented dynamic personalization for EF.COM, DG1, DG2, DG3, DG4, DG15, and SOD.
  • Built host-side BAC and secure messaging tooling for issuance and verification workflows.
Read case study GitHub Repository Project README
completed

Single-VM enterprise Linux lab covering repeatable deployment, service operations, hardening, maintenance, and reporting.

DevOps Operations Backend Security

What I did

  • Automated a RHEL-like service stack with modular Ansible roles and Podman containers managed through systemd.
  • Applied firewalld policy, SELinux-aware operations, restricted database exposure, and repeatable validation checks.
Read case study GitHub Repository Project README
active

IoT-based restroom monitoring system with a secure server subsystem for telemetry ingest, real-time dashboarding, audit history, and Telegram-based operational response.

IoT Backend Realtime Systems Operations

What I did

  • Built the server subsystem that receives ESP32 telemetry over HTTPS, validates payloads, and normalizes raw sensor data into operator-friendly status.
  • Separated storage into snapshot + history tables so the dashboard stays fast while preserving audit trails, CSV export, and scheduled reports.
Read case study GitHub Repository Runbook

Nov 2025

AsterSearch

completed

Full-text search engine using BM25 and inverted indexes, exposed as both library and HTTP service.

Backend Go Research Product

What I did

  • Designed ranked retrieval with BM25 over segment-based inverted indexes.
  • Exposed indexing, search, and admin endpoints for standalone or embedded use.
Read case study GitHub Repository Project README

Capabilities

How I Build

A systems mindset from model behavior and data contracts through deployment and day-to-day operations.

Applied AI

  • Voice and agent workflows
  • Structured LLM evaluation
  • Human-in-the-loop review
  • Evidence-led scoring

Backend Systems

  • API and data design
  • Deterministic state machines
  • Realtime workflows
  • Integration testing

Platform & Operations

  • Linux and systemd
  • Ansible automation
  • Podman and Nginx
  • Runbooks and recovery

Security & Embedded

  • Smartcard/eMRTD protocols
  • Authentication flows
  • IoT telemetry
  • Operational hardening

Product

  • MVP scoping
  • Operator-first UX
  • Responsible automation
  • Requirement-to-delivery ownership

Infra

Infrastructure Is Part of the Product

Hands-on operations work that keeps implementation grounded in how systems are deployed, observed, and recovered.

  • Build repeatable RHEL-like environments with Ansible, Podman, systemd, firewalld, and SELinux-aware operations.
  • Operate small Linux servers over SSH with health checks, smoke tests, logs, backups, and recovery procedures.
  • Deploy APIs and web apps behind Nginx with minimal public exposure and clear service boundaries.
  • Turn operational knowledge into runbooks, maintenance procedures, incident steps, and reports.