I’m Purwa Astawa, a frontend lead developer and designer with 15+ years of experience building user-facing web applications. I’ve led development teams and shaped technical direction while also getting hands-on with UI implementation and component-driven interfaces using modern frontend tooling. Across my roles, I’ve delivered real product outcomes—building custom CMS and customer-facing platforms, creating embeddable widgets for client sites, and automating reporting with a PDF generator. I’m comfortable working end-to-end, from interface design and single-page application platforms to integrating with ecommerce systems like WordPress and BigCommerce, and I enjoy turning product needs into reliable, maintainable frontend experiences.

Purwa Astawa

I’m Purwa Astawa, a frontend lead developer and designer with 15+ years of experience building user-facing web applications. I’ve led development teams and shaped technical direction while also getting hands-on with UI implementation and component-driven interfaces using modern frontend tooling. Across my roles, I’ve delivered real product outcomes—building custom CMS and customer-facing platforms, creating embeddable widgets for client sites, and automating reporting with a PDF generator. I’m comfortable working end-to-end, from interface design and single-page application platforms to integrating with ecommerce systems like WordPress and BigCommerce, and I enjoy turning product needs into reliable, maintainable frontend experiences.

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I’m Purwa Astawa, a frontend lead developer and designer with 15+ years of experience building user-facing web applications. I’ve led development teams and shaped technical direction while also getting hands-on with UI implementation and component-driven interfaces using modern frontend tooling.

Across my roles, I’ve delivered real product outcomes—building custom CMS and customer-facing platforms, creating embeddable widgets for client sites, and automating reporting with a PDF generator. I’m comfortable working end-to-end, from interface design and single-page application platforms to integrating with ecommerce systems like WordPress and BigCommerce, and I enjoy turning product needs into reliable, maintainable frontend experiences.

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Work Experience

Frontend Lead Developer at VroomVroomVroom
May 1, 2018 - June 30, 2026
Led frontend development and set technical direction for the team, focusing on delivering user-facing experiences for the platform. Worked across frontend implementation and product needs, guiding architecture and improving how interfaces are built and maintained.
Frontend Developer at Doogma
August 1, 2016 - April 30, 2018
Frontend Developer at WE20
June 1, 2014 - May 31, 2016
Frontend Developer & Designer at Puredata
April 1, 2009 - January 31, 2014
Built customer-facing web experiences and supported client-specific implementations. Contributed to a custom CMS and platform, developed a PDF report generator to automate reporting, created custom BigCommerce apps and WordPress plugins, and built embeddable widgets integrated into client websites. Also helped build an Angular single-page application platform and customized the CMS to meet individual client requirements.

Education

Visual Communication Design at Institut Seni Indonesia (Indonesian Institute of the Arts)
January 11, 2030 - September 14, 2026

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet