Andrei Gabriel Cruz

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Senior Software Engineer at Petronas · Distributed databases · consensus, performance engineering

Petronas
Manila, Philippines · PHT (UTC+8)
9+ years experience
INSEAD Singapore
English, Filipino
Open to work
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Overview

Senior Software Engineer at Petronas, focused on distributed databases. Cut p99 latency on the storage services from 461ms to 41ms. Before that: CIMB and Tokopedia. Most at home with consensus and Raft. Amateur photographer; mostly street and food.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Roles in distributed databases
  • Second opinions on performance engineering decisions
  • Working sessions on C++
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  • Unpaid work or spec projects
  • Courses and coaching offers
Skills
C++consensusperformance engineeringRaftRocksDB
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Software Engineer in edtech, Manila or hybrid

Target roles
Software Engineer
Level
Senior
Industries
Consumer apps, Developer tools
Work mode
Hybrid
Available
60 days notice
Work authorization
Authorized to work in Philippines
What I'm looking for
Scope to lead distributed databases work, with a manager who gives direct feedback.
Not interested in
Night shifts

9 years in distributed databases. Strongest at C++ and performance engineering. Available immediately.

Manila, Philippinesrocksdbconsensusraft
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Experience

  1. Senior Software Engineer
    May 2025 - Present
    Petronas · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Manila, Philippines
    • Grew the storage team from 4 to 24 engineers.
    • Led the migration of 15 services to consensus.
    • Cut p99 latency on the storage services from 794ms to 138ms.
  2. Software Engineer
    Jan 2024 - May 2025
    CIMB · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Manila, Philippines
    • Wrote the performance engineering service that now handles 13 million requests a day.
  3. Software Engineer
    Nov 2021 - Jan 2024
    Tokopedia · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Manila, Philippines
    • Cut p99 latency on the storage services from 431ms to 120ms.
    • Moved 73% of storage traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
  4. Software Engineer
    Apr 2020 - Nov 2021
    Mastercard · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Manila, Philippines
    • Reduced cloud spend on storage by 43% in two quarters.
    • Moved 87% of storage traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
  5. Software Engineer
    Oct 2017 - Apr 2020
    Boston Consulting Group · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Manila, Philippines
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 28 minutes to under 2.

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Education

  1. INSEAD Singapore
    MBA, Business Administration
    2017 - 2019
  2. Chulalongkorn University
    BEng, Electronics and Communication
    2013 - 2017

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