He has had a long and brilliant career at Bank Indonesia since January 1984, particularly in the areas of economic research, monetary policy, international issues, organizational transformation, monetary policy strategy, central banking education and research, foreign exchange and foreign debt management, as well as the head of the Governor's Bureau. .

His career started as a staff at the Credit Rescue Desk, Credit Inspection and Supervision Affairs until from 1992 to 1995 he was appointed as Staff to the Governor of Bank Indonesia then In 1998 Perry Warjiyo was appointed as head of the Governor's Bureau, in 2001 held the role of project leader for the Special Unit for the Transformation Program. (UKPT) until finally in 2003 he assumed the position of Director of the Center for Education and Central Banking Studies, and in 2005 he was appointed Director of the Macroprudential Policy Department of Bank Indonesia until 2007.