About

A little context about who I am and what I like building.

Quick intro

I’m Safwan — a New York-based software engineer who enjoys building reliable platforms and clean product experiences. I care about clarity, resilience, and design that feels calm.

Platform engineeringFull-stackNotifications

What I do

At Compass, I work on the platform side of notifications and email deliverability, helping make customer communications reliable and observable. Outside work, I build full-stack products and focus on polish, motion, and “feels good” UX.

Now
Notifications + deliverability
Building
Next.js apps + AWS backends

Highlights

500+
high-impact incidents debugged (AWS/K8s/networking)
40%
debugging efficiency improvement via dashboards + log pipelines
1M+
users supported by a CloudTrail widget I built at AWS

Currently focused on

  • Reliable notification and email infrastructure
  • Full-stack apps (Next.js + TypeScript)
  • UI polish: motion, spacing, and interaction details

Tech I use

Next.jsTypeScriptReactTailwindNodeAWSKubernetesPostgreSQLSpring BootPython

Education

Stony Brook University — B.S. Computer Science (May 2024)

Certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (June 2025)