Summary
Najam Safar is an Associate Vice President and hands-on full‑stack engineer based in Bengaluru with eight years of focused software experience and a longer background across financial and enterprise technology. He has progressed from technical roles at Goldman Sachs and Infosys to senior engineering and leadership positions at OCC and Dvara Solutions, building high‑quality, timely solutions in Java, Docker, Linux, and cloud-native toolchains. Known for learning “the hard way,” he combines strong analytical problem‑solving with pragmatic user collaboration to translate complex requirements into reliable production systems. Najam has deep experience in risk and high‑availability reporting systems as well as migrations and automation, bringing both legacy modernization and modern devops practices to bear. Comfortable freelancing and leading teams, he balances hands‑on coding with delivery ownership and a quiet, understated approach to technical leadership. Outside formal bios, he describes himself simply as a “simple tech guy,” reflecting a modest, execution-first mindset.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
ICSE, High School, ICSE, High School at Trinity Lyceum
Btech, Applied Electronics and Instrumentation, Btech, Applied Electronics and Instrumentation at College of Engineering Trivandrum
English, Hindi, Malayalam