name: Swan Htet Aung Phyo
role: Go Backend & DevOps Engineer
location: Krakow, Poland
focus: Distributed systems · Cloud infrastructure · gRPC · IaC
currently: Go Backend / DevOps Engineer (Contractor) @ (P)You Ireland
open_to: Backend collaboration · open source · contract work
timezone: UTC+7| Metric | Impact |
|---|---|
| CI/CD Automation | 85% reduction in manual deployments (Weekly → Daily) |
| Microservices | 35% improvement in data transfer efficiency |
| Scale | Supporting 10,000+ daily interactions |
| IaC Language | Full compiler pipeline with AWS provider plugin |
| Open Source | Contributing to Grafana Loki observability platform |
- 🏗️ Architected CI/CD pipelines on AWS with GitHub Actions — reduced manual deployment by 85%, shipped from weekly to daily
- 🔌 Engineered gRPC microservices improving data transfer efficiency by 35% and supporting 10,000+ daily interactions
- 🛠️ Built TBLang — a custom IaC language with full compiler pipeline (lexer, AST, semantic validation, AWS provider plugin)
- 📊 Contributed to Grafana Loki — open source observability tooling with production-grade telemetry
- 👥 Mentored engineers on DevOps best practices, microservice architecture, and gRPC patterns
- 🔐 Developed KYC verification system integrating AWS Textract & Rekognition with 70% similarity threshold and 90%+ confidence detection
Languages
Backend & protocols
Infrastructure & cloud
Data
Go · gRPC · Lexer/Parser · AWS SDK · Protocol Buffers
A modern IaC language with plugin-based architecture. Full compiler pipeline — lexical analysis, AST generation, semantic validation, code generation. AWS provider plugin supporting VPC, EC2, and RDS provisioning. .tbstate state management and VSCode syntax highlighting extension.
Key Features: Custom syntax, semantic validation, multi-cloud support
Python · FastAPI · Docker Compose · PostgreSQL · Anthropic Claude API
Production-grade multi-session backend automating browser-based task orchestration via Claude API. Async request handling, Server-Sent Events for real-time streaming, stateless tool-proxy architecture for true concurrent multi-user operation.
Key Features: Real-time SSE streaming, concurrent multi-user support, Claude AI integration
Go · Fiber · AWS Textract · Rekognition · Docker
Automated KYC verification API integrating AWS Textract for document validation and Rekognition for facial recognition. Face comparison at 70% similarity threshold with 90%+ confidence detection. Containerized for scalable deployment.
Key Features: Document OCR, facial recognition, high-accuracy verification, containerized
Terraform · AWS
Reusable Terraform module standardizing VPC deployments across 3+ projects. Multi-AZ, public/private subnets, cost-effective NAT instances, IMDSv2 enforcement. Dynamic EC2 provisioning with per-instance security groups and encrypted EBS volumes by default.
Key Features: Multi-AZ, cost-optimized, security-first, reusable infrastructure
Terraform · AWS · CloudTrail · Security Hub · IAM
Enterprise-grade cloud security and compliance monitoring platform. Comprehensive Terraform/IaC implementation for AWS including IAM policies, CloudTrail logging, Security Hub integration, and automated compliance checks. Includes architecture diagrams and step-by-step setup instructions.
Key Features: Security Hub integration, automated compliance, centralized logging, terraform modules
- Grafana Loki — Contributing to production-grade observability and log aggregation platform
- Focus: Distributed tracing, performance optimization
- Impact: Used by thousands of organizations for log management
I regularly share technical deep-dives and best practices on:
Topics include: gRPC patterns, DevOps automation, infrastructure as code, microservice architecture, and cloud-native best practices.
- HashiCorp Terraform Associate (003) — Infrastructure automation & cloud provisioning
- Introduction to Linux — System administration fundamentals
