Safa Orhan

Led a distributed team of engineers building RTIC's enterprise warehouse platform, owning the full product cycle from roadmap to code review. Designed the UI and built the in-house Figma design system that served the entire product. Also designed and built an in-house Android MDM solution from scratch, replacing the existing commercial tool. Introduced agile workflows, held regular 1:1s, and maintained a healthy and productive team culture across time zones.

Contributed to Wayfair's consumer app with 10 million+ downloads, working alongside 40+ Android engineers across two continents. Also helped build two internal Android apps: a tablet companion for category managers at trade fairs, and a warehouse operations tool. Led an open-source Android UI library and delivered development workshops for internal engineers and the broader community.

Shipped Android apps across startups, tech agencies, and freelance engagements throughout university, graduating with years of production experience already behind me. Co-founded a coworking and makerspace near Boğaziçi, ran a small mobile development studio, and picked up team leadership early.

Pocket Manager is a custom MDM built to replace a commercial tool that had become a liability. The design covered everything: API contracts, provisioning flows, and an admin dashboard built alongside a backend engineer, backed by a WorkManager-based task system for reliable background execution across dozens of Zebra terminals. The CTO adopted it outright, cancelling existing licenses and saving thousands of dollars per year.

Pocket is an Android warehouse app on Zebra hand terminals, built for a non-traditional user space: extreme conditions where the UI extends to external displays, stream-deck hardware, and thermal printers. The role began as sole developer and grew into leading a team, conducting user research on the floor, and crafting a purpose-built design system for the environment. Built following industry best practices: modular Kotlin with Jetpack Compose, highly testable, and CI/CD ready.

One of Turkey's most prestigious universities, consistently ranked among the top in the country, with a computer engineering program well-regarded for its rigorous curriculum.