Backend and DevOps engineer specializing in scalable microservices, cloud infrastructure, and production-grade distributed systems.
My flagship project is a solo-built telecom operations platform - 10 services, 19 pods on Kubernetes, 113K lines of code across 5 languages. This portfolio itself is a portfolio platform showcasing architecture deep-dives and live demos.
Experience
Research Engineer @ UpcoMinds
Feb 2025 - Aug 2025Brussels, Belgium
- Designed parallel training system partitioning datasets across Kubernetes nodes, significantly reducing AI model training time
- Designed and deployed RESTful API backend using Java, Spring Boot, and PostgreSQL on Kubernetes
- Automated CI/CD pipeline with GitLab CI; secured API endpoints with Keycloak OAuth2 and RBAC
Freelance Software Developer @ Freelance
Apr 2024 - Dec 2024Istanbul, Turkey (Remote)
- Built cross-platform medical imaging app in Flutter with custom TensorFlow models, achieving 95% diagnosis accuracy across 10,000+ images
- Developed financial planning app with Python backend, integrating OpenAI GPT API for natural language budget analysis
Software Developer @ Amani AI
Jul 2022 - Feb 2023Istanbul, Turkey
- Implemented OpenCV-based image processing to detect invalidated Turkish IDs, automating document fraud detection
Technical Skills
Languages
JavaPythonGoCTypeScriptSQL
Backend & Messaging
Spring Boot/CloudMicroservicesREST API DesignRabbitMQ
DevOps
KubernetesDockerCI/CDGitLab CIHelm
Databases
PostgreSQLMySQLPostGISMongoDBRedis
Monitoring
PrometheusGrafanaZipkinLoki
Security
KeycloakOAuth2JWTRBAC
Tools
GitLinuxMavenFlutterTensorFlow
Testing
JUnitMockitoIntegration Testing
Education
B.Sc. Computer Engineering
Yeditepe University, Istanbul · 2020 - 2024
Computer Programming
Ege University, Izmir · 2018 - 2020
Flagship Project - Base Station O&M Platform
Solo-built telecom operations platform with 10 microservices, 19 K8s pods, and 113K lines of code across Java, Python, Go, C, and TypeScript.
10
Services
19
K8s Pods
113K
Lines
5
Languages