I’m Berke!

Software Engineer with a solid background in full-stack web development and a passion for creating efficient, scalable, and maintainable software solutions. I thrive in dynamic environments where I can leverage my problem-solving abilities to deliver high-quality products. My expertise lies in Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, React, Hotwired and I am dedicated to staying updated with emerging trends in the ever-evolving tech industry.

Experience

Progon Software - Software Engineer (September 2022 — Current)

• Independently maintained and implemented features for Ruby on Rails applications, demonstrating autonomy and client collaboration skills
• Delivered, and continue to maintain and enhance features for a Single Page Application (SPA) built with React, ensuring seamless user experiences and efficient performance.
• Experienced in deploying, scaling, and managing web applications and their underlying infrastructure on AWS, ensuring high availability and cost efficiency.
• Quickly triaged and resolved critical errors and issues, minimizing downtime and ensuring seamless application performance, consistently incorporating client feedback to improve solutions.
• Implemented seamless integrations with payment systems and Salesforce for web applications, streamlining transactions and enhancing data synchronization across platforms.
• Took initiative developing a PoC for an internal product from ground up which was developed using Ruby on Rails and React.
• Experienced successfully working with development team and different clients remotely and asynchronously.
• Worked on rewriting existing legacy applications in different programming languages with recent web application trends using Ruby on Rails.

Trendyol - Software Developer Intern (June 2022 — August 2022)

• Leveraged Golang in the development of applications within a microservices architecture, ensuring high performance and scalability.
• Contributed to Backend for Frontend (BFF) services in the local commerce domain, handling tens of thousands of requests per minute, showcasing reliability and performance optimization skills.
• Applied test-driven development practices to new features and bolstered test coverage for legacy codebases, ensuring robustness and maintainability.

Sociality.io - Software Developer (October 2021 — January 2022)

• Maintained and introduced new features to the Sociality.io social media management tool built on Laravel, enhancing functionality and user experience.
• Demonstrated proficiency in developing with various social media platforms’ APIs, ensuring seamless integration and functionality.

Garanti BBVA Technology - Database Administrator Intern (August of 2020 and 2021)

• Was an intern in the Cloud Storage unit of a major bank which serves millions of customers.
• Experienced troubleshooting and designing Oracle databases.
• Was part of an Agile Kanban team. Learned a lot about agile work mentality.
• Contributed to Python scripts that run as schedules jobs and collect database growth data which allowed database administrators to take necessary steps without issues

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Ondokuz Mayis University (2018-2023)
GPA: 3.3/4
Related Courses: Introduction to Programming, Algorithms, Data Structures, Object Oriented Programming, Discrete Mathematics and Operating Systems.