Alptug Dilek

Tekmetric is a cloud-based auto repair shop management software. I am working as a senior full-stack developer here at Tekmetric. I am expanding the application feature set and work as a stand-alone full-stack developer of some of the features such as employee time cards. Occassionally I collaborate with a colleague to develop either back-end or front-end portion of a feature such as 2-way SMS texting with customers.

I also help improve performance bottlenecks such as rendering performance improvement on the front end via proper use of React higher-order components and hooks. I conduct database performance improvement on the database side via sound index creation and usage. Increase the back-end performance via better memory management and pagination.

I use AWS services such as Lambda, SQS, and SNS to enable seamless business processes execution as part of my daily software development activities.

Bayzat Benefits is an HR software targeted to SME companies in the United Arab Emirates. I worked as a front-end developer for the payroll module within the Bayzat Benefits product. I participated in developing the time-off module and took part in the refactoring of legacy code written in PHP and various modern technologies. I was also involved in architectural work to change the codebase to React from Ember.js in the front end.

Team Structure: Worked within a project involving around 30 engineers and 3-4 squads and developed in squads of around 6-8 developers (3-4 front end and 3-4 back end). Worked with a dedicated product manager, product designer, and QA engineer, and applied Agile methodologies.

Technologies and Tools: Ember.js, React, JavaScript, Kotlin, Spring Boot, Nginx, Git, Jira, GitHub, Confluence, and CircleCI.

The new National Accounting System replaced a legacy system developed back in 2000 with new and opensource technologies for the Ministry of Finance and Treasury in Turkey. The project involved the management of budget, accounting, expenditure, and payment activities of the public sector in Turkey. The project was based on microservices architecture and involved more than ten microservices when I left the project. There were four different software development teams on the project. I was involved in the design and development of a front-end framework based on Ember.js. It was used by the development teams to deliver front-end applications.

Team Structure: Worked within a project involving over 30 engineers and 4-5 squads. Worked in a squad called infrastructure squad, which had the role of architecting the project and enabling other squads to deliver high-quality products effectively. Applied Agile methodologies with Kanban.

Technologies and Tools: Java, Spring Boot, Ember.js, JavaScript, HTML 5, CSS, Hibernate, Git, Bamboo, Jira, Confluence, Apache Kafka, Elasticsearch, Docker, PostgreSQL, and CAS.

PTT Messenger is an enterprise messaging platform developed based on Signal (Open source, encrypted messaging library) targeted for the public sector in Turkey.

I was involved in developing an administration portal for the management of user, company, and various configuration settings of PTT Messenger. I designed and developed the front-end side of this admin portal application myself with React by using the Ant Design UI Library.

Team Structure: Solo performance on the front end. Single front-end and single back-end developer in the project.

Technologies and Tools: React, HTML 5, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Spring Boot, Nginx, Git, Jira, and GitHub.

Integrated the Social Assistance System is an eGovernment project in Turkey. It was targeted to the management of social assistance for the citizens of Turkey. This was realized through intake and registration, eligibility and enrollment decisions, determination and delivery of benefits, services needed, and the monitoring of the overall activities. I participated in all steps of the software development cycle throughout the whole project. I worked as a full-stack developer, infrastructure developer, and software team lead throughout the project.

Team Structure: Worked within a project involving over 30 engineers and 4-5 squads. I took different roles within the project, as this was a long-term enterprise project. I worked in a squad called infrastructure squad, which had the role of architecting the project and enabling other squads to deliver high-quality products effectively. Worked as squad lead and applied Agile methodologies with Scrum.

Technologies and Tools: Java EE, Adobe Flex, Hibernate, Oracle Database, Oracle WebLogic Server, SVN, Spring, Spring Batch, REST, and SOAP.

Tom Sawyer Visualization is a product family consisting of desktop and web-based applications that enable users to perform data visualization capabilities on different platforms. My main contribution during the time I worked for Tom Sawyer was in the design and development of the layout animation and layout thread components of TSV.

Technologies and Tools: Java, SVN, JUnit, and SWT.