Ali Pekesen
Manager, Miles & Smiles Solutions at Turkish Technology
Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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Top SchoolAli Pekesen is a results-driven software engineering manager and architect with 15+ years building enterprise-scale financial and loyalty systems, now leading Miles & Smiles Solutions from Istanbul. He combines deep hands-on Java expertise (Spring, microservices, multi-tenant architectures) with proven delivery of high-availability payment and e-wallet platforms under strict regulatory and high-TPS constraints. Known for turning PoCs into production-ready components, he mentors engineers into technical leaders while still contributing code and architecture. His background spans banks, travel loyalty and retail partners (e.g., Starbucks integrations), giving him rare cross-domain insight into payments, loyalty and integration patterns. Currently pursuing a master's in computer engineering, he’s actively exploring AI, big data and cloud solutions to modernize payment ecosystems.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bilgisayar Yazılımı Teknolojisi/Teknisyen, Bilgisayar Yazılımı Teknolojisi/Teknisyen at A. N. Bilimli A.T.L.Bilgisayar Programlama, Bilgisayar Programlama at Anadolu ÜniversitesiBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering at Istanbul Kultur University
Turkish, İngilizce
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Github Skills (51)
e2e-test7
protractor7
letter7
rest7
parsing7
api7
rest-api7
html6
http-get6
api-documentation6
swagger6
http-post6
java6
angular5
openapi5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
aliemrahpekesen/microservices-playground-config
May 2020 - Apr 2023
Contributions:77 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
aliemrahpekesen/mappers-benchmark
May 2016 - Feb 2020
Contributions:6 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 9 months
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