Arda Çetinkaya
Lead Software Engineer at APCOA Group GmbH
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolArda Çetinkaya is a Solution Architect based in Stockholm with over 15 years of hands-on experience designing and implementing distributed, service-oriented and cloud-native systems, primarily on the Microsoft .NET and Azure stacks. He blends deep technical execution—coding, microservices, Kubernetes/OpenShift and IaC—with leadership that elevates teams and drives cloud transformation and modernization for enterprise and greenfield initiatives. Arda has led payment, e-commerce settlement and financial integration projects, building resilient, event-driven architectures on AWS and Azure while applying pragmatic architectural patterns and agile practices. He frequently combines lessons from real-world mistakes with continuous learning to find practical, maintainable solutions and champions quality across the entire development lifecycle. Beyond engineering, he brings curiosity and creativity—whether prototyping R&D demos, playing with LEGO, or sailing—which keeps his problem-solving approach playful and people-focused.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mining and Mineral Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mining and Mineral Engineering at Middle East Technical UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Informatics, Master of Science - MS, Informatics at Ankara UniversityMF, 90/100, MF, 90/100 at Mimar Sinan Lisesi
Turkish, English, German
Github Skills (11)
middleware7
asp-net6
dotnet6
api6
ocelot6
gateway6
asp-net-core6
dotnet-core5
api-gateway5
consul3
trend1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ctnkyrd/esri-mxd2png
Sep 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:24 commits, 15 pushes in 1 day
ctnkyrd/file-archive-manager
Dec 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:50 commits, 20 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
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