Summary
Berk Karahan is a Staff Engineer with a decade of experience building resilient Python backends, specializing in Django ecosystems and orchestration with Celery, PostgreSQL, Redis and RabbitMQ. At Plentific he progressed from backend engineer to staff level, designing distributed task systems and bridging search (Elasticsearch) with core databases—self-described "Celerymancer" for good reason. His background in industrial engineering and MSc in Software Engineering informs a pragmatic approach to systems design and data-driven integration. Based in Ankara, he combines hands-on coding with architectural leadership, often tackling complex async workflows and data pipelines that quietly keep customer-facing services reliable.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Endüstri Mühendisliği, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Endüstri Mühendisliği at Bilkent Üniversitesi
MSc, Software Engineering, 3.70 / 4.00, MSc, Software Engineering, 3.70 / 4.00 at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
Master of Science (MSc), Engineering Business Management, Merit(~3.50/4.00), Master of Science (MSc), Engineering Business Management, Merit(~3.50/4.00) at University of Warwick - WMG
Turkish, İngilizce, French