Berkay Gürsoy
Software Developer at Bigaorganik
Greater Istanbul Turkey
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Top SchoolBerkay Gürsoy is a versatile software developer based in Greater Istanbul with 10 years of hands-on experience delivering end-to-end solutions across frontend, backend, mobile, embedded firmware, and Python scripting. As a long-time freelancer he thrives on custom problem solving and has built products ranging from web and mobile apps to embedded devices, including hardware and firmware engineering for a patented portable thawing and artificial insemination device. He contributed TypeScript type definitions to the well-known DefinitelyTyped repository, improving typings for libraries like prompts and extending types for integration use cases. Past work includes full-stack blockchain experimentation and CI/CD automation at Hitsoft, where he built an experimental wallet API and promoted modern development workflows. Comfortable bridging hardware and software, Berkay combines C++ firmware design with modern web stacks (Angular, Vue, Express) and containerized deployments. He brings practical, product-focused engineering tempered by an eye for correctness and maintainability.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at MEF University
Turkish, İngilizce, German
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Github Skills (15)
type-system10
typescript10
javascript10
typesc10
typescripts10
type-definition10
typescript-types10
testing8
json6
console-application6
math-functions6
unity-game-engine6
android6
game-development6
java6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
Oct 2018 - Feb 2022
The repository for high quality TypeScript type definitions.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 7 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Berkay primarily contributed to the TypeScript type definitions for the `prompts` library, including adding, modifying, and fixing the type definitions. Their work involves defining the structure of prompts objects and their options, ensuring proper typing for different prompt types. They also made adjustments to accommodate changes in the library's versions and fix errors, specifically those related to Travis CI. Additionally, they included the exposure of cookies type for a needle library, extending the types for better functionality.
typescript-definitionstype-definitionshigh-qualitydtsdefinitions
Berkays/Pinsel
Mar 2019 - Jun 2019
Online Art Gallery Using Blockchain and IPFS
Contributions:136 commits, 3 PRs, 28 pushes in 3 months
ipfsreactartart-gallerydapp
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