Cafer Şimşek
Application Platforms Director
Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolCafer Şimşek is an experienced application platforms leader with 11 years in software engineering and operations, currently directing Application Platforms at Şanstech from Istanbul. He has progressed through hands-on roles from system administration and software engineering to SRE architecture and cloud operations leadership, blending deep DevOps, reliability engineering, and software architecture expertise. Cafer has led platform and cloud initiatives at major Turkish tech firms including Demirören Teknoloji, Misli.com, Modanisa and served as CTO at a healthcare startup, demonstrating comfort moving between startups and larger enterprises. Known for quietly getting things done, he focuses on resilient, scalable systems and bridging the gap between engineering teams and operational realities.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
MYO, Haberleşme, MYO, Haberleşme at Kırıkkale Üniversitesi
Turkish, İngilizce
Github Skills (14)
postgresql7
docker-desktop7
libmagic5
docker-registry5
docker5
kafka4
zookeeper4
graylog3
cli3
mime-types3
go2
windows2
fluent-bit2
k8s1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
csimsek/pgsql-fio
Feb 2015 - Apr 2021
PostgreSQL File I/O Functions
Contributions:1 review, 25 commits, 12 PRs in 6 years 3 months
postgresql
csimsek/php-fpm
Feb 2017 - Feb 2020
Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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