Cahit Civan
Junior Software Engineer at Atlassian
Ankara, Türkiye Turkey
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Top SchoolCahit Civan is a Junior Software Engineer based in Ankara with four years of hands-on experience building back-end and data-integration features for distributed systems. While studying Computer Science at Bilkent University, he contributed to Hazelcast’s JDBC SQL connector—adding MSSQL and Oracle support, fixing Oracle date/type bugs, and improving GenericMapStore behavior in a high-profile real-time data platform. His internships in DevOps and engineering at Jotform and Yapı Kredi Teknoloji preceded a production role at Hazelcast and a current position at Atlassian, showing a steady progression from intern to professional engineer. Cahit combines practical database engineering skills with backend development, frequently resolving tricky type-mismatch and mapping edge cases. Colleagues would describe him as detail-oriented and effective at adapting query builders and storage integrations to new database systems. He brings a pragmatic, systems-focused mindset and a track record of shipping robust fixes in open-source and enterprise environments.
4 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at İzmir Fen LisesiBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Bilkent University
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Github Skills (17)
oracles10
hazelcast10
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javas10
oracle10
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database-design10
mssql10
distributed-systems9
stream-processing9
scalability8
big-data8
distributed-computing8
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
hazelcast/hazelcast
Jul 2023 - Jan 2024
Hazelcast is a unified real-time data platform combining stream processing with a fast data store, allowing customers to act instantly on data-in-motion for real-time insights.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:10 reviews, 36 PRs, 10 pushes in 6 months
Contributions summary:Cahit primarily contributed to the JDBC SQL connector, enhancing its functionality and supporting new database systems. They implemented support for MSSQL and Oracle databases, addressing type mismatches and adapting query builders. The user also added features for handling single-column values within the GenericMapStore and fixed an Oracle date type bug. Furthermore, the user addressed issues related to handling subsets of columns in mapping and correct Oracle table and column naming conventions.
computationstream-processingbigtablereal-timestreaming-data
Edizc/hazelcast
Jul 2023 - Dec 2023
Open-source distributed computation and storage platform. Real-time Stream Processing Unconference. Save Your Spot https://hazelcast.com/lp/unconference/
Contributions:103 pushes, 19 branches in 5 months
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