Enes Solak
Backend Developer at Machinarium
Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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Top SchoolEnes Solak is a backend-focused full stack developer with 11 years of experience building scalable web applications using Go, Node.js, and PHP. He has shipped core product features for millions of users at Jotform and now drives backend systems at Machinarium, with hands-on experience in real-time systems and AI-powered applications. Comfortable across the stack, he pairs modern frontend skills (React, TypeScript, Vue) with backend service design and third-party API integrations. Enes contributes to open-source tooling—having improved extractors in the widely used youtube-dl project—demonstrating attention to parsing complexity and edge cases. He’s passionate about clean, maintainable architectures, mentoring through knowledge sharing, and turning prototypes (conversational forms, custom PDF layouts) into production-ready features. Based in Istanbul, he combines practical product ownership with a curiosity for emerging tech stacks and developer ergonomics.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at VILNIUS TECH - Vilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityBachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi
English, Turkish
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Github Skills (13)
data-extraction10
interaction10
video-download10
youtube-dl10
extraction10
api10
extractor10
python10
feature-extraction10
parsing9
json-parser9
json9
jsonp9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ytdl-org/youtube-dl
Apr 2018 - Oct 2018
Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 9 PRs, 23 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Enes contributed to the `youtube-dl` project by implementing and fixing extractors for various video platforms. Their work included enhancing existing extractors, such as those for Izlesene and Openload, and adding support for new platforms like PuhuTV. These changes involved modifying Python code to parse video metadata, handle different video formats, and address extraction issues. Furthermore, the user addressed a bug in Dailymotion extraction and improved the extraction of extensions.
downloadervideosyoutubeyoutube-dlvideo-sites
mrfade/movie-ticket-frontend
May 2022 - Jul 2023
Contributions:3 releases, 35 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 1 month
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