Göktürk Gezer
Software Engineer at Sigma
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGöktürk Gezer is a seasoned software engineer with 14 years of experience building resilient distributed storage and data-management systems across tech leaders and startups. He has driven backend improvements and production hardening at Microsoft, Alluxio, Meta (Tectonic File System), and now Sigma, blending hands-on Java systems work with team leadership. His open-source contributions to projects like Alluxio and Apache Felix show a focus on cluster orchestration, monitoring, manifest handling, and test-driven bug fixes that improve robustness in cloud analytics and ML workflows. Comfortable moving between individual contributor and manager roles, he pairs deep system-level debugging skills with a knack for making large-scale storage services more observable and reliable. Based in the United States and educated in computer science at TOBB ETU, he brings a pragmatic, infrastructure-first approach to data-intensive engineering challenges.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at TOBB Ekonomi ve Teknoloji Üniversitesi
Github Skills (16)
apache-felix10
unit-testing10
javas10
backend10
back-end-development10
java10
system-monitoring10
scripting9
distributed-systems9
shell9
script9
sh9
grpc8
architecture8
architectures8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Alluxio/alluxio
Sep 2018 - Apr 2022
Alluxio, data orchestration for analytics and machine learning in the cloud
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:376 reviews, 288 commits, 340 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Göktürk primarily contributed to the improvement and support of the Alluxio system. They focused on javadoc improvements, cluster startup monitoring, and adding support for job services. Their work involved modifying Java code within core components and test files, and they also made style fixes and enhancements to shell scripts for system monitoring. The changes indicate a focus on enhancing the robustness, performance, and monitoring capabilities of the Alluxio backend.
data-analysisvirtual-distributed-filesystemanalyticsorchestrationdata-science
apache/felix
Jun 2012 - Feb 2013
Mirror of Apache Felix
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:20 commits in 8 months
Contributions summary:Göktürk primarily contributed to bug fixes and enhancements within the Apache Felix project, specifically focusing on the iPOJO manipulator. Their work involved modifying the DirectoryResourceStore and Pojoization classes to correctly handle manifest file locations and update them. They also implemented unit tests to ensure the correctness of the changes, addressing issues like FELIX-3466 and FELIX-3576. Furthermore, they addressed code style and licensing issues.
version-controllibgit2apachefelixapache-felix
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