Mert Akcakaya
Senior Software Engineer at Toptal
İzmir, Türkiye Turkey
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Top SchoolMert Akcakaya is a Senior Software Engineer and architect with 11 years of experience building scalable, high-performance systems across cloud, distributed, and microservice architectures. He has led teams and driven architecture and process improvements—from refactoring large legacy codebases to introducing CI/CD, automated testing, and gradual rewrites for maintainability. At Toptal he delivered subsecond API caching on AWS Lambda and cross-country invoice reporting on Azure Functions, and has full‑stack experience supporting large US healthcare clients. His background spans .NET, cloud-native serverless, message-driven systems, and front-end stacks, complemented by hands-on product management and embedded RFID solutions earlier in his career. An MBA graduate with a 3.97 GPA, he pairs technical depth with business acumen and a track record of translating complex requirements into reliable production systems. Based in İzmir, Türkiye, he combines pragmatic engineering leadership with a knack for operational optimization in high-impact environments.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), 3.97, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), 3.97 at Hacettepe ÜniversitesiBachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Engineering at Çankaya ÜniversitesiAnkara Atatürk Anatolian High School
Turkish, English
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Github Skills (165)
dotnet10
disable10
ado-net10
object-mapper10
csharp10
wireshark10
javascript9
visual-studio-extension9
sql9
mapper9
rabbitmq9
database9
azure-service-bus9
dapper9
messaging9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
makcakaya/Wallpapers
Jul 2016 - Apr 2022
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
makcakaya/dotfiles
Jan 2015 - Feb 2023
Contributions:12 pushes in 8 years 3 months
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