Semih Arslanoglu
Senior Backend Engineer at ablefy
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolSemih Arslanoglu is a senior backend engineer based in Berlin with 11 years in software and seven focused on building robust web applications using Ruby on Rails, PHP, and JavaScript. He has driven performance and reliability improvements at scale—most recently cutting API response times by 20% and accelerating product download flows by 97% at Ablefy. Previously at Shopify he led the Subscriptions Migrator project and stabilized critical systems during peak events like Black Friday, demonstrating both project ownership and incident response chops. His background spans agency work and startups, where he designed APIs, led architectural decisions, and upgraded front-end frameworks, reflecting a pragmatic full-stack sensibility despite a backend focus. Known for pairing careful monitoring (New Relic, Sentry) with pragmatic engineering, he brings a results-oriented approach to payments, subscriptions, and compliance-heavy e-commerce workflows.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
High school degree Math - Engineering, High school degree Math - Engineering at Eskişehir Kılıçoğlu High SchoolBachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Engineering at Koç University
Turkish, English, German
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Github Skills (55)
docker-image10
district10
whatsapp10
turkish10
conversation9
jquery9
application-management9
zendesk9
docker9
intercom9
heroku9
bank9
salesforce9
carrier9
drift8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
sarslanoglu/sarslan-bitmap
Feb 2020 - Mar 2024
🖼️ Simple bitmap editor written in Ruby
Contributions:6 reviews, 19 PRs, 33 pushes in 4 years
bitmap8bitrubyhex-editorsketchup
sarslanoglu/turkish_cities
Mar 2020 - Jan 2023
List and find Turkish cities via name, district name, post code, plate number etc.
Contributions:9 releases, 12 reviews, 37 commits in 2 years 9 months
turkish-citiesruby-gemnumber-plateturkeysubdistricts
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