Yusuf Yildirim
Technical Lead at XITE
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolYusuf Yildirim is a Technical Lead based in Amsterdam with nine years of engineering experience and a 13-year journey in software development. He specializes in React Native and front-end engineering, having progressed from mobile and full-stack roles to leading teams at XITE and earlier founding tinythings. Yusuf combines hands-on UI craftsmanship—demonstrated by contributions improving animations, styling and linting in popular React Native component libraries—with a habit of continuous computer science learning and curiosity about science. He excels at turning UX issues into robust, maintainable fixes while mentoring engineers through growth-stage product challenges. Comfortable in startup and fast-moving product environments, he brings both entrepreneurial grit and pragmatic technical leadership. Fluent in balancing delivery speed with code quality, he often surfaces small but impactful improvements that reduce long-term technical debt.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Web Design and Programming, Web Design and Programming at ITO Vakfı Süleyman Taştekin Technical SchoolComputer Programming, Computer Programming at Marmara ÜniversitesiManagement Information Systems, Management Information Systems at Beykent Üniversitesi
Turkish, İngilizce
Github Skills (7)
javascript10
react-native10
react10
ui-design9
eslint6
ios4
android4
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
shoutem/ui
Mar 2017 - Apr 2017
Customizable set of components for React Native applications
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 3 PRs, 14 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Yusuf primarily focused on UI component adjustments and fixes within the React Native framework. They addressed issues related to the DropDownMenu's animation, padding, and NavigationBar styling. The contributions involved modifying existing components and applying inline styles, indicating an effort to improve the user interface and address reported bugs. The user also performed ESLint fixes, ensuring code quality.
reactnative-applicationsreact-nativeandroidshoutem-ui
yusufyildirim/node_base
Dec 2018 - Dec 2018
Node / Express / Docker API Boilerplate
Contributions:28 commits, 4 PRs, 15 pushes in 11 days
apiapi-boilerplateboilerplatenode-expressexpress
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