Software engineer · Guitar player

Backend and data systems that hold up in production.

Software engineer with 5+ years across backend services, data pipelines, and cloud-native infrastructure. At Deepinfo I work on the systems behind large-scale internet data: domains, DNS, and WHOIS.

01 — Neck · Scale

400M+

domain records in the Elasticsearch cluster I manage at Deepinfo, kept available and fast as it grows.

02 — Pickups · Reach

1000+

ccTLDs and gTLDs covered by those records, from country-code zones to generic top-level domains.

03 — Bridge · Throughput

1M+

RabbitMQ messages processed every day, next to a distributed Cassandra cluster and the Airflow DAGs that run the pipelines.

Clean code, observable systems. Loud guitars.

About

Systems that scale and stay easy to run.

I build scalable backend systems, data platforms, and production infrastructure. Over the past five years that has meant REST APIs and services in Python, Django, and FastAPI, asynchronous processing with Celery, Redis, and RabbitMQ, marketplace integrations on PostgreSQL, and data platforms storing tens of terabytes. I enjoy problems around scale, performance, and reliability, and I care about code that stays maintainable and systems that are easy to observe and operate.

Focus
Backend systems & data platforms
Currently
Senior Software Engineer at Deepinfo
Off the clock
Electric guitar

Tracklist

Experience · 2016 — Present

  1. 06Senior Software Engineer — DeepinfoDec 2025 - Present

    Turkey · Remote

    Working on the data infrastructure behind Deepinfo's internet data: domains, DNS, and WHOIS.

    • Manage a large-scale Elasticsearch cluster with 400M+ domain records across 1,000+ ccTLDs and gTLDs, keeping it highly available, fast, and ready to scale.
    • Manage a distributed Apache Cassandra cluster in production.
    • Operate and tune RabbitMQ, which processes more than 1 million messages a day.
    • Develop and maintain Apache Airflow DAGs for workflow orchestration and automation.
    PythonScalaAirflowKafkaSparkElasticsearchCassandraRabbitMQMongoDBKubernetesGCP
  2. 05Software Engineer — ImperumJun 2024 - Dec 2025

    Turkey

    SOC automation and DFIR tooling, mostly the workflow engine behind security playbooks.

    • Built the Python workflow orchestration layer behind visual playbook automation, cutting manual incident triage and response time by an estimated 30%.
    • Designed an ingestion module with Celery, Redis, and MongoDB that decoupled connector data processing from the rest of the platform.
    • Set up Grafana and OpenTelemetry dashboards and alerts so problems were caught earlier.
    • Promoted after being recognized as a high performer.
    PythonCeleryRedisMongoDBGrafanaOpenTelemetry
  3. 04Software Engineer — AkinonAug 2023 - Jun 2024

    Turkey

    Backend services and marketplace integrations for e-commerce platforms.

    • Built backend services with Django, Celery, and PostgreSQL for integrations with 8+ marketplaces.
    • Made synchronization flows more reliable, reducing marketplace sync errors by 15%.
    DjangoCeleryPostgreSQLMarketplace APIs
  4. 03Software Engineer — Turk Telekom R&D via OredataDec 2022 - Aug 2023

    Turkey

    Analytics backend for geospatial and time-series data.

    • Migrated a Node.js/Express analytics service to Python and FastAPI, covering 14 datasets.
    • Rewrote Elasticsearch geolocation queries with Painless scripts, improving query performance by 20%.
    PythonFastAPIElasticsearchPainlessTime-series Data
  5. 02Software Engineer — Huawei Technologies R&DApr 2021 - Dec 2022

    Turkey

    Full-stack internal tools for automating analytical workflows.

    • Built REST APIs with Django and FastAPI, and Vue/Vuex dashboards for internal analytical workflows.
    • Built automation and workflow tooling that improved team efficiency by 30%.
    • Received two Sparkling Awards and the Future Star Medal.
    DjangoFastAPIVueVuexREST APIs
  6. 01B.Sc. Computer Engineering — Uludag UniversitySep 2016 - Sep 2020

    Bursa, Turkey

    Computer engineering degree.

    • Studied software design, algorithms, and computer systems.
    Computer EngineeringAlgorithmsSystemsSoftware Design

Tools for reliable products

Skills

Languages

  • Python
  • Scala
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Bash

Backend & Data

  • Django
  • FastAPI
  • Celery
  • REST APIs
  • GraphQL
  • Airflow
  • Spark
  • Kafka

Databases & Messaging

  • Elasticsearch
  • Cassandra
  • MongoDB
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • RabbitMQ

Cloud & DevOps

  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • GitLab CI
  • Jenkins

Observability

  • Grafana
  • Prometheus
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Kibana
  • Tempo
Mehmet in silhouette mid-song on a dark stage, guitar cable trailing across the floor.
Mehmet playing a dark electric guitar under cool blue stage lights at an outdoor show.
Mehmet playing a white electric guitar on stage through stage smoke, lit in red.

Music identity · On stage

Electric guitar, mostly rock and metal.

Playing live carries over to engineering more than I expected: practicing until a part is reliable, keeping time with other people, and reworking something until it sounds right.

Precision92
Momentum86
Tone78