Mustafa Çetinkaya, MSc

Istanbul, Türkiye | mucet90@gmail.com

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Summary

Software Engineer and Architect with experience designing, building, and scaling high-performance, distributed systems. Proven impact in FinTech, enterprise systems, delivering production-ready solutions for millions of users. Expert in Dotnet, Microservices, DevOps, and Kubernetes environments. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams, mentoring engineers, and designing maintainable architectures.

Core Skills

Technical: Microservices, Web APIs, Batches, Clean Architecture, Ddd, Cqrs, Tdd, Dotnet, Kafka, Redis, Sql, Mongo, Wpf, xUnit

DevOps & Cloud: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Helm, ArgoCd, Azure, Xl Release, CyberArk Conjur, Ci/Cd

Methodologies: Agile/Scrum, Code Reviews, Refactoring, Design Patterns

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Softtech, Istanbul, Türkiye | Jan 2023 - Present
  • Backend engineer for Türkiye İş Bankası's mobile channel (İşCep), serving 200M+ daily transactions.
  • Designed and developed core banking Apis enabling customer onboarding and product distribution across partner channels.
  • Built microservices in Dotnet and Java Spring, deployed on Kubernetes, optimized for performance and security.
  • Implemented MyLife project and Car Valuation services, integrating automation for bill/tax payments and asset management.
  • Migrated legacy monolithic services to scalable, containerized solutions.

Senior Software Engineer

Istanbul University, Istanbul, Türkiye | Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
  • Developed Dotnet applications using Cqrs and Mediator patterns, Soap/Rest services, and automated workflows with Quartz.
  • Enhanced architectural templates, added xUnit tests, and implemented multi-environment appsettings.

Software Engineer

Council of Forensic Medicine (Government), Istanbul, Türkiye | Apr 2017 - Jul 2022
  • Developed full-stack web applications using Asp.Net Core to automate forensic data analysis workflows.
  • Architected and deployed Windows Services for orchestrating sequential, automated tasks across virtual machine clusters.
  • Built ClickOnce-distributed desktop applications and cUrl-based console applications to automate cross-server data processing.
  • Designed and maintained a centralized server-side Laboratory Management System (Claris Filemaker) with role-based access control and multi-database integrations for evidence tracking.
  • Executed complex digital data extraction and forensic analysis on mobile devices and physical storage media (memory/SIM cards) for high-stakes criminal investigations.
  • Leveraged industry-standard specialized software (Cellebrite Ufed, Magnet Axiom, X-Ways Forensics, Ftk Imager) to recover and parse volatile, encrypted, and hidden digital artifacts.

Software Developer

Maxinn Corporate Services, Isparta, Türkiye | Sep 2012 - Sep 2014
  • Developed e-commerce web apps (Asp.Net Mvc, MsSql, Rfid) and desktop Pos systems (Wpf).

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science

Istanbul University, Istanbul, Türkiye | 2019 - 2021

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Istanbul University, Istanbul, Türkiye | 2014 - 2016

Bachelor of Science in Computer Teacher Education

Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Türkiye | 2008 - 2013

Certifications

Publications

Languages

English (Professional Working - Certified by iTEP), Turkish (Native)