Computer Engineering graduate with 2+ years of professional software development experience, focused on backend engineering, database systems, distributed architectures, and enterprise application development.

I build production-oriented backend systems using .NET, Node.js, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, RabbitMQ, Docker, and Microsoft Graph, with a strong focus on database performance, reliability, asynchronous processing, and maintainable architecture.

My primary interests include:

• Backend Engineering
• Database Engineering & Performance Optimization
• Distributed Systems
• Event-Driven Architecture
• Microservices Architecture
• Enterprise Integrations

• 🎓 Computer Engineering graduate — GPA: 3.80 / 4.00
• 🏆 Department Valedictorian at three different universities
• 🏆 1st Place — Teknofest International Free Mission UAV Competition
• 💼 2+ years of professional software development experience
• 🏛️ Lead developer of a production university platform used by approximately 100 academic staff members
• 📊 Experienced in designing and optimizing relational databases processing 1M+ records
• ⚡ Experienced with event-driven systems, background workers, asynchronous processing, and message-driven architectures
• 🔗 Built enterprise integrations using Microsoft Graph API
• 🌍 Open to remote, hybrid, and relocation opportunities

• .NET 9
• ASP.NET Core Web API
• ASP.NET Core MVC
• Entity Framework Core
• Dapper
• Node.js
• Express.js

• Microsoft SQL Server
• PostgreSQL
• MongoDB
• MySQL

• Database Design
• Complex SQL
• Query Optimization
• Indexing
• Transaction Management
• Stored Procedures
• Functions & Triggers
• ETL Processes
• Large-Scale Data Processing

• Microservices Architecture
• Event-Driven Architecture
• RabbitMQ
• Transactional Outbox Pattern
• Background Workers
• Retry & Dead-Letter Processing
• Idempotency
• Clean Architecture
• SOLID Principles
• RESTful APIs
• Dependency Injection

• Docker
• Docker Compose
• MinIO
• Redis
• IIS
• Nginx
• Linux
• Git

• Microsoft Graph API
• REST APIs
• External API Integrations

• React.js
• TypeScript
• JavaScript
• HTML
• CSS
• jQuery

• Python
• OpenCV
• YOLO
• Multithreading
• Parallel Programming
• Computer Vision

Enterprise integration service designed to centralize Microsoft Teams operations and provide reusable Teams capabilities for internal systems.

Technologies: .NET 9, ASP.NET Core Web API, Microsoft Graph API, PostgreSQL, Entity Framework Core, MinIO, Docker

Highlights:

• Microsoft Teams and channel discovery through Microsoft Graph API
• Live and synchronized message management
• Message sending, deletion, and synchronization workflows
• PostgreSQL-based message persistence
• MinIO object storage for message media and hosted content
• Authentication and permission-based authorization
• Production-oriented exception handling and cancellation support
• Dockerized service architecture

Event-driven .NET Worker Service designed for reliable production event processing, overdue-operation monitoring, and automated Microsoft Teams notifications.

Technologies: .NET 9, C#, PostgreSQL, Dapper, Npgsql, RabbitMQ, Docker

Highlights:

• Event-driven background processing using .NET BackgroundService
• Transactional Outbox Pattern for reliable event publishing
• RabbitMQ producers and consumers
• Retry and dead-letter processing
• ACK/NACK message handling
• Idempotent event processing
• Scheduled operation monitoring using PeriodicTimer
• Alarm deduplication
• Microsoft Teams notification routing
• Structured logging and graceful cancellation

Production platform actively used by approximately 100 academic staff members at Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University.

Technologies: ASP.NET Core MVC, ASP.NET Core Web API, SQL Server, IIS, JavaScript

Highlights:

• Sole developer of the platform
• Processes more than 1 million database records
• Complex relational database architecture
• Query optimization and indexing
• Transaction management
• ETL workflows for academic and student data
• Automated accreditation and reporting processes
• Actively maintained production system

🌐 Production: https://mudek.bandirma.edu.tr

Real-time video processing system developed using the Producer-Consumer Pattern and parallel programming techniques.

Technologies: C#, .NET, OpenCV, Haar Cascade, Multithreading, Parallel Programming

Highlights:

• Producer-Consumer processing architecture
• Multithreaded real-time frame processing
• Real-time face and object detection
• Workload distribution optimization
• Resource-efficient continuous processing

Currently focused on:

• Advanced .NET Backend Engineering
• Event-Driven Architecture
• Distributed Systems
• PostgreSQL & Database Performance
• RabbitMQ & Asynchronous Processing
• Worker Services & Background Processing
• Enterprise API Integrations
• Production Reliability & Observability

Backend Engineering • Database Architecture • Distributed Systems • Event-Driven Systems • Microservices • Performance Optimization • Production Reliability

I particularly enjoy engineering problems where backend architecture and database design matter — designing how services communicate, how data is modeled and processed, and how systems remain reliable and maintainable in production.

📧 Email: mert.akdemir.info@gmail.com

💻 GitHub: github.com/miarmely

🌍 Location: Turkey

Building reliable backend systems, designing efficient databases, and solving complex engineering problems.