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Kerem Sevencan — keremciu.github.io
13+ years in software dev - Tech Lead - TypeScript Enthusiast - High EQ
- Building scalable web apps from scratch with Testing and Security in mind.
- Building Design Systems with user-centric design, a11y and consistency constraints.
- Promoting async communication and good documentation to make processes faster.
- Worked in API / Cyber Security / Adtech / Insurtech / Navigation-tech domains
Oct 2022 - Aug 2023
Rapid, Berlin, DE — Senior Software Engineer
- Implemented CI/CD for a critical Python monolith and made it compliant with the 12-factor app principles.
- Led a team to consolidate two different AWS accounts, migrating from AWS ECS to EKS.
- Automated the design-to-frontend handover process by implementing Design Tokens with an excellent team.
- Worked on microfrontends setup and made it ready to use like a template by other teams.
Dec 2021 - Oct 2022
Feather Insurance, Berlin, DE — Senior Software Engineer
- Led a token based auth to cookie based auth transition project with head of engineering.
- Created a testing culture for frontend applications and made workshops and presentations.
- Wrote many documents(ADR/ERD/RFC) to improve code quality/understanding all across engineering.
- Actively participated in the hiring process and mentored other software engineers.
Sep 2019 - Nov 2021
Cobalt.io, Berlin, DE — Senior Software Engineer
Stack: [Dashboard & Client app] React / react-testing-library / cypress / emotion / styled-system / webpack / circle-ci / docker
- Worked on automation features to reduce manual clicks(90 -> 12) around pentest management process.
- Built a component library with
styled-system
and followedtokens > utils > components
pattern. - Introduced
contract testing
to make sure backend services do not break web apps. It's a network mock solution built withmock service worker
andopenapi-backend
libs which consumes OpenAPI specs. - Landed e2e infrastructure with Cypress and implemented happy-path tests. (had also playwright)
- Improved unit/integration test quality by transitioning from enzyme to
react-testing library
. - Wrote many documents(ADR/ERD/RFC) to improve code quality/understanding all across engineering.
Jan 2017 - Mar 2019
Adphorus, Berlin, DE — Lead Frontend Developer
Stack: [Dashboard & Client App, Tools] React / Redux / Redux-saga / css-modules / post-css / webpack / jenkins / docker
- Hired 8 people for the front end and helped them increase their knowledge base and productivity.
- Made internal presentations to explain the business domain and tech.
- Worked with design team on rebranding to build a
visual language
that used by consumer facing interfaces. - Solved scalability problems(aws lambda) for big hotel/airline feeds to create visual ads automatically.
🌟 Adphorus has been acquired by Sojern at November 2017.
May 2016 - Dec 2016
PointrLabs, London, UK — Lead Frontend Developer
Stack: [Dashboard App] React / Redux / Redux-thunk / material-ui / GraphQL / nodejs (express) / sass / gulpjs
- Built a server application from stratch to serve .NET REST API to mobile apps and a new dashboard for serving indoor location data. It fixed dynamic object modeling problems between development teams.
- Made internal presentation about GraphQL and Redux here to increase adoptation.
- Built a responsive website with automated deploy orchestration.
- Built a small access management tool to help out marketing team for sharing specialized demos.
Sep 2014 - Oct 2016
Asseco South Eastern Europe, London, UK — Frontend Developer & Designer
- Built iPad and mobile applications with Angular1/React and Cordova.
- Helped the product team for different phases like business analyze, wireframing and design.
- Made simple interfaces with GulpJS for internal dev tooling.
- Acted a technical supervisor and joined many client meetings as I worked in several web projects.
Apr 2014 - Oct 2014
Online People, London, UK — Frontend Developer & Designer
- Built a hybrid web application from stratch. Transitioned a facebook app into a cross-device app.
- Designed all design assets of the application and the company itself.
Oct 2010 - Dec 2012
YCEO, Istanbul, TR — Frontend Developer
- Implemented Client specific designs on top of Django View Layer like custom Shopify themes.
- Developed reusable jQuery components like slider, cart and checkout components.
Jan 2010 - Oct 2010
Bilginet Bilisim, Istanbul, TR — Frontend Developer
- Implemented Client specific designs on top of basic HTML tables.
- Developed reusable Login and Card component by using jQuery and AJAX.
- Developed a facebook app which works as a tab on our clients facebook pages to show their products.
2011-2016
Maltepe University, Visual Communication Design
2013-2015
Cardiff MET University, Graphic Communication
| GitHub | github.com/keremciu | email | [email protected] | | linkedin | linkedin.com/in/keremsevencan | twitter | twitter.com/keremciu |