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Goktug Oguz Gungor

Software Engineer

๐Ÿ“ Istanbul, Turkey

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Software Engineer with hands-on experience operating large-scale Kubernetes and OpenShift platforms in enterprise and regulated environments. Strong expertise in GitOps (ArgoCD), CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation (Ansible) on AWS-based cloud-native architectures. Experienced in observability and monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana) and platform reliability engineering.

Work Preferences

Salary

USD 4,000 โ€“ 8,000

Skills

Kubernetes9/10
ArgoCD / GitOps8/10
Docker8/10
CI/CD8/10
OpenShift8/10
Linux (7/10)Ansible (7/10)NestJS (7/10)PostgreSQL (7/10)Prometheus & Grafana (7/10)Java (Spring Boot) (7/10)AWS (7/10)Stablecoin Systems (6/10)DigitalOcean (6/10)Kafka (6/10)PL/pgSQL (6/10)RabbitMQ (6/10)Solidity (6/10)MongoDB (5/10)React / Next.js (5/10)

Work Experience

Software Engineer (Consulting)

Finch Network

Apr 2025 โ€” Oct 2025

Led backend and blockchain development initiatives. Designed and implemented the payment architecture integrating Coinbase for transaction processing.

Cloud and Platform Engineer

Turkey Is Bank

Jul 2024 โ€” Present

Operated enterprise-scale Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters for mission-critical banking workloads. Implemented GitOps workflows using ArgoCD. Built monitoring and observability stacks with Prometheus and Grafana. Integrated centralized logging solutions (LogLake). Automated platform operations using Ansible, reducing manual effort. Optimized platform cron jobs, achieving 11ร— performance improvement.

Team Lead (Consulting)

PikuDAO

Jan 2024 โ€” Jan 2026

Led engineering efforts for a blockchain-based stablecoin platform through production launch. Designed and operated infrastructure using AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD. Built deployment workflows and internal tooling to support reliable releases.

Software Engineer

Mindstone Labs

Oct 2023 โ€” Jul 2024

Developed backend systems using Java (Spring Boot) and NestJS. Managed infrastructure on DigitalOcean, Linux VMs, and PostgreSQL. Contributed to Solidity smart contracts and React integrations.

Education

Yildiz Technical University

BSc ยท Mathematical Engineering

2019 โ€“ 2024