Burak Goksel
Verified Expert in Engineering
Front-end Developer
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Toptal member since June 14, 2020
Burak is a front-end developer with a robust background in enhancing human-computer interactions. He is a solution-oriented IT expert who's creative but also considerate of users' habits and expectations, so he strives for the best UX when delivering a product. Burak's value is most evident on front-end projects due to his perfect command of the Angular framework and his enthusiasm for TypeScript. Burak follows the SOLID principles and keeps up to date with the latest best practices.
Portfolio
Experience
- Angular - 8 years
- CSS - 8 years
- Front-end - 8 years
- JavaScript - 8 years
- User Experience (UX) - 6 years
- TypeScript - 6 years
- RxJS - 3 years
- Docker - 3 years
Preferred Environment
Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Linux, Postman, Jira, Git, GitLab, Node.js
The most amazing...
...code I've written was the dynamic component loader service for an Angular project to select components conditionally and build a personalized website.
Work Experience
Front-end Engineer
VIDA.place GmbH
- Redesigned VIDA’s UI, enhancing user interaction with 50+ data layers and boosting engagement.
- Optimized map rendering, improving load times for global infrastructure assessments.
- Integrated advanced geospatial tools for better data visualization.
- Scaled the front-end architecture to support a growing user base.
Senior Front-end Developer
Prospeum
- Introduced a generic approach for data grids, generating entire tables with a configuration file.
- Organized and distributed front-end tickets to the team within GitLab and adjusted continuous deployment for the project in the same platform.
- Collaborated with customers and founders to gather feature requests and improvements.
- Co-created the development roadmap and milestone planning.
- Implemented new features and maintained the existing system.
- Improved QA with code reviews, automated bug reports, and refinement of test automation pipelines.
Front-end Developer and DevOps
Bilişim A.Ş.
- Worked on a product called BilisimHR, an Angular-based application for human resource management.
- Used Confluence for application standardization, Bitbucket for version control, Jira for issue tracking, and Bamboo for automated deployment. These applications were all integrated with each other.
- Migrated a reverse proxy configuration from Nginx to Traefik.
- Set up monitoring tools such as Graylog, Grafana, and Prometheus to read and analyze all essential metrics and logs.
- Updated the product to the latest stable versions of Angular and all npm packages.
Full-stack Developer
StockMount
- Created a modular, multilingual front-end architecture using Angular and developed an application that integrates products, categories, and orders across the most popular eCommerce platforms, such as Amazon, eBay, and more.
- Configured GitLab to automate unit tests and implemented CI/CD using Jenkins.
- Dockerized the application and configured a registry using Portus.
- Tracked issues and requirements using GitLab tools.
- Fixed bugs in a C# MVC application as a full-stack developer.
Experience
BilişimHR
TASKS ACCOMPLISHED
• Contributed new modules to the Angular-based interface in line with UI/UX standards.
• Migrated a reverse-proxy configuration from Nginx to Traefik and set up monitoring tools such as Grafana and Prometheus to read and analyze all essential metrics.
• Updated to the latest stable versions of Angular and all NPM packages.
• Integrated Bitbucket repository with Bamboo to enable continuous deployment. The website is only available in Turkish.
StockMount International
TASKS ACCOMPLISHED
• Created an Angular-based front-end web application that works with the REST API on the back end.
Commercial Website of StockMount International
Education
Master's Degree in Software Engineering
Hacettepe University - Ankara, Turkey
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer and Instructional Technologies
Ankara University - Ankara, Turkey
Certifications
Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching (CCNA)
Cisco
Skills
Libraries/APIs
REST APIs, RxJS, Node.js, Google Maps API, Google Maps SDK, PrimeNG
Tools
NPM, Git, Traefik, Jira, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jenkins, Graylog, Trello, GitLab, GitHub, Docker Compose, Grafana, NGINX, Redmine, Confluence, Nx, Postman, Webpack, Sentry, Syncfusion, Slack
Languages
JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SCSS, TypeScript, YAML, ECMAScript (ES6), CSS3, HTML5, C#, Transact-SQL (T-SQL), Java, SQL, Python
Frameworks
Angular, Yarn, Bootstrap, JSON Web Tokens (JWT), MVC Razor, OAuth 2, ASP.NET Core MVC
Paradigms
Web Performance Optimization (WPO), Agile Software Development, Microfrontends, Test-driven Development (TDD), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Model View Controller (MVC)
Platforms
Docker, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Firebase, Linux, Ubuntu, MacOS, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Mixpanel
Storage
MongoDB, MySQL, Relational Databases, DBeaver, PostgreSQL, Datadog
Other
Front-end, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), APIs, HTTP, Front-end Development, Performance, Prometheus, SaaS, Metrics, Cross-browser Compatibility, WCAG 2, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), i18n, Content Management Systems (CMS), Storybook, Linear, Networking, Cisco
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