Samet Özcan
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack Developer
Istanbul, Turkey
Toptal member since February 16, 2022
Samet is a full-stack developer with nearly a decade of experience building robust web projects for the telecommunication, media, and banking industries. He specializes in Node.js, Express.js, and cloud services. He delivered end-to-end live video streaming using server-side ad insertion for 500,000 simultaneous live broadcast viewers and 15 million unique monthly viewers. Samet enjoys applying new technologies to real-world problems and designing scalable projects and software architecture.
Portfolio
Experience
- MySQL - 10 years
- SQL - 10 years
- JavaScript - 10 years
- Programming - 10 years
- Web Development - 8 years
- Java - 5 years
- Node.js - 5 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 5 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
MacOS, WebStorm, IntelliJ IDEA, Slack, Jira, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
The most amazing...
...project I've developed is an ad server with 500,000 concurrent live TV viewers with a 50 millisecond response time.
Work Experience
Software Development Manager
Adnext Media
- Delivered end-to-end personalized live video streaming using server-side ad insertion. Served 500,000 simultaneous live broadcast viewers for hours and approximately 15 million unique viewers each month.
- Created DSP and SSP specialized for live TV broadcasting environments with 100 million targeted video ad impressions per month.
- Managed CI/CD cycles using AWS CodeCommit and AWS CodeDeploy. Created a highly scalable production environment on AWS cloud using ELB, ASG, EC2, and Lambda functions.
- Managed AWS ETL using Kinesis, Firehose, Redshift, and Glue. This contained real-time, detailed reporting on the advertising panels developed.
Senior Software Engineer
Oredata
- Developed a social network analysis platform using Big Data technologies.
- Delivered a Salesforce automation project using Java and Spring.
- Devised churn and influencer analysis using academic research papers and machine learning algorithms with Apache Spark MLlib.
Junior Consultant
NTT Data
- Developed an internet banking UI for Yapı Kredi Bank using Apache Struts framework and Java technologies.
- Designed a new internet banking UI for Yapı Kredi Bank using Spring MVC framework, Java, JSP, and JavaScript technologies.
- Assisted in the analysis and design of the UI, working collaboratively with analysts. Tracked and fixed bugs using Jira.
Software Development Specialist
Vodafone Turkey
- Participated in the development of a service delivery framework (a concept of SDP) that enables mobile operators and third-party service and content providers to create and deploy their own multimedia services through various channels.
- Implemented high availability to an SDF product enabling users to work with more than one SDF product in a synchronized way and provide availability continuously in case of crashes.
- Participated in the development of a CRM product that maintains all user transactions and records.
- Analyzed, designed, and developed the Vodafone Partner Portal project.
Experience
Demand Side Platform - Supply Side Platform
campaigns, creative, placement management for agencies, user management, and detailed real-time reporting of advertising panels. Developed AWS ETL management using Kinesis, Firehose, and Redshift.
Ad Server
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology
University of Stuttgart - Stuttgart, Germany
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering
Koç University - Istanbul, Turkey
Certifications
Advanced Apache Spark Training
Spark Summit East 2015 - NYC
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Node.js
Tools
WebStorm, IntelliJ IDEA, Slack, Jira, Cloudera, Impala, AWS CodeCommit, AWS CodeDeploy
Languages
SQL, Java, JavaScript
Storage
MySQL, Redis
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), MacOS
Frameworks
Spring, Spark, Express.js, Apache Spark
Other
Programming, Web Development, System Design
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