
Turushan Aktay
Verified Expert in Engineering
iOS Developer
Turushan is an iOS developer with over nine years of experience building native apps for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. He graduated with a BS in computer science in 2015 and has comprehensive knowledge of iOS user experience and clean coding. Turushan has successfully built several apps from the ground up and published them on the App Store.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
iOS, MacOS, GitHub, Swift, Xcode, SwiftUI, Zeplin
The most amazing...
...accomplishment was one of my own apps hitting 600,000+ downloads and ranked #1 for its primary keyword.
Work Experience
iOS Developer
COYO GmbH
- Developed "COYO Engage," an employee app based on the COYO intranet platform. It enables accessing company news and real-time communication with colleagues.
- Refactored and modularized the old codebase into VIPER architecture.
- Interviewed new iOS developer candidates for the team.
iOS Developer
Self Employed
- Initiated and developed "Academy for Valorant" which provides several contents from Valorant (by Riot Games) video game like agents info, detailed maps, news, videos, wallpapers, and so on. The app also supports offline experience.
- Developed "Viell" which is an exclusive and digital membership club where members can discover new people, crafted content, and join members-only events (freelance).
- Initiated and developed "Visit Izmir," a city guide app for Izmir, Turkey (freelance).
- Developed "Flank Esports" which provides e-sport match results, news and promotes video game products (freelance).
- Developed "Allzin" which is a social discovery app, gives users city specific activity recommendations.
- Initiated and developed "Votti" which is a social media app based on creating polls and voting experiences (freelance).
- Initiated and developed "BiCoin" which follows Turkish crypto exchanges and presents current rates of crypto coins.
- Initiated and developed "Academy LoL" which provides several game-related features and contents for League of Legends players.
- Initiated and developed "Overwatch Academy" which is a worldwide ranked #1 Overwatch app, providing game-related content about the Overwatch video game.
- Initiated and developed "InstaNazar" which attaches evil eye beads and several photo effects on user's pictures.
iOS Developer
DonanımHaber
- Developed "DH" which is an iOS app of DonanımHaber, the biggest technology press in Turkey with its editorial and forum parts.
- Transferred and modularized legacy Objective-C project to Swift project.
- Interviewed with new iOS developer candidates for the team.
- Implemented CI/CD with Bitrise and defined a testing pipeline from the ground up.
iOS Developer
Moodnode GmbH
- Initiated and developed "Moodnode" which is an IoT controlled smart home system.
- Implemented a push notification system for burglar detection.
- Implemented a chart screen which shows your energy consumption, your carbon dioxide footprint or simply your daily habits.
- Involved in UX decisions.
iOS Developer
iMobileCode
- Initiated and developed "NTV" which is a Turkish nationwide television news channel.
- Made use of auto layout and size classes to support iPhone and iPad with split view feature.
- Implemented Apple Watch extension for NTV.
- Implemented a custom video player with Picture-in-Picture feature for NTV.
- Migrated a football fans app called Skor from iOS 5 to iOS 8.
Experience
Turkey Starcraft II Champion
https://www.bolumsonucanavari.com/Haberler-Elektronik_Sporlar_Kupasi_Finalistleri_Secildi-20653.htmCOYO Engage
https://apps.apple.com/de/app/coyo-engage/id1341588804DH iOS App
https://itunes.apple.com/tr/app/dh-teknoloji-haberleri-video/id1342583703?l=tr&mt=8Academy for Valorant
Viell iOS App
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/viell/id1347522965?mt=8Moodnode iOS App
BiCoin iOS App
Visit İzmir iOS App
Flank Esports iOS App
Allzin iOS App
Academy LoL iOS App
Overwatch Academy iOS App
NTV iOS App
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ntv/id327359689Skor iOS App
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skor/id365413992?mt=8InstaNazar iOS App
Votti iOS App
Skills
Languages
Swift, Objective-C
Frameworks
UIKit, Core Location, WatchKit, Cocoa Touch, SwiftUI
Tools
Sketch, Crashlytics, Auto Layout, iOS Simulator, Xcode, Trello, Zeplin, Adobe Photoshop, SwiftLint, Git, Jira, GitHub, Terminal, SourceTree, Figma, PaintCode, Bitbucket, Fastlane, OneSignal
Platforms
iOS, WatchOS, MacOS, Firebase, tvOS, Bitrise
Storage
JSON, Realm
Other
Web Development, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), API Design, Freelancing, Size Classes
Libraries/APIs
Alamofire, CocoaPods, Kingfisher, REST APIs
Paradigms
Agile Software Development, Unit Testing
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science
Ozyegin University - Istanbul, Turkey