Utku Tekalmaz
Verified Expert in Engineering
React Front-end Developer
Berlin, Germany
Toptal member since November 12, 2021
Utku is a software engineer with six years of experience, specializing in React front-end development for four years. While he has built front-end, back-end, image processing, and embedded systems applications, his current focus is developing scalable, durable, and maintainable front-end and mobile applications with React and React Native. Utku's industry experience is backed by a bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering.
Portfolio
Experience
- Git - 6 years
- JavaScript - 6 years
- Data Structures - 6 years
- Algorithms - 6 years
- Node.js - 5 years
- Redux - 5 years
- React - 4 years
- React Native - 3 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, GitHub, GitLab, React, React Native, Express.js, Node.js, Git
The most amazing...
...thing I've developed was the tachograph calibration application that became the fastest and most affordable solution and one of its kind in the world!
Work Experience
Front-end Engineer
Pets Deli
- Developed new features for a popular country-wide eCommerce website, using Next.js for SEO-friendly content rendering and React Hooks for a state-of-the-art codebase.
- Fixed bugs in many urgent situations and started to develop an engineering culture with test-driven development.
- Launched the new features on different countries' websites and developed local experiences on them.
Software Engineer
Siemens
- Developed a full-stack application that can be configured as an embedded system, using React for the UI and Node.js for the back end.
- Used Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS), currently known as Azure DevOps Server, as the version control service.
- Developed features and tracked bugs. Additional project details are confidential.
Front-end and Mobile Developer
Pars Tachograph Solutions
- Developed an Android app for industrial use at truck services. It configured tachographs over a Bluetooth dongle and served them embedded on a tablet. Drivers could use the app to send their data to the government system.
- Observed signals and bytes between the application and the embedded system domain and built the app through this obtained information.
- Delivered the calibration app that's widely used in the industry. The niche data sender application reached a sizeable userbase and generated positive feedback from truck drivers.
Software Engineer
FourDotOne
- Developed a factory application to track products from when they come out of a conveyor to when they land in a hangar.
- Trained the deep learning model that was used for tracking.
- Gained my first hands-on experience in training a deep learning model, which took 28 days and produced mind-blowing results.
Software Engineer
UKA Vision
- Conducted R&D on a corrugated cardboard counter machine, looking for new image processing techniques, and developed a value-added, ready-to-use product that met industrial standards.
- Developed algorithms with OpenCV and C++ and the UI with WPF in C#. PLC systems were used for the hardware and maintained the application on the field.
- Traveled and built the country-wide system, which became one of the leading cardboard counters in the industry.
Experience
Contact Keeper
https://github.com/utkutekalmaz/react-contactsEducation
Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Communication Engneering
Kocaeli University - Kocaeli, Turkey
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, OpenCV, Windows Forms (WinForms)
Tools
Git, Slack, Microsoft Teams, GitHub, GitLab, You Only Look Once (YOLO), MongoDB Atlas
Languages
JavaScript, ECMAScript (ES6), Java, C++, C#
Frameworks
Redux, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, React Native, Express.js, Jest, JSON Web Tokens (JWT), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Paradigms
Agile, Testing, Unit Testing, CRUD, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Test-driven Development (TDD)
Platforms
Android, Heroku
Storage
MongoDB
Other
Software Development, Algorithms, Data Structures, React Hooks, Mobile Applications, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Discord, User Authentication, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, eCommerce, Front-end, Full-stack, Back-end, User Interface (UI), Version Control Systems, Embedded Systems, Bluetooth, R&D
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