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Backend CV

TypeScript · modular architecture · math-grounded system design

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Cyber-Sec CV

cryptography · DevSecOps · application security · METU MSc

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Kürşat Akıncı

Çankaya/Ankara, Turkey · kursataknc.dev

Experience

  1. Backend & Systems Developer

    Freelance

    July 2024 — Present

    Remote

    • Delivered full-stack production web applications (Next.js, TypeScript), ensuring high availability and scalable server-side performance.
    • Orchestrated complete deployment lifecycles, managing VPS provisioning, containerized workloads (Docker), and reverse proxy configurations (Nginx / Caddy).
    • Implemented proactive host and network-level security measures, including Cloudflare integration and rigorous server hardening via UFW and Fail2Ban.
    • Maintained operational resilience and uptime through automated SSL management and continuous infrastructure monitoring.

  2. Technical Operation Coordinator

    METU Mathematics Club

    March 2020 — September 2024

    Ankara, Turkey

    • Maintained the club's technical infrastructure including website management and digital tools supporting workshops and online events.

Education

  1. B.Sc. in Mathematics

    Middle East Technical University

    February 2026

    Ankara, Turkey

    • Optimization — applied stochastic modeling and mathematical optimization techniques to analyze bottlenecks and design highly efficient, deterministic system architectures.
    • Algorithms and Data Structures
    • Graph Theory
    • Probability Theory
    • Mathematical Aspects of Cryptography

Projects

  1. kursataknc.dev & Engineering Lab

    Self-Hosted Systems Architecture Lab · kursataknc.dev

    Active

    • Architected a scalable, multi-module backend environment applying clean architecture and Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles, maintaining a strict logic / integration split for a deterministic, UI-agnostic core.
    • Engineered a hardened, high-performance RESTful API pipeline (/lab) applying Defense-in-Depth strategies: scoped per-request CSP nonces, CSRF double-submit patterns, and sliding-window rate limiting.
    • Spearheaded comprehensive quality assurance utilizing Hard TDD (Vitest / Playwright) and rigorous build-time validation (Zod) to prevent runtime state corruption.
    • Directed the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), orchestrating automated CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions for multi-stage container deployments.
    • Implemented enterprise-grade observability through privacy-first telemetry and structured logging (Pino), engineering automated PII redaction (salted SHA-256) for secure system monitoring and GDPR compliance.

  2. DotFiles Project

    Reproducible Development Environment

    Repository

    • Engineered a reproducible, version-controlled development environment across platforms using Nushell and GNU Stow.
    • Developed custom shell scripts and patched Tmux plugins (tmux-ip-address, tmux-net-speed) to optimize system monitoring and backend workflows.

Skills

Backend Stack
Node.js · TypeScript · Python · RESTful APIs · Next.js App Router
Architecture
Clean Architecture · Domain-Driven Design (DDD) · Strict Layering
Databases
PostgreSQL · Redis (Caching) · SQL Performance Tuning · Data Integrity
Security Eng
Per-request CSP Nonces · CSRF · Zod (Validation) · STRIDE Threat Modeling · PII Redaction
Infra & CI/CD
Linux · Docker · Caddy / Traefik · GitHub Actions · IaC · VPS Management
Tooling & QA
Nushell · Bash · Neovim · Git · Vitest · Playwright · Biome · Pino
Language
English (C1)