Erhan Kılıç
Backend Developer
Github: https://github.com/erhankilic
Linkedin: https://tr.linkedin.com/in/erhank
Email: erhan@erhankilic.org
Web: https://erhankilic.org
Location: TURKEY
Introduction
I am a Senior Software Developer with extensive experience in PHP, MySQL, Laravel, CodeIgniter, Codeception, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Redis, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and various other JavaScript libraries. I specialize in building robust, scalable web applications while maintaining clean, efficient code.
Recent Jobs
Apr 2013 – Present
Software Engineer – Freelance
Throughout my freelance career, I contributed to numerous projects, taking on backend, frontend, and architectural optimization responsibilities. I worked on e-commerce platforms, corporate websites, CRM systems, and various other applications. My role involved designing scalable architectures, optimizing system performance, and developing full-stack solutions tailored to client needs. I leveraged a wide range of technologies to build efficient, high-quality software solutions.
Nov 2022 – Present
Senior Back End Developer – Novusbet Sportsbook
– Back-end development with PHP/Laravel Framework
– Multi-tenant microservices & monolith handling more than 100,000,000 API requests per day.
– Payment system integrations development via an aggregator to B2C platform (crypto, credit card, etc.)
– Developer in the operations team, working directly on production in most cases
– Post-production bug handling & debugging + fixing
– Post-production reporting to management
– Dealing with old database back-ups, creating search algorithms for searching data from 3TB+ data.
– Developments on TeraBytes of the database on production according to customer needs
– Turning slow SQL queries into ElasticSearch queries without breaking the code structure
– Development approaches considering the financial profits of customers (very important as this company is B2B)
– Dealing with stuff that is too technical for the support team to deal with.
Mar 2022 – Seb 2022
Senior Full Stack Developer – Macellan A.Ş.
During my 6-month tenure at Macellan, I worked with technologies such as PHP, Laravel, MySQL, Redis, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and React. I played an active role in both backend and frontend development, focusing on performance and scalability. I gained valuable experience in database optimization, API integrations, and building modern web applications.
Mar 2021 – Feb 2022
Senior Back End Developer – JotForm
During my one-year tenure at Jotform, I worked in the Enterprise team, focusing on API development, backend services, and API testing. I contributed to SQL and code optimizations to enhance performance and scalability. My role involved improving system efficiency, ensuring seamless integrations, and maintaining high-quality, well-tested code.
May 2017 – Feb 2021
Senior Full Stack Engineer – Beyn Technology
When MySQL reached its limits, I integrated Elasticsearch into projects and designed the data architecture to ensure high-performance querying and reporting. I also enabled the generation of optimized reports from massive datasets.
On the frontend side, I contributed to algorithmic development for complex mathematical computations, ensuring accurate and efficient calculations for various use cases.
Sep 2016 – Feb 2017
Full Stack Engineer – Allesgo
Nov 2015 – Apr 2016
Back End Developer – Brilliant Bridge
I worked as a senior back-end PHP developer at Brilliant Bridge. We were developing e-commerce and administrator panel for web sites. We used technologies such as PHP, Codeigniter, MySql and JavaScript.
Skills
Testimonials
Erhan is so passionate about software development and doing it in the best way by following the contemporary techniques and methodologies. He always reads, reviews and codes to make his skills sharper and sharper and best of all he is so focused on his job. I’ve worked enough with him to see his perfectionist style not only in work but also in everything he does. You don’t need to worry about if he is busy or not. When he finishes his assignment; you will be sure that he will come and tell you “I don’t have anything to do, please assign me new issues” and the task he did will be well tested and most of the time bug free.
We’ve worked together with Erhan in an independent mobile application project called Pineappy. He was the backend developer and server administrator where I’ve been managing the project and in charge of designs. He has never missed a deadline of tasks. Erhan is easy to communicate with as he is clear and direct. The best thing about him was that he loves what he is doing and he tries to find out the best ways to create software architecture and to solve a problem during development. It was definitely pleasant to work with him.
Erhan is a good team member. It has always been a pleasure for me to work with him. When it comes to work, he is honest, dedicated, trustworthy and reliable. He has good, time management skills, analytical and strategic thinking skills.
Erhan is fast and task focused developer who understands the needs of a project. If your project runs on a strict time line and code the quality is still a must I can definitely recommend him for any size of project. It was a pleasure to work with him.