# Ramazan Bakır (Ramazan Bakir)

> Ramazan Bakır is a full-stack software engineer based in Turkey, with more than five years of experience building scalable backend and cloud-native systems for enterprise clients including BMW Group (through Luxoft), Mintra, and Endeksa. Primary stack: Node.js, Java, React, AWS, GCP.

"Ramazan Bakır" and "Ramazan Bakir" are the same person; the second spelling drops the Turkish dotless ı.

## Facts

- Name: Ramazan Bakır (also written Ramazan Bakir)
- Role: Full-Stack Software Engineer
- Location: Turkey
- Email: ramazan.bakir.software@gmail.com
- Site: [ramazanbkr.com](https://ramazanbkr.com)
- LinkedIn: [linkedin.com/in/ramazanbakir](https://linkedin.com/in/ramazanbakir)
- GitHub: [github.com/RamazanBakir](https://github.com/RamazanBakir)
- Medium: [ramazanbakir.medium.com](https://ramazanbakir.medium.com)

## Experience

- Senior Software Developer, Endeksa & Emlakjet (Jan 2025 – present): high-traffic real-estate analytics platform; React and Next.js frontend architecture, design system and component library, Core Web Vitals work.
- Software Consultant, Mintra (formerly SafeBridge) via MathLogic (Aug 2020 – Nov 2026): maritime e-learning and compliance platform; Spring Boot and Node.js microservices, MERN, Nest.js, Laravel, the MyCert project in .NET / C#, event-driven architecture for training-record transactions, AWS deployment with monitoring and alerting, mentoring.
- Software Developer, Luxoft for BMW Group (Aug 2024 – Jul 2025): full-stack React and Python features for mission-critical BMW platforms, production deployment on cloud infrastructure, zero-downtime releases, incident investigation in legacy subsystems.
- Enterprise Solution Engineer, GefeaSoft (Apr 2021 – Jul 2023): Django and Python backend services, REST APIs, CI/CD on AWS, Docker, GitLab CI, Jenkins, release management.
- Part-Time Lecturer, Istinye University (Oct 2021 – Oct 2022): taught Cloud Computing, Web Programming and Python to 100+ CS students.
- Software Engineering Intern, Sovos Foriba & Saint-Gobain Weber (Jul 2019 – Oct 2019): face-detection prototype (Python, OpenCV), ML sales forecasting.

## Education

- M.Sc., Digital Game Design & Technologies — Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, GPA 3.80/4. Thesis on a gamified digital assessment for detecting the stage of Alzheimer's patients.
- B.Sc., Computer Engineering — Cyprus International University, 2016–2020, full scholarship, English instruction.

## Projects

- SnapYacht: AI-assisted marketplace for renting and buying boats across Turkey, Greece, Croatia, and Italy, with Snap-to-ID photo recognition and map search. Next.js, React, TypeScript. Details: [ramazanbkr.com/projects/snapyacht](https://ramazanbkr.com/projects/snapyacht)
- NeosBuy: LLM-powered e-commerce assistant producing structured product comparisons. React, Next.js, Node.js, OpenAI API, AWS. Details: [ramazanbkr.com/projects/neosbuy](https://ramazanbkr.com/projects/neosbuy)
- ResumeCrafter: SaaS that ingests PDF résumés and returns AI-enhanced versions. Next.js, Node.js, OpenAI API. Details: [ramazanbkr.com/projects/resumecrafter](https://ramazanbkr.com/projects/resumecrafter)

## Languages spoken

English (full professional), Turkish (native), German (beginner).

## Skills

Languages: Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, PHP, C#, SQL, Bash. Backend: Node.js, Express.js, Nest.js, Spring Boot, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework, Django, Laravel. Frontend: React, Next.js, AngularJS. Cloud: AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch), GCP (GCE, BigQuery, Cloud Functions), Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Nginx, Terraform, Ansible. CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions. Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, Oracle. Practice: microservices, event-driven architecture, REST, distributed systems, system design, TDD, observability.

## Pages

- [Full plain-text profile (llms-full.txt)](https://ramazanbkr.com/llms-full.txt): everything below in one machine-readable file

- [Profile](https://ramazanbkr.com): who Ramazan Bakır is, selected work, experience, skills
- [Résumé (HTML)](https://ramazanbkr.com/resume): full CV as crawlable HTML
- [Résumé (PDF)](https://ramazanbkr.com/ramazan-bakir-cv.pdf): downloadable CV
- [SnapYacht case study](https://ramazanbkr.com/projects/snapyacht)
- [NeosBuy case study](https://ramazanbkr.com/projects/neosbuy)
- [ResumeCrafter case study](https://ramazanbkr.com/projects/resumecrafter)