Software Engineering graduate (coursework complete) from METU Northern Cyprus Campus, focused on building Java / Spring Boot services, REST APIs, and SQL-backed systems — with hands-on Linux, VMware ESXi, and network/database administration experience. Available immediately for full-time remote work (GMT+3).
- 🔭 Building REST APIs and event-driven services on the JVM
- 🌱 Going deeper on AWS and async architecture with Apache Kafka
- ⚙️ Backend stack: Java 17 · Spring Boot · Spring Data/JPA · Hibernate · PostgreSQL
- 🧪 Test-driven with JUnit · Testcontainers, Maven-managed, Agile/Scrum
- 🎓 75% academic-excellence tuition scholarship
- 📫 Reach me at salar.amir@metu.edu.tr
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| Project | Stack | Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| Midas Core | Java 17 · Spring Boot · Kafka · H2 | Transaction-processing service — Kafka for async processing, JPA entity modeling, external REST API consumption via RestTemplate. Tested with Spring Boot Test + Testcontainers. |
| Student Management System | Spring Boot · PostgreSQL · JPA/Hibernate | Full CRUD REST API with clean data-access layer. |
| Task Management Simulator | C | Priority-queue task scheduler — cut memory usage 20% via allocation tuning. |
| Signature Analysis | C | Analyzed tablet-captured signature data, reaching 90% identification accuracy. |
- Networks & Database Intern, iStatistik Kurumu — VMware ESXi VM deployment, LAN topology + static IP config, SQL schema design with stored procedures.
- App Development Intern, AtomiCoat Ltd — Flutter app for industrial automation controlling 5+ PLC-integrated devices; Firebase schema handling 1,000+ operational records.
- Software Developer, Kalimat & Doctus (Chrome Extensions) — Cut page load time 20%; shipped a ChatGPT-API PDF assistant with a payment/credits system that reduced transaction errors 25%.