I'm a Senior Full Stack Engineer specializing in JavaScript and TypeScript, with over 10 years delivering regulated, high-traffic online banking platforms. I enjoy turning complex requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions across frontend and backend, and I thrive in Agile environments that prioritize quality, testing, and reliable deployments. As a technical leader, I mentor engineers, enforce clean code standards, and drive architecture decisions that balance performance with business needs. I love collaborating with product, QA, and operations to ship business-critical changes safely and efficiently.

Melih Serefoglu

I'm a Senior Full Stack Engineer specializing in JavaScript and TypeScript, with over 10 years delivering regulated, high-traffic online banking platforms. I enjoy turning complex requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions across frontend and backend, and I thrive in Agile environments that prioritize quality, testing, and reliable deployments. As a technical leader, I mentor engineers, enforce clean code standards, and drive architecture decisions that balance performance with business needs. I love collaborating with product, QA, and operations to ship business-critical changes safely and efficiently.

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I’m a Senior Full Stack Engineer specializing in JavaScript and TypeScript, with over 10 years delivering regulated, high-traffic online banking platforms. I enjoy turning complex requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions across frontend and backend, and I thrive in Agile environments that prioritize quality, testing, and reliable deployments.

As a technical leader, I mentor engineers, enforce clean code standards, and drive architecture decisions that balance performance with business needs. I love collaborating with product, QA, and operations to ship business-critical changes safely and efficiently.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Team Leader, Tech Lead at Veripark UK
April 1, 2019 - October 1, 2025
Led a team of 4 engineers across Angular/TypeScript and .NET/.NET Core, coordinating QA, UX, Release teams and stakeholder alignment while staying hands-on. Owned bank integrations by mapping frontend needs to API specs, building missing VeriPark endpoints and microservices, and creating tests and docs to prevent integration defects. Led technical delivery for VeriPark’s online-banking platform for Barclaycard Germany, owning solution design and production readiness; cut client-to-backend-for-frontend (BFF) HTTP calls by ~70% by aggregating page-load requests; resolved thread starvation. Guided AngularJS to Angular migration, and built a structured Dev-to-SIT cherry-pick tool reducing release-management effort by ~50%.
Senior Software Developer at Veripark UK
June 1, 2013 - April 1, 2019
Delivered full-stack features for a commercial online-banking platform using Angular/AngularJS, TypeScript, .NET, and SQL Server, supporting multiple international banking clients. Designed and built scalable backend services, optimizing queries for performance and reliability. Worked across the full stack in Agile teams, participating in sprint planning, estimation, and iterative delivery.
Software Developer at Unipa
July 1, 2010 - December 31, 2012
Developed salary calculation and student management systems for universities such as Ege University, improving administrative efficiency. Built a Scientific Research Project Management application for Ege University, streamlining proposal submission and review processes.

Education

BSc in Mathematics at Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
January 11, 2030 - January 23, 2026
MCSA: Web Apps at Microsoft
January 11, 2030 - January 23, 2026
BSc in Mathematics at Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
January 11, 2030 - January 23, 2026
MCSA: Web Apps at Microsoft
January 11, 2030 - January 23, 2026

Qualifications

MCSA: Web Apps
January 11, 2030 - January 23, 2026
MCSA: Web Apps
January 11, 2030 - January 23, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Professional Services