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Hi, I’m Serkan Yildirim, a hands-on software engineering leader who loves turning complex problems into reliable, scalable systems. I’ve built and led teams delivering high-traffic platforms across travel, finance, and enterprise domains, focusing on end-to-end architecture and strong collaboration with product and design. I’m passionate about mentoring engineers, shaping robust architectures, and creating tooling that makes developers and users productive and happy.…Hi, I’m Serkan Yildirim, a hands-on software engineering leader who loves turning complex problems into reliable, scalable systems. I’ve built and led teams delivering high-traffic platforms across travel, finance, and enterprise domains, focusing on end-to-end architecture and strong collaboration with product and design. I’m passionate about mentoring engineers, shaping robust architectures, and creating tooling that makes developers and users productive and happy.

Serkan Yildirim

Full Stack Developer, Front-End Developer, Back-End Developer, +2

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Hi, I’m Serkan Yildirim, a hands-on software engineering leader who loves turning complex problems into reliable, scalable systems. I’ve built and led teams delivering high-traffic platforms across travel, finance, and enterprise domains, focusing on end-to-end architecture and strong collaboration with product and design. I’m passionate about mentoring engineers, shaping robust architectures, and creating tooling that makes developers and users productive and happy.…Hi, I’m Serkan Yildirim, a hands-on software engineering leader who loves turning complex problems into reliable, scalable systems. I’ve built and led teams delivering high-traffic platforms across travel, finance, and enterprise domains, focusing on end-to-end architecture and strong collaboration with product and design. I’m passionate about mentoring engineers, shaping robust architectures, and creating tooling that makes developers and users productive and happy.

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Hi, I’m Serkan Yildirim, a hands-on software engineering leader who loves turning complex problems into reliable, scalable systems. I’ve built and led teams delivering high-traffic platforms across travel, finance, and enterprise domains, focusing on end-to-end architecture and strong collaboration with product and design.

I’m passionate about mentoring engineers, shaping robust architectures, and creating tooling that makes developers and users productive and happy.

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Work Experience

Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead at United Airlines

February 1, 2024 - Present

Led 2 agile teams (5–8 devs each; 12–15 total) to deliver Partner and Bag Tag Management platforms using TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Node.js, and PostgreSQL, scaling to 1000+ RPS and handling 170M bags yearly.

Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead at Scotia Bank

May 1, 2021 - January 1, 2024

Led development of micro-frontends for Scotia Bank’s Canadian wealth platform using JavaScript, React, Redux, and Node.js, serving 2+ million investment and advisory clients across Canada.

Senior Software Engineer at CGI

February 1, 2019 - April 1, 2021

Developed Design Hub for BC Hydro, a high-performance internal platform managing 25,000+ annual projects using TypeScript, React, RESTful APIs, Sass, Jenkins, and Git.

Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead at EventChain

September 1, 2017 - January 1, 2019

Developed event management apps scalable to 1,000+ events and 1+ million annual tickets; collaborated with founders to align system architecture and feature development.

Senior Software Engineer at Mindrome

July 1, 2016 - August 1, 2017

Designed IT infrastructure for a coworking space serving 150+ startups and over 500 active members; advised 10+ startups on software strategy and architecture; built internal tooling.

Software Engineering Manager at Gazi University

May 1, 2014 - March 1, 2016

Managed 20+ software and network engineers for Turkey’s largest university, delivering a secure, scalable student information system for 80,000+ students across 6 campuses and modernizing web platforms for 8 academic departments.