GORKEM
TANAGARDIGIL
Blending naval discipline with modern cloud engineering. I build resilient systems that stay online when the seas get rough.
Years on Deck
Engineering and naval leadership combined.
Incidents Resolved
Stability fixes, root-cause hunts, and on-call mitigations.
Deploy Cadence
CI/CD pipelines with guarded rollouts and observability gates.
Origin: Turkish Navy
Computer Engineer & Officer | 2010 - 2021
Where resilience was engineered. Developed mission-critical Java systems where stability was a necessity, not a feature. Implemented strict security encryption and authorization protocols.
Recent Operations
Payroll Engine
Microservice payroll platform with containerized delivery, message-driven integrations, and cloud infrastructure.
ServisRotam
Backend services and two Android applications delivered as a single platform.
Sayiyo
Backend services for a cloud-connected application.
MISSION LOG
Payroll Engine
Senior Full Stack Developer
Delivered Spring Boot microservices on AWS EKS with CI/CD in GitHub Actions, optimizing MongoDB Atlas/on-prem performance and integrating RabbitMQ + Redis for reliable workflows.
Rightyon
Senior Software Developer
Built Spring Boot (Java 11) backends and designed relational schemas for complex web applications, prioritizing maintainability and scale.
Oscorpex
Software Developer
Shipped REST/GraphQL APIs, MQTT-based IoT integrations, and Android apps with GCP/Firebase services while mentoring junior developers.
Turkish Navy
Computer Engineer
Engineered mission-critical Java systems with encryption/auth controls and stability-focused maintenance across on-prem and web platforms.
Technical Arsenal
The tools and technologies I deploy in the field — battle-tested and mission-ready.
Backend
- Java
- Kotlin
- Spring Framework
- Microservices
- REST API
- GraphQL
- Modulith Architecture
Cloud & DevOps
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Docker Swarm
- GitHub Actions
- ArgoCD
- Datadog
- Portainer
Data
- NoSQL
- RDBMS
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- MongoDB
Artificial Intelligence
- Large Language Models
- Agentic Development
- Model Fine-tuning
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Frontend
- HTML
- CSS
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Next.js
- Vue.js
- React
Testing
- JUnit
- Vitest
- Jest
Activity Sonar
A year of engineering activity — commits, reviews, and deployments.
Captain's Log
Field notes on engineering, architecture, and lessons learned from the deep.
Agentic AI: Building Systems That Think in Steps
Moving beyond chatbots — how I'm exploring autonomous AI agents that plan, execute, and self-correct.
From Navy Bridges to Code Bridges
How a decade of naval engineering taught me that the best systems are the ones that survive the storm — not the ones that avoid it.
Kubernetes War Stories: Lessons from Production
Real incidents, real fixes. What running 50+ microservices on EKS taught me about container orchestration.
Spring Boot Performance: Beyond the Defaults
Default configurations are starting points, not destinations. How we cut our API response times by 60%.
Endorsements
What the crew says about working together.
“Gorkem brings a level of operational discipline that's rare in software engineering. When our production systems face pressure, he's the person everyone looks to. His naval background isn't just a talking point — you can see it in how he architects for failure and keeps calm during incidents.”
Signals & Channels
Direct lines for collaboration, advisories, and mission invites.
Let's Build Something Resilient
Whether it's scaling infrastructure, hardening backends, or architecting cloud-native systems — I'm ready to dive in.