Burak Kayhan

Senior Software Engineer | React | Nodejs | Rust

Istanbul, Türkiye

About

Senior Product & Platform Engineer with 8+ years of experience designing and building distributed systems, realtime applications, and cloud-native platforms. Focused on building end-to-end systems that span frontend architecture, backend services, infrastructure automation, and deployment pipelines. Strong expertise in system design, developer experience, and performance-critical web and streaming systems. Passionate about virtualization, realtime media pipelines, and complex multi-service architectures.

Experience

  • Contractor Senior Frontend Engineer at Beko Europe
    Mar 2025 - Sep 2025 · 7 mos

    - Built offline-first capabilities for a global field service platform used by technicians operating in low or unstable connectivity regions. - Designed and implemented client-side resilience architecture using Service Workers, IndexedDB, and caching strategies to ensure uninterrupted operation without network access. - Introduced synchronization mechanisms and local persistence layers enabling queued operations and eventual consistency between offline and online states. - Improved system reliability in real-world field conditions while integrating offline capabilities into an existing large-scale production platform.

  • Senior Full Stack / Platform Engineer at PulpoAR
    Jan 2022 - Jan 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    - Led the redevelopment of a browser-based virtual try-on platform enabling realtime cosmetic product visualization via WebView camera integration. - Architected a multi-tenant SaaS platform used by global cosmetic brands (Sephora, Flormar, Yves Rocher), enabling embedded AR experiences through a modular plugin ecosystem (@pulpoar/plugin-sdk). - Designed extensible frontend architecture with dynamic theming, reusable component systems, and SDK-driven customization for external integrations. - Built WebAssembly-based modules for performance-critical image processing pipelines powering realtime AR rendering in the browser. - Owned cloud infrastructure and deployment architecture on Google Cloud Platform, including containerized services, load balancing, and scalable runtime systems. - Implemented fully automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions with per-branch preview environments and isolated tenant infrastructure. - Contributed across frontend architecture, platform design, DevOps automation, and developer experience tooling with strong focus on scalability and maintainability.

  • Senior Frontend Engineer at Arçelik Global
    Jan 2020 - Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    - Designed and developed core frontend architecture for an enterprise platform used by 40,000+ employees across multiple internal business workflows. - Built foundational systems including layout architecture, authentication/authorization flows, internationalization (i18n), notification systems, and reusable UI component standards. - Developed a customizable dashboard and widget system acting as the main entry point of the platform. - Improved consistency and scalability across multiple teams by defining frontend engineering standards and reusable patterns. - Prototyped a microfrontend migration strategy using Single-SPA to improve modularity and system scalability. - Worked with React, Redux, Saga, and Material UI in a large-scale enterprise environment.

  • Frontend Engineer at ODC Business Solutions
    Dec 2018 - Jun 2019 · 7 mos

    - Developed React-based enterprise dashboard applications focused on data-heavy CRUD workflows and operational business processes. - Built reusable table-driven UI systems and maintained large-scale administrative interfaces. - Collaborated with senior engineers in a team environment, contributing to frontend architecture decisions and feature delivery. - Strengthened expertise in React ecosystem, component-driven development, and scalable UI structures.

  • Software Engineer at Cozum Holding A.S.
    Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

    - Worked on industrial access control and security systems integrating hardware devices, RFID systems, and realtime communication infrastructure. - Developed Node.js-based backend services communicating with field devices over TCP/IP networks. - Built realtime dashboards and control interfaces for managing physical systems such as road blockers and access gates. - Integrated low-level hardware communication using native DLLs within Node.js for RFID and antenna systems. - Developed experimental React Native Bluetooth-based proximity access control system for automated entry workflows. - Collaborated in a small R&D team working across embedded systems, electronics, and software layers.