milaforge
Lead Backend Engineer | End To End Delivery
Backend engineer who builds reliable systems for security-sensitive digital-asset, blockchain, payment, and high-traffic backend systems.
I help companies move money safely, handle growth without breaking, reduce costly failures, and keep critical systems secure and dependable.
Experience: 8 years
Yearly salary: $58,000
Hourly rate: $50
Nationality: 🇹🇷 Turkey
Residency: 🇹🇷 Turkey
Experience
Senior Backend Engineer – Web3 & DeFi
Vent Finance 2021 - 2024
Maintained $4M TVL in DeFi contracts with zero security incidents over three years. Optimized on-chain transactions, reducing gas costs by 99% using zero-knowledge proofs. Built CI/CD pipelines for application deployment, improving development efficiency. Achieved a 9/10 security audit score from Hacken utilizing static analysis tool (Slither).
Senior Backend Engineer | Scalability Expert
Revision 2020 - 2021
Built a cheat detection system using application logs and data analysis tools to ensure fair play for all users. Scaled backend throughput by 10x through strategic code refactoring and performance optimizations. Enhanced system resilience by implementing Postgres Streaming Replication with a 3-seconds recovery time. Led the transition to a microservice architecture.
Senior Backend Engineer | Founding Engineer
BugDasht 2019 - 2019
Led the development of a crowdsourced cybersecurity platform from the ground up. Collaborated closely with the founder, designed and implemented the entire backend infrastructure. Built the MVP from scratch, delivered ahead of schedule, and helped secure initial market traction in 8 months.
Software Engineer | SecOps | CyberSecurity Vulnerability Expert
MCI 2017 - 2019
Increased organization employee security awareness by generating security advisories. Automated repetitive security operations, saving ~3 hours of manual work per day for monitoring. Gained hands-on security experience by analyzing vulnerable software codes.
Junior Software Engineer | FullStack Developer
Enterprise Company 2015 - 2017
Maintained the Backend API’s and integrated new suppliers into the system. Enhanced user interfaces by integrating modern interfaces like Telegram Bots. Collaborated with a large team on a substantial multi-layer codebase.
Skills
ai
aws
backend
blockchain-engineer
cloud-engineer
front-end
full-stack
gcp
git
linux
mongo
nestjs
postgres
product-lead
python
rust
security
smart-contract
english