Portrait of Mehmet Pekcan

Mehmet Pekcan

Senior Frontend Software Engineer

Muğla, Türkiye

pekcanmehmett@gmail.compekcan.devgithub.com/mehmetpekcanlinkedin.com/in/mehmetpekcann

Profile

Frontend engineer with deep UI and UX experience and full-stack skills. Builds accessible interfaces, reusable component libraries, and production web applications. Experience spans e-commerce, Jira Service Management, cloud infrastructure, testing, and performance. Research interests include Vision Transformers and wildfire detection.

Professional experience

Atlassian

Senior Frontend Software Engineer

– Present

  • Develop frontend features for Jira Service Management with React and TypeScript.
  • Lead projects and contribute to product and design decisions.
  • Collaborate with teams across multiple time zones.
  • Implement end-to-end tests with Cypress and Playwright, and unit tests with React Testing Library.

Tools & expertise: React, TypeScript, Jira Service Management, Playwright, Cypress, React Testing Library

Getir

Frontend Engineer

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  • Built and deployed Getir’s main e-commerce website from the ground up using Next.js, React, and Node.js.
  • Developed an atomic UI component library and unit tests. Improved performance, SEO, and Core Web Vitals.
  • Designed and migrated the monolithic application to an Nx monorepo, then deployed it to production.
  • Built Strapi CMS panels and standalone frontend applications to support website content.
  • Implemented AWS services and optimized their performance and cost.
  • Built CI/CD pipelines and Docker configurations. Improved build tooling with Webpack, Rollup, and Babel.
  • Integrated New Relic, synthetic monitoring, and Sentry. Wrote technical documentation and supported new team members during onboarding.

Tools & expertise: Next.js, React, Node.js, JavaScript, Nx, Strapi, AWS, CloudFront, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS, IAM, Docker, CI/CD

Intense Software

Web Developer

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  • Designed and developed dashboards and administration panels with Vue.js.
  • Contributed to product decisions and worked with backend teams to define frontend requirements.
  • Customized and improved purchased themes to meet product needs.

Tools & expertise: Vue.js, Dashboard design, Frontend development

R10.net

Freelance Designer

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  • Designed websites with a focus on UI and UX using Figma and Adobe XD.
  • Created flyers, banners, business cards, and other print materials with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
  • Worked with more than 100 clients, translating their requirements and feedback into revised designs.

Tools & expertise: UI / UX design, Figma, Adobe XD, Photoshop, Illustrator

Education

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

Master’s Degree · Information Science

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Investigated hierarchical Vision Transformer architectures for wildfire detection.

Research paper: A Systematic Investigation of Hierarchical Vision Transformer Architectures for Wildfire Detection

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

Bachelor’s Degree · Computer Engineering

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Completed a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering with a GPA of 3.30.

Technical skills

Frontend
JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Vue.js, HTML, CSS, Redux, Vuex, Sass, styled-components
Design & user experience
UI and UX design, Figma, Adobe XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, component libraries, accessibility, internationalization
Backend & cloud
Node.js, REST APIs, Strapi, PostgreSQL, AWS Lambda, CloudFront, API Gateway, S3, RDS, IAM
Testing & reliability
Playwright, Cypress, React Testing Library, Jest, Enzyme, Sentry, New Relic
Delivery & performance
Nx, Docker, CI/CD, Git, Webpack, Rollup, Babel, ESLint, Prettier, SEO, Core Web Vitals, SSR, SSG, ISR

Teaching & community

Muğla University

Frontend Bootcamp Instructor

Nov 2022 – Dec 2022

Taught a frontend bootcamp covering HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and an introduction to React.

Mustafa Akgül Software Bootcamp

Assistant Frontend Instructor

Feb 2020

Supported beginner instruction in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.

Languages

  • Turkish — Native
  • English — B2