Curriculum Vitae Deniz Akşimşek

I am a software engineer with a focus on front-end and full-stack web development and an open source maintainer.

I’m looking for a position building high-fidelity applications or developer tools.

hello@dz4k.dev
Ankara, Turkey
github.com/dz4k
codeberg.org/dz4k
@dz4k@indieweb.social

Skills

Software

  • JavaScript

  • TypeScript

  • HTML

  • CSS

  • PostCSS

  • Deno

  • Node.js

  • Docker

  • Podman

  • Java

  • Typst

  • Dart

  • Flutter

  • Python

  • GTK

  • Vala

  • Redis

  • Flask

  • React

  • Bash

  • Git

  • Puppeteer

  • SQL

Fields

  • Web development

  • Responsive design

  • Accessibility

  • REST APIs

Techniques

  • CI / CD

  • Browser automation

  • Serverless computing

Vendors

  • Cloudflare Workers

  • Google Cloud

  • Supabase

Languages

  • Turkish (native)

  • English (fluent, CEFR C1)

Experience

Full-stack Developer — Rebase Ventures (UK) 2023 Aug. – 2024 June

Developed a scalable web crawler as a SaaS application, which was integrated into existing products to replace a costly and slow third-party solution.

Wrote internal developer documentation, as well as contributing to end-user documentation.

Set up alerts for production incidents.

  • Cloudflare Workers

  • Google Cloud

  • TypeScript

  • Puppeteer

  • htmx

  • Redis

  • SQL

  • Docker

  • React

  • Python

  • OpenAPI

  • Docker

  • Jest

Developer (part-time) — Commspace (ZA) 2022 Sept. – 2023 May

Worked on a business automation system for end-to-end testing with Se­le­nium, Contributed to an in-house Java web framework and custom scripting language. Implemented a CodeMirror-based script editor.

  • Java

  • GraalVM

  • Browser automation

  • JavaScript

  • PostgreSQL

  • Rollup

Portfolio

Hypermedia Systems (2023)

book I coauthored beside C. Gross and A. Stepinski, about hypermedia and htmx. Wrote the “Client Side Scripting” chapter and the “HTML Notes”. Designed the book on web and print. ☞ hypermedia.systems.

Missing.css

CSS framework and JavaScript library for rapid development of responsive web pages and interfaces. Built with funding from Big Sky Software and Commspace. ☞ missing.style.

Fruit Credits

Personal accounting app for Linux. Built with Vala ve GTK. ☞ fruitcredits.dz4k.com.

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering — TED University, Ankara

Activities

htmx co-maintainer. ☞ htmx.org.

GitHub Accelerator 2023 alum. ☞ accelerator.github.com.

References

Damien C Tanner, CEO Rebase Ventures. ☞ tanner.me.

Carson Gross, CEO Big Sky Software, Instructor at Montana State University. ☞ bigsky.software.