Murat Kirazkaya

Murat Kirazkaya

Full Stack Developer

A developer who writes code, creates stuff, and loves learning new technologies. Currently earning from web development while staying active in organizing events, open-source contributions, tooling, devops, and more.

Experience

Tech Operations @ Valentura

Sep 2024 - Sep 2025 · Remote

Switched from an internship to a full-time job when I had enough knowledge and age.

Frontend Developer @ Valentura

Mar 2024 - Sep 2024 · Hybrid

Internship in frontend development.

Web Developer @ Collective Idea TR

Jan 2024 - Mar 2024 · Kadıköy, Istanbul · Hybrid

Web development internship.

Frontend Developer @ Insider

Jul 2023 - Sep 2023 · Istanbul · On-site

Selected for an in-person phase at Insider's office, showcasing adaptability and commitment to personal growth.

Trainee @ Insider

Apr 2023 - Jul 2023

Proactively encouraged peers to apply, fostering a team-oriented learning environment. Collaborated on a final project website focused on earthquake preparedness.

Projects

Astro Hackathon Platform

Full-stack event platform for Türkiye Uzay Ajansı (TUA), accepted by the Ministry of Industry and Technology.

Fika Mate

Shared coffee wallet uniting multiple brands. Built with React + Vite and custom internationalization system without external libraries.

ordu.dev

Community platform for Ordu Bilişim Topluluğu with blog, events, documentation, and daily university cafeteria menu.

Moneo

Modernized company website from legacy HTML to Next.js with multilingual support and new service pages.

Cryptocurrency Landing Pages

Built multiple sleek landing pages (HelpDex, CrossLaunch) for crypto ventures to attract investors and users.

Yelix

A Deno-native web framework. Won 🥈 Silver (Regional) and 🥇 Gold (National) at 1Fikir1Türkiye.

Kommunity Wrapped

Official collaboration with Kommunity for event analytics.

GitHub Chrome Extension

Widely used by developers to enhance GitHub's interface with additional features.

C# NuGet Libraries

Created dozens of libraries with over 5,000 downloads and developed an IDE prototype.

Open Source Contributions

ExpressJS Triager: Added to the ExpressJS GitHub organization as a member of the triagers team, contributing to issue triage and maintenance workflows across ExpressJS repositories. Directly involved with the ExpressJS, jshttp, and pillarjs ecosystems, supporting core packages that form a large part of the Node.js HTTP stack.

Express.js: Member of Performance WG team for tooling and monitoring.

Exercism: Published a new track for Batch programming.

Community

Founder of Ordu Bilişim Topluluğu (ordu.dev) - connecting developers across Ordu province. 2025 report

Organized Winterbytes 2026: Co-organized the "Leading Technology Camp of the Black Sea", a 3-day winter camp (Jan 30 - Feb 1, 2026) featuring expert-led training in software development and cybersecurity, with speakers from Node.js TSC, Trendyol, IBM, and government agencies. Provided free education, accommodation, and certification for 230+ students.

Participated in 300+ tech events in two years across Türkiye.

Education

Ordu University

Currently studying while contributing to modernize web development course materials and assessments.

Recognition

Featured in a Success Story by Kodluyoruz & Microsoft for outstanding progress in software development.