Summary
Özkan Mengi is a freelance software engineer with 15+ years of full-stack experience, specializing in .NET and Java, and a strong focus on delivering business value through reliable distributed backends and modern frontends in Agile teams. He combines C#/ASP.NET Core on Azure with frontend expertise (Angular, React, Blazor, Vue) and is proficient in building .NET microservices, CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions), and automated testing (Playwright, Cypress, Jest, xUnit, NUnit). Based in Leiden, Netherlands, Özkan has steered architecture and delivery at RAI Amsterdam and continues to help clients like Timeless Media, Robidus, and ERMA Financieel & Advies ship faster, with reduced risk and improved observability. He emphasizes security-by-design, standards, and observability across the stack, and also brings experience in SQL and NoSQL data modeling. His background spans a blend of hands-on engineering and entrepreneurial thinking, bridging legacy systems with modern cloud-native approaches. He holds MBO and HBO qualifications in software development, reflecting a practical, end-to-end approach to delivering value.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Software Engineering (INFORMATICA), HBO, Software Engineering (INFORMATICA), HBO at Hogeschool van Amsterdam
Bachelor's degree, MBO Application Developer, Bachelor's degree, MBO Application Developer at ROC Leiden
Dutch, Turkish, English