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Alena Erdem

Helping companies to design and build scalable & reliable systems.

Distributed Systems Backend DevOps/SRE Leadership
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I'm a Senior Software Engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience building reliable, secure, and scalable backend systems. My work has spanned web security, e-commerce, gaming and enterprise applications. I care deeply about system reliability, focusing on DevOps and SRE best practices, and I enjoy helping teams grow and succeed. Looking forward to joining a tech team in a flexible, remote-first environment.

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I never limit myself with certain technologies and believe that learning is a necessary part of progress. Here is the tech stack I was working with:

Programming

Go| Java| C#| SQL| GraphQL| REST| Grpc| OAuth

Cloud_DevOps_Infrastructure

AWS| Docker| Kubernethes| Terraform| Git| Bash Scripting| CI/CD

Databases

PostgreSQL| DynamoDB| MSSQL| Oracle| MySQL| DB2

Architecture_Practices

Microservices| Event Sourcing| Domain Driven Design| SRE| Monolithic Architecture| Agile/Scrum/Kanban

Observability_Monitoring

Grafana| Prometheus| Loki| Tempo| ElasticSearch| OpenTelemetry

Messaging_Events

RabbitMQ| Kafka| SNS
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> Web_Security & Distributed_Systems

Designed distributed web attack surface discovery engines and established SRE practices that slashed system incidents by 80%. Executed zero-downtime migrations across 50+ databases to enable dynamic scaling, and built comprehensive observability tooling to monitor large-scale Kafka event streams.

> B2B_E-Commerce & FinTech

Engineered a robust B2B sales platform featuring complex ERP integrations and full-stack enterprise capabilities. Designed and developed a modular, multi-bank payment gateway to streamline and secure financial transactions.

> Enterprise_Software & CRM

Modernized legacy enterprise systems by leading major framework migrations and building scalable RESTful services. Delivered comprehensive marketing CRM modules, automated event-scheduling platforms, and internal media portals that unified external e-commerce feeds.

> Engineering_Leadership

Managed and mentored cross-functional engineering teams, actively driving recruitment, interviewing, and strategic team formation. Fostered a culture of continuous technical growth by running targeted knowledge-sharing sessions for backend developers.

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Self Employed

Mar 2026 - Now
> Open Source Creator

Developing an open-source, multiplatform standalone application designed for tracking job hunting pipelines.

Detectify AB

EM | Sr. DevOps/SRE | Sr. Software Backend Engineer
Oct 2019 - Nov 2024
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Led SRE initiatives and executed zero-downtime database migrations, successfully decreasing system incidents by 80%.

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Designed distributed web attack surface discovery systems and scaled cross-functional engineering teams.

Freelance Software Engineer

Aug 2017 - Aug 2019

Developed a game authentication system for millions of users and implemented media metadata web services.

EspadaMotors Ltd

Software Architect
Jan 2015 - Aug 2017

Sam Solutions

Software Engineer
Jul 2007 - Jul 2014
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