Merve Can

Senior Software Engineer
Ghent, Belgium

Software engineer focused on distributed and event-driven systems. I work on scalable APIs, asynchronous processing, and production systems, with strong emphasis on testing and observability.

Showpad Jan 2021 – present
Senior Software Engineer since Apr 2025 · Software Engineer before
  • Develop and evolve high-throughput REST APIs in Kotlin with Vert.x serving web, mobile, and integration clients
  • Implement asynchronous processing pipelines for multiple asset types using SQS, Lambda, and Go services
  • Contribute to streaming-based audit logging with Kafka and Apache Flink
  • Build serverless automation services using TypeScript and AWS (Kinesis, DynamoDB)
  • Design and maintain observability practices using Datadog (metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, alerting)
  • Participate in on-call rotation and actively diagnose and resolve production incidents
  • Write and maintain unit and integration tests; drive quality standards across the team
Asseco SEE (ASEE) Aug 2019 – Jan 2021
Software Engineer
  • Developed backend services for a high-scale payment gateway platform using Java, Spring Boot, and iBATIS
  • Integrated international payment providers across multiple markets
  • Implemented secure transaction processing workflows in a performance-sensitive financial environment
  • Contributed to performance-sensitive financial systems handling high transaction volumes
Showpad Jun 2018 – Sep 2018
Software Engineering Intern
  • Developed and modified features for the Showpad Android application using Kotlin and Java
  • Built parameterised UI tests with Android Espresso Framework and UI Automator
languages
Kotlin Go TypeScript Java Python
messaging & streaming
Kafka Apache Flink RabbitMQ
databases
MySQL DynamoDB MongoDB Redis
cloud & infra
AWS Lambda SQS Kinesis S3 EC2 RDS Docker Kubernetes
observability & ci/cd
Datadog GitLab CI/CD
ai tooling
Claude Code Augment CodeRabbit agentic workflows
Izmir Institute of Technology
BSc Computer Engineering
2013 – 2019
Thesis: Contract-Based Testing of Web APIs. Built a RESTful API conforming to OpenAPI Spec; implemented Consumer-Driven Contract Tests using Pact; tested with Postman end-to-end.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services
May 2024 – May 2027
Turkish Native
English Professional
Dutch Beginner