SearoutesNav
Maritime SaaS platform for vessel-aware routing, voyage optimization, fuel estimation, emissions calculation and maritime logistics.
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Senior Backend Developer
Building things
that actually scale.
I'm Emre Ugur — a Senior Backend Developer with 13+ years of experience building APIs, marketplaces, SaaS platforms and distributed systems.
13+
Years of PHP Experience
PHP
Primary Backend Stack
B2B
Marketplace & SaaS
∞
Things to Build
01 / About
Backend engineer.
Problem solver.
I've been building software since 2009, primarily in the PHP ecosystem.
My work ranges from e-commerce and CRM systems to B2B marketplaces, SaaS products, APIs, search infrastructure and distributed systems.
I enjoy turning complicated business requirements into systems that are simple to understand, fast to execute and easy to evolve.
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whoami
Senior Backend Developer
PHP / Laravel / Symfony
Elasticsearch / Redis
Docker / Kubernetes / Azure
$
uptime
13+ years and counting...
02 / Stack
Tools I use to
build things.
PHP
Laravel
Symfony
C#
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Kafka
Redis
Elasticsearch
Docker
Kubernetes
Azure
REST APIs
Microservices
CI/CD
Git
Linux
RAG
LLMs
MCP
03 / Experience
13+ years of
shipping software.
Jan 2026 - CURRENT
Senior Backend Developer
ICTWORKS Bilişim ve Yazılım A.Ş.
Building and maintaining backend systems, APIs and business-critical applications using PHP and modern backend technologies.
Mar 2024 — Dec 2025
Senior Backend Developer
Lastikcim
Backend developer for a large B2B & B2C marketplace, including Elasticsearch, Redis, queues, integrations, Docker and Azure deployments.
Apr 2022 — Mar 2024
Team Lead | Backend
Rise Consulting
Technical leadership and backend architecture for a large B2B marketplace, including Elasticsearch, Redis, queues, integrations, Docker and Azure deployments.
Jan 2021 — Apr 2022
Senior Backend Developer
PATH
Developed Symfony and Magento based systems, middleware and integrations for large-scale e-commerce applications.
2009 — 2021
PHP Developer
Ege Internet
Built web applications, CRM systems, e-commerce platforms and custom business applications across multiple technology stacks.
04 / Projects
Stuff I'm
building.
AI & LLM Systems
Exploring practical applications of LLMs, RAG, embeddings, vector search, MCP and AI-powered backend systems.
View technology stack →
05 / Connect
Got an interesting
problem to solve?
I'm always interested in ambitious products, difficult backend problems and ideas worth building.