Sema Uysal
Istanbul
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate with 16 years of professional experience of software projects and management ,successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
1
1
Language
Work History
Software Engineering Manager
PAPARA
02.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: Software Engineering Manager, Acquiring & Payment Facilitator Domain
- Led the Acquiring & Payment Facilitator domain by managing software development teams, ensuring high availability and scalability of payment processing systems
- Designed and implemented acquiring solutions to support seamless merchant onboarding, transaction processing, and reconciliation
- Optimized payment processing performance by improving transaction speeds, reducing failure rates, and enhancing security measures
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate new payment methods, regulatory compliance, and fraud detection mechanisms
- Mentored and managed software engineers, fostering a high-performance and innovation-driven engineering culture
- Software Engineering Manager, Acquiring & Payment Facilitator Domain
Android Application Development Manager
VERIFONE
01.2023 - 02.2024
- Company Overview: Android Application Development Manager
- Leading two teams for developing Android payment applications based on new generation Verifone POS devices
- Defining project-wide performance metrics such as developmental milestones, timeline goals and required completion dates
- Communicating regularly with customers concerning technology integration and field devices’ related topics
- Android Application Development Manager
Solutions Architect
VERIFONE
07.2018 - 01.2023
- Company Overview: Solutions Architect
- Solutions Architect, Back-End Developer, Front-End Developer for POS(Point of Sale) applications
- Maintained current and in-depth understanding of business processes, needs and objectives
- Worked with developers and engineers to realize technological solutions
- Broke down technical ideas and issues into non-technical terms for business executives
- Contributed heavily to product development lifecycle of both back-end and customer-facing solutions
- Solutions Architect
Software Engineer
VERIFONE
12.2015 - 07.2018
- Company Overview: Software Engineer
- Back-End Developer for server side applications
- Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance
- Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations
- Coordinated efficient large-scale software deployments
- Provided guidance and mentored less-experienced staff members
- Software Engineer
Software Team Leader
INTERTECH
01.2011 - 12.2015
- Company Overview: Software Team Leader, Mobile Banking Department
- Architect and Back-End Developer for fastPay Application: Mobile wallet
- Architect, Back-End Developer, Front-End Developer for DirectSales Project: New age Loan and Credit Card Sales application for windows 8 tablets
- It is a XAML, C# Native windows 8 application designed for DenizBank
- Using in the tablets of employees of the bank
- Architect, Back-End Developer, Front-End Developer for Sıramatik Project: Mobile Q-Matic application enables users getting a queue number without actually being in the branch
- Both non-customers and DenizBank customers can use Mobile Q-Matic
- For sure DenizBank customers benefit from prioritized access by using their credit card numbers, customer number, citizenship IDs or mobile phone numbers
- Back-End Developer for Turuncu24 Project: A loan just in 24 seconds
- Architect, Back-End Developer, Front-End Developer for other mobile projects: MyDenizbank, CepteVade, Blesh
- Software Team Leader, Mobile Banking Department
DataWareHouse Engineer
INTERTECH
06.2010 - 01.2011
- Company Overview: DataWareHouse Engineer, DataWareHouse Infrastructure
- Communicated new or updated data requirements to team
- Designed and developed analytical data structures
- Built databases and table structures for web applications
- Collaborated on ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) tasks, maintaining data integrity and verifying pipeline stability
- DataWareHouse Engineer, DataWareHouse Infrastructure
MACH Intern
MICROSOFT
10.2009 - 02.2010
- Company Overview: MACH Intern
- Worked as a MACH(Microsoft Academy For College Hires) intern for 4 months
- MACH Intern
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Computer Engineering
Istanbul University
09.2004 - 08.2009
High School - Science
Şehremini Anatolian High School
Skills
- C#
- C
- Objective C
- Java
- JavaScript
- communication protocols
- Soap Web Services
- WCF
- REST
- WebAPI
- Entity Framework
- ADONET
- MVC40
- ASPNET
- Windows 8
- Windows Phone 8
- XAML
- Windows Forms Applications
- Console Applications
- Microsoft Expression Studio
- Blend
- MSSQL
- Oracle
- Scrum
- Scaled Agile
- Extreme Programming
- Design patterns
- MVC
- Factory
- Singleton Design Patterns
- event driven
- n-tier application development models
- TFS
- release management tools
- Visual Studio
- Blend for Visual Studio
- SQL Management Studio
- Nunit
- Team Foundation Server
- Subversion SVN
- Telerik
- Syncfusion
- Informatica PowerCenter
- MS SQL Server Integration Services(SSIS)
Technology Summary
C#, C, Objective C, Java, JavaScript, communication protocols, Soap Web Services, WCF, REST, WebAPI, Entity Framework, ADO.NET, MVC4.0, ASP.NET, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, XAML, Windows Forms Applications, Console Applications, Microsoft Expression Studio, Blend, MSSQL, Oracle, Scrum, Scaled Agile, Extreme Programming, MVC, Factory, Singleton Design Patterns, event driven, n-tier application development models, TFS, release management tools, Visual Studio, Blend for Visual Studio, SQL Management Studio, Nunit, Team Foundation Server, Subversion SVN, Telerik, Syncfusion tools for WPF, Silverlight, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Informatica PowerCenter, MS SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
Certification
Professional Software Developer, BilgeAdam, 2008
Awards
IBM Software Academy 2009-Jury Special Award, Multi Language SMS Sending Application for GSM Device
Timeline
Software Engineering Manager
PAPARA
02.2024 - Current
Android Application Development Manager
VERIFONE
01.2023 - 02.2024
Solutions Architect
VERIFONE
07.2018 - 01.2023
Software Engineer
VERIFONE
12.2015 - 07.2018
Software Team Leader
INTERTECH
01.2011 - 12.2015
DataWareHouse Engineer
INTERTECH
06.2010 - 01.2011
MACH Intern
MICROSOFT
10.2009 - 02.2010
Bachelor's Degree - Computer Engineering
Istanbul University
09.2004 - 08.2009
High School - Science
Şehremini Anatolian High School