Kaan Chinar

DevOps & Backend Engineer

Baku, Azerbaijan ·

I build reliable infrastructure and backend systems. Currently focused on Kubernetes, platform automation, and clean, observable code in Go and .NET.

Experience

December 2025 — Present

DevOps Engineer · Full-time · Kubernetes, Helm, GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, ArgoCD, Ansible, GitOps

Gluon smart app

Built GitOps-driven deployment pipelines reducing release friction across teams.
Maintained Kubernetes clusters and infrastructure-as-code for production workloads.
Automated secret rotation and certificate management with Vault and cert-manager.
Built end-to-end GitLab CI/CD pipelines (lint, build, test, security scan, deploy) from scratch, reducing deployment time and manual errors
Implemented Identity Provider (IdP) and Single Sign-On (SSO) integration for secure authentication across services.

February 2026 - June 2026

DevOps Engineer · Internship · Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Ansible, ArgoCD, Docker, GitHub Actions

Infrastructure Department

Deployed and managed Kubernetes clusters for production and staging environments.
Developed Ansible playbooks to automate server configuration and infrastructure provisioning.
Implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles using Terraform to manage cloud resources.
Administered Linux VMs, handled monitoring setup, and performed root cause analysis for production issues.
Deployed containerized backend services using Docker and Docker Compose.

January 2025 - February 2025

Full-stack Engineer · Full-time · Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, TypeScript, Next.js, Docker, Dokploy

Built CI/CD pipeline from scratch and optimized build time.
Containerized full-stack application (Next.js + Express) using Docker.
Configured production deployment environment using Dokploy.
Migrated API architecture from REST to tRPC for improved type safety and performance.

A short note on rebuilding this site as a minimal, fast, Markdown-driven SvelteKit app.

Production-ready REST API built in Go using Chi framework with clean architecture, middleware, and full CI/CD pipeline.

Scalable URL shortening service with efficient hashing and routing logic, PostgreSQL persistence, and Docker Compose containerization.

Full-stack marketplace platform for second-hand phone trading with escrow system, admin panel, moderation workflow, and 2FA via WhatsApp/SMS OTP.

REST API for a pet shop e-commerce platform built with C# and .NET Core, demonstrating API design patterns with Entity Framework.

Open-source Markdown to Bulletin Board Code (BBCode) converter published under the MIT License.

Open-source PPD files and software for Kyocera printers on Arch Linux, solving real hardware compatibility issues.

Kubernetes Terraform Ansible ArgoCD Helm Go .NET Next.js Prometheus Grafana Vault GitHub Actions Docker PostgreSQL GitLab TypeScript