Metin Bolat

Full-stack developer

I build the admin panels companies use to run their daily work, and the background automation that keeps that work moving. Setting up servers, deploying and keeping backups is part of the job too.

Metin Bolat

Projects

Screenshots and a demo account will be added to each project as the demos go live.

Paratiq

A personal finance app for tracking income and expenses. Dates shown in each user's own time zone, several languages and currency formats, two-factor authentication and session management.

Laravel · Filament · Livewireparatiq.app

Kolekto

A shopping board that collects products from different sites, with their prices and notes, into each user's own boards.

Laravel · Vue · Inertiakolekto.online

Formal Ajans

A digital agency website with its admin panel: a lead form, bulk email campaigns across several providers and Google Drive integration.

Laravel · Filamentformalajans.com

CRM

A customer relationship management app with real-time updates and record search from a command menu.

Laravel · Vue · Inertiademo coming

B2B panel

A B2B ordering panel for business customers, with virtual POS payment integrations.

Laravel · Vue · Inertiademo coming

Order and service tracker

An app that local businesses in different sectors install on their own server. It tracks the stage of each order and service.

Laravel · Vue · Inertiademo coming

Digital restaurant menu

A digital menu that restaurant guests open with a QR code, and the admin panel restaurants use to update it.

Laravel · Filament · Vue · Inertiademo coming

Experience

05/2024 – present

PHP Developer

Ata Teknik Endüstriyel Teknolojiler → Atlasfor Dijital Teknolojiler

Transferred in 09/2026 to Atlasfor Dijital Teknolojiler, a company under the same ownership.

In a role that covers backend, frontend, databases and server management, I built a 14-language e-commerce system, three B2B projects and a CRM. I set up third-party integrations such as shipping and payment services, and work on security and performance. I brought product search down from about 10 seconds to 1 second with Meilisearch. I use AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) and work with the team through a Git-based workflow and code reviews.

09/2023 – 05/2024

Web Developer

Freelance

Theme integration, bug fixes, new features, API integrations, SSL and server configuration on new and existing projects.

2019 – 2023

English teacher and translator

Education and translation

Before moving into software I taught English, worked as a translator in medical aesthetics and taught Turkish to foreign students.

Education

2024 – 2026

Computer Programming (associate degree)

Anadolu University, Open Education Faculty

Graduated in January 2026.

2014 – 2019

English Language and Literature (BA)

Kocaeli University

The full CV with certificates: Download CV (PDF)

Skills

Backend
PHP · Laravel · Filament · Livewire · REST APIs · queues and scheduled jobs · WebSockets · Python (basic)
Frontend
Vue · Inertia.js · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · Alpine.js · Bootstrap
Authentication and security
OAuth · roles and permissions · two-factor authentication · API token authentication
Databases and search
MySQL · PostgreSQL · Redis · Meilisearch
Infrastructure
Docker · Nginx · Caddy · Apache · Linux (Ubuntu) · Cloudflare · SSL · Restic
Tools and testing
Git · GitHub · GitHub Actions · Pest · PHPUnit · PHPStan · Claude Code · GitHub Copilot
Languages
Turkish (native) · English (advanced) · German and Italian (beginner)

Contact

For a project or a job offer, email is the quickest way to reach me.