Ibrahim Acikgoz
Staff Software Engineer at Mattermost
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolIbrahim Acikgoz is a Senior Software Engineer based in Munich with 10 years of experience designing and shipping scalable backend systems and full-stack features, currently driving zero-trust and data sovereignty initiatives at Mattermost. He blends solid engineering fundamentals with hands-on product delivery—from designing multi-dimensional DB migration systems and MySQL-to-Postgres migration tooling to building an OpenMetrics scraper for constrained environments. His background in satellite image processing and distributed microservices at TUBITAK gives him deep experience in high-performance, parallel computing and rigorous system design. An active open-source maintainer, he contributes to Mattermost projects and several Go-based developer tools (gitbatch, gitin, tldr), demonstrating attention to error handling, usability, and maintainability. Colleagues rely on him for thoughtful architecture, mentoring, and pragmatic refactors that improve long-term code organization.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Anatolian High SchoolBachelor’s Degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Kırıkkale UniversityMaster’s Degree Software Management, Master’s Degree Software Management at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical UniversityMaster’s Degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master’s Degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Gazi University
English, Turkish
Github Skills (43)
git10
javascript10
web-application10
command-line-interface10
prompt-engineering10
go10
api10
webapp10
command-line10
golang10
version-control10
error-handling10
web-development10
react10
cli10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
isacikgoz/gitin
Jan 2019 - Jan 2023
commit/branch/workdir explorer for git
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:11 releases, 1 review, 127 commits in 4 years
Contributions summary:Ibrahim primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of the `gitin` CLI tool. They implemented features like adding working directory input, creating a README file, and improving navigation within the tool. Furthermore, the user added the initial implementation for the status command, providing users with valuable information regarding their local changes and a file checkout feature. They have refactored key components for a more intuitive user experience.
workdircommandlinecliprompt
isacikgoz/tldr
Dec 2018 - Jan 2023
fast and interactive tldr client written with go
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 releases, 4 reviews, 88 commits in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Ibrahim primarily contributed to the development and enhancement of the tldr application. They initiated the configuration of Travis CI and initialized necessary files for the project's setup. Furthermore, the user added program arguments and initiated page parsing capabilities, thereby expanding the program's functionalities. These changes involved modifications to the configuration, source files, and the implementation of a page parsing mechanism.
gotldrtldr-pagesgolanginteractive
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