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Burhanettin Nacar

Software Engineering Manager

Software Engineering Manager with 12+ years of experience building enterprise applications, distributed systems, and scalable backend solutions.

At insightsoftware, I lead a team of 8 software engineers, with direct responsibility for hiring, performance management, and career development. My team has grown from 3 to 8 engineers, and I focus on building an environment where people can grow and deliver high-quality software.

My background is deeply technical, particularly in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, software architecture, and CI/CD. I continue to explore applied AI, developer productivity, and open-source engineering.

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Experience

insightsoftware Deutschland(Former IDL)

  • Software Engineering Manager

    Sep, 2026 — Present
    • Lead a team of 8 software engineers, with direct responsibility for hiring, performance management, and career development.
    • Grew the team from 3 to 8 engineers, supporting individual growth and high-quality software delivery.

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Oct, 2022 — Sep, 2026
    • Improved CI/CD workflows with Jenkins to support repeatable builds and software delivery.
    • Contributed to application modernization across enterprise backend systems using Java and Spring Boot.
    • Explored applied AI and developer productivity through MCP servers, agentic tools, and LLM integrations.

Evolve Squads

Sep, 2021 — Oct, 2022

Senior Software Engineer

Vodafone Turkey

Aug, 2020 — Sep, 2021

Backend Dev Lead

Turkish Airlines

Aug, 2019 — Aug, 2020

Analyst Software Engineer

Mercedes Benz Türk

May, 2018 — Aug, 2019

Software Engineer

Netas Telecommunication

Aug, 2014 — May, 2018

Software Engineer

Education

Karadeniz Technical University

2010 — 2014

Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering

Featured Projects

2025

Lead Developer / Architect

A distributed token bucket rate limiter implementation in Java with API documentation. Built for microservice architectures with Redis-backed state management, dynamic configuration, metrics, and reproducible performance tests documented in the repository.

2025

Lead Developer / Architect

A high-performance, Rust-based database proxy designed for real-time PII anonymization. Sits between applications and databases, intercepting queries and masking sensitive data on the fly. Features multi-database support (PostgreSQL/MySQL), zero-copy parsing with Tokio, OpenTelemetry tracing, and a modern Next.js dashboard for monitoring and rule management. Handles production workloads with graceful shutdown, connection pooling, and health checks.

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Outside Interests

  • Books and Movies
  • Classical music and guitar
  • Birds, especially parrots

Social Links

  • Github: https://github.com/uppnrise
  • Twitter: https://x.com/uppnrise
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/burhanettin-nacar
  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brhnt.nacar