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Kürşat Öztürk

Random musings of a curious mind, taken with a grain of salt and a pinch of humor.

Vol. IEssays, Profile & ProjectsLatest edition: January 12, 2025

Profile

The Working Life

Senior Software Developer at Gusto.

Portrait of Kürşat Öztürk in a dark knit beanie and sweater.

In brief

Kürşat Öztürk is a Senior Software Developer at Gusto, working on payroll and HR solutions for international employees and contractors for small businesses.

Skills

Languages
Ruby · Elixir · Python · TypeScript
Frameworks
Ruby on Rails · Phoenix · Django · React
Tools
Git · Docker · RDBMS

See the projects →

Experience

  1. Sep 2023 – Present

    Senior Software Developer · Gusto

    Working on payroll and HR solutions for international employees and contractors for small businesses.

  2. July 2021 – Aug 2023

    Software Developer · WinnowPro

    Refactored the codebase from spaghetti to highly optimized, modular serverless architecture using TypeScript and Python on AWS.

  3. Oct 2019 – June 2021

    Software Engineer · Technarts

    Worked on topographical discovery and management system for network structure of one of the biggest telecom operators in Turkey using a Python Django monolith.