Melih Dikmen.

Mobile Engineer & Team Lead

MelihDikmen

A mobile engineer who ships apps across fintech, maps and field operations with React Native, Flutter and TypeScript, and leads the team doing it.

ScrollAnkara, Türkiye · Open to remote work

About.

I have been building mobile apps since 2019. I started with map-based apps at Başarsoft, worked on the calling experience of millions of users in Turkcell BiP's VoIP team, and today I build and lead the digital wallet of a licensed e-money institution at Param, which I started from scratch.

The work I like most sits where JavaScript meets the platform: wrapping native iOS and Android modules, reading ID chips over NFC, shipping over-the-air updates without breaking a wallet someone's rent depends on.

I also know the backend. I have delivered features end to end with .NET Web API and Oracle PL/SQL, which keeps the conversation between the mobile and backend teams short.

Time in Ankara

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Location: Ankara, Türkiye

Status

Open to new roles and remote collaboration

Right now

Mobile team lead at Param

years building mobile
7+
companies: Param, Turkcell, Başarsoft
3
apps shipped
11
platforms: RN, Android, Flutter
3

Focus areas

  • React Native architecture and performance
  • Native module bridges (Swift / Kotlin)
  • Fintech: KYC, payments, security
  • Release pipelines and OTA updates

Leadership

At Param I lead the mobile team: code quality, team coordination, architecture decisions, and planning the development workflow in line with business goals are on me.

Daily toolkit

  • React Native
  • TypeScript
  • Flutter
  • Android (Java / Kotlin)
  • iOS (Swift)
  • Expo
  • .NET Web API
  • C#
  • Git
  • GitHub Actions
  • Jenkins
  • EAS

Education

Selçuk UniversityB.Sc. in Computer Engineering2015 — 2020 · Konya

Experience.

  1. 2023

    Present

    Senior Mobile Developer · Team Lead · Param

    Jun 2023 — Present · Remote

    The digital wallet and identity verification SDK of Param, one of Türkiye's largest payment and e-money companies.

    • Built the Param digital wallet app from scratch with React Native; most active contributor to the codebase.
    • Lead the mobile team: code quality, team coordination, and planning the development workflow in line with business goals.
    • Designed and published the digital identity verification (KYC) SDK: document capture, NFC ID chip read, video liveness. Partner apps consume it as an npm package.
    • Set up over-the-air updates, crash monitoring with Sentry, and session analytics with Smartlook.
    • React Native
    • TypeScript
    • Redux Toolkit
    • Firebase
    • Sentry
    • CodePush
    • Smartlook
    • Swift / Kotlin bridge
  2. 2022

    2023

    Mobile Application Developer · Turkcell BiP

    Jun 2022 — Jun 2023 · Remote

    The VoIP team of BiP, Turkcell's messaging and communication app with millions of users.

    • Integrated and customised the Jitsi Meet library inside the React Native app for real-time communication features.
    • React Native
    • Redux
    • Jitsi Meet
    • WebRTC
  3. 2019

    2022

    Mobile Developer · Başarsoft

    Sept 2019 — Jun 2022 · Ankara

    Mobile and backend development at Başarsoft, a maps and geographic information systems company.

    • Built mobile apps with React Native, native Android and iOS; contributed to Flutter projects.
    • On the backend, wrote .NET Web API services and managed Oracle PL/SQL and PostgreSQL databases.
    • React Native
    • Android
    • iOS
    • Flutter
    • .NET Web API
    • Oracle PL/SQL
    • PostgreSQL
  4. 2019

    2019

    Intern · Başarsoft

    Jun 2019 — Sept 2019 · Ankara

    Mobile development internship with React Native.

    • React Native
  5. 2019

    2019

    Intern · Sentos

    Feb 2019 — Jun 2019 · Konya

    Assisted in web development and marketplace integration projects.

    • JavaScript
    • HTML & CSS

Projects.

Apps in the stores, work in progress, and things I built for myself.

Featured

Param

Live

The digital wallet of licensed e-money institution Param: cards, transfers, bill payments, campaigns. Started it from scratch with React Native in 2023; primary contributor since.

  • React Native
  • TypeScript
  • Redux Toolkit
  • Firebase
  • Sentry
  • CodePush
  • Turkcell BiP

    Live

    Turkcell's messaging and calling app with millions of users. In the VoIP team I integrated and customised Jitsi Meet based real-time calling features.

    • React Native
    • Redux
    • Jitsi Meet
    • WebRTC
  • Vouch

    Beta

    An offline-first cleaning-turnover app for short-term-rental hosts: before/after photos per checklist item, low-supply flags, damage reports, and a shareable PDF.

    • Expo
    • Expo Router
    • Supabase
    • MMKV
    • RevenueCat
  • RestoSync

    In progress

    A restaurant POS and kitchen display system that merges dine-in orders with pickup, courier and delivery-platform orders in one flow.

    • Next.js
    • TypeScript
    • Supabase
    • PostgreSQL
    • TanStack Query

Earlier projects.

The Başarsoft years and before: map-based field apps, native Android and Flutter.

  1. 2021Orman Yangını Karar Destek SistemiReact Native · GIS

    Shows active and extinguished fires on the map, estimates fire spread from entered parameters, and displays firefighting units' positions with area and distance measurement.

  2. 2021Saka Su TeslimatçıFlutter

    Order distribution app for Saka Su dealers. Orders are listed and mapped by time, refreshed in the background every minute; new, changed and cancelled orders arrive as notifications, and the delivery route is drawn on the map.

  3. 2020Saka Su DağıtımAndroid

    The native Android version of the same distribution flow: order list and map, notifications, delivery route, and a separate screen for delivered orders.

  4. 2020Erikli DağıtımAndroid

    Order app used by Erikli water dealers. Incoming orders are sorted on the map and in a list, a route is drawn for the chosen order, and order contents can be updated or cancelled.

  5. 2020GFK AnketAndroid

    Development and bug fixing on GFK's survey app, actively used in 10 countries.

  6. 2019Başar FiloReact Native

    Fleet management app for company cars. Users book a car, the manager approves from a notification, and the confirmation returns to the user as a notification; car details are edited by the manager.

  7. 2018SplitpayReact Native

    A group app that splits shared expenses equally or by set coefficients, with instant chat between group members.

Skills.

Mobile.

  • React Native
  • TypeScript
  • Flutter
  • Android (Java / Kotlin)
  • iOS (Swift)
  • Expo
  • Redux Toolkit
  • Zustand
  • React Navigation
  • Reanimated
  • Jitsi Meet / WebRTC

Backend.

  • .NET Web API
  • C#
  • Node.js
  • REST
  • Firebase
  • Supabase

Database.

  • Oracle PL/SQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQL
  • MMKV
  • SQLite

Tools.

  • Git
  • GitHub Actions
  • Jenkins
  • EAS
  • CodePush
  • Sentry
  • Smartlook
  • Jest
  • Testing Library
  • Figma

Contact

Let's talk.

Write to me about a new mobile product, React Native architecture, or building a team.

or write directly: melihdikmen06@gmail.com