index.html

---
layout: default
title: "Kadir Ergun | Engineering Manager & Blog"
description: "Notes on engineering leadership, technology strategy, and team culture."
canonical: "/"
---

<section class="home-hero">
  <div class="hero-left">
    <p class="eyebrow">Kadir Ergun</p>
    <h1>Engineering leadership for product & tech teams</h1>
    <p class="lede">Engineering Manager with 10+ years across SaaS, e-commerce, and platform work—microservices, DevOps, and cloud-native delivery for reliable, fast-to-ship products.</p>
    <p class="lede">I’ve led 40+ engineers, built high-traffic commerce experiences, and modernized stacks on Java/C#/.NET, Kubernetes, and Azure DevOps. Based in Istanbul, working with both public and private sector teams.</p>
  <div class="hero-actions">
      <a class="button primary" href="mailto:kadirergun@yandex.com">Contact</a>
      <a class="button ghost" href="/cv.html">View CV</a>
      <a class="button ghost" href="https://linkedin.com/in/kadir-ergun" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">LinkedIn</a>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="hero-right">
    <div class="stat-card">
      <span class="stat-icon stat-icon--exp" aria-hidden="true">
        <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" role="presentation">
          <path d="M9 4h6a1 1 0 011 1v2h4a1 1 0 011 1v10a1 1 0 01-1 1H3a1 1 0 01-1-1V8a1 1 0 011-1h4V5a1 1 0 011-1zm0 3h6V6h-6v1zm-4 2v8h14V9H5z"/>
        </svg>
      </span>
      <p class="stat-label">Experience</p>
      <p class="stat-value">10+ years</p>
      <p class="stat-meta">Engineering leadership & product</p>
    </div>
    <div class="stat-card">
      <span class="stat-icon stat-icon--teams" aria-hidden="true">
        <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" role="presentation">
          <path d="M7 8a3 3 0 116 0 3 3 0 01-6 0zm8 1a2.5 2.5 0 115 0 2.5 2.5 0 01-5 0zM2 18.5C2 15.46 6.03 14 10 14s8 1.46 8 4.5V20H2v-1.5zm12.5-3.34a6.5 6.5 0 00-3.07-.77c-1.08 0-2.1.17-3.01.46C9.5 15.74 10.64 16 12 16c1.43 0 2.77-.31 3.5-.84z"/>
        </svg>
      </span>
      <p class="stat-label">Teams led</p>
      <p class="stat-value">40+</p>
      <p class="stat-meta">Cross-functional squads</p>
    </div>
    <div class="stat-card">
      <span class="stat-icon stat-icon--focus" aria-hidden="true">
        <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" role="presentation">
          <path d="M12 5a7 7 0 107 7A7.008 7.008 0 0012 5zm0-2a9 9 0 11-9 9 9 9 0 019-9zm0 4a5 5 0 105 5 5.006 5.006 0 00-5-5zm0 2a3 3 0 11-3 3 3.003 3.003 0 013-3zm-1 3a1 1 0 102 0 1 1 0 00-2 0z"/>
        </svg>
      </span>
      <p class="stat-label">Focus</p>
      <p class="stat-value">SaaS, E-comm</p>
      <p class="stat-meta">Cloud, DevOps, AI</p>
    </div>
    <div class="stat-card">
      <span class="stat-icon stat-icon--cloud" aria-hidden="true">
        <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" role="presentation">
          <path d="M6 18a4 4 0 010-8 5 5 0 019.58-1.5A4.5 4.5 0 1116.5 18H6z"/>
        </svg>
      </span>
      <p class="stat-label">Cloud-native</p>
      <p class="stat-value">K8s / Azure</p>
      <p class="stat-meta">CI/CD, IaC, observability</p>
    </div>
    <div class="stat-card">
      <span class="stat-icon stat-icon--stack" aria-hidden="true">
        <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" role="presentation">
          <path d="M12 3l9 4.5-9 4.5-9-4.5L12 3zm-9 8l9 4.5 9-4.5v5L12 20 3 16v-5z"/>
        </svg>
      </span>
      <p class="stat-label">Stack</p>
      <p class="stat-value">Java / C#</p>
      <p class="stat-meta">Spring Boot, .NET, APIs</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</section>

<section class="section-head">
  <div>
    <p class="eyebrow">Capabilities</p>
    <h2>Hands-on architecture</h2>
    <p class="lede">Microservices, cloud-native delivery, Java/C#, IIS/Windows server ops, and marketing automation at scale.</p>
  </div>
</section>

<div class="pill-list">
  <span class="pill">Microservices</span>
  <span class="pill">Java</span>
  <span class="pill">C#</span>
  <span class="pill">Spring Boot</span>
  <span class="pill">.NET</span>
  <span class="pill">Kubernetes</span>
  <span class="pill">DevOps</span>
  <span class="pill">Cloud</span>
  <span class="pill">IIS</span>
  <span class="pill">Windows Server</span>
  <span class="pill">CQRS</span>
  <span class="pill">APIs</span>
  <span class="pill">Marketing Automation</span>
</div>

<section class="section-head">
  <div>
    <p class="eyebrow">Latest</p>
    <h2>Recent posts</h2>
  </div>
  <a class="inline-link" href="/tags/">Browse by tags »</a>
</section>

<section class="blog-list">
  {% assign collection = paginator.posts | default: site.posts %}
  {% for post in collection %}
  <article class="blog-card">
    <p class="post-meta">{{ post.date | date: "%d %B %Y" }}{% if post.tags and post.tags.size > 0 %} - {{ post.tags | join: ", " }}{% endif %}</p>
    <h2><a href="{{ post.url | relative_url }}">{{ post.title }}</a></h2>
    {% if post.categories %}
    <div class="meta-badges">
      {% for cat in post.categories %}
      <span class="badge badge-category">{{ cat }}</span>
      {% endfor %}
    </div>
    {% endif %}
    {% if post.description %}
    <p class="excerpt">{{ post.description }}</p>
    {% else %}
    <p class="excerpt">{{ post.excerpt | strip_html | truncate: 160 }}</p>
    {% endif %}
    <a class="inline-link" href="{{ post.url | relative_url }}">Read More »</a>
  </article>
  {% endfor %}

  {% if collection == nil or collection.size == 0 %}
  <p class="empty-state">No content yet.</p>
  {% endif %}
</section>

{% if paginator %}
<nav class="pager">
  {% if paginator.previous_page %}
    <a class="pager-link" href="{{ paginator.previous_page_path | relative_url }}">« Newer</a>
  {% else %}
    <span class="pager-link disabled">« Newer</span>
  {% endif %}

  <div class="pager-pages">
    {% for i in (1..paginator.total_pages) %}
      {% if i == paginator.page %}
        <span class="pager-page active">{{ i }}</span>
      {% else %}
        {% assign page_path = i | prepend: '/page' | append: '/' %}
        {% if i == 1 %}{% assign page_path = '/' %}{% endif %}
        <a class="pager-page" href="{{ page_path | relative_url }}">{{ i }}</a>
      {% endif %}
    {% endfor %}
  </div>

  {% if paginator.next_page %}
    <a class="pager-link" href="{{ paginator.next_page_path | relative_url }}">Older »</a>
  {% else %}
    <span class="pager-link disabled">Older »</span>
  {% endif %}
</nav>
{% endif %}

<section class="section-head">
  <div>
    <p class="eyebrow">Projects</p>
    <h2>Featured work</h2>
  </div>
  <a class="inline-link" href="/projects.html">View all projects »</a>
</section>

<section class="featured-grid">
  <article class="feature-card">
    <h3>WeFocus SaaS</h3>
    <p>Employee engagement platform with Java microservices, VueJS, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Istio.</p>
  </article>
  <article class="feature-card">
    <h3>Petal Maps</h3>
    <p>Cross-platform navigation (HarmonyOS, Android, iOS) built with Spring Boot, Kafka, Redis.</p>
  </article>
  <article class="feature-card">
    <h3>Enterprise E-Commerce</h3>
    <p>EBG B2B portal, Fenerium, Avis/Budget Turkey; multilingual, payment and recommendation engines.</p>
  </article>
</section>

<section class="section-head">
  <div>
    <p class="eyebrow">Topics</p>
    <h2>Tags at a glance</h2>
  </div>
  <a class="inline-link" href="/tags/">See all tags »</a>
</section>

<div class="tag-cloud tag-cloud-compact">
  {% include tag-cloud.html %}
</div>