Open to new projects/iOS Developer — Istanbul

Furkan Kara — Fluid, solidand carefullycrafted iOS.

I work on architecture, testing and UI in large-scale apps like Akbank Mobile and Türk Telekom Mobile with Swift and SwiftUI. In my spare time, I ship my own products.

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SwiftUI ▲ signal XCTest ✓

Smart Signals — on the App Store

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Swift✦SwiftUI✦UIKit✦Combine✦Swift Concurrency✦VIPER✦Clean Swift✦XCTest✦Snapshot Tests✦SPM✦Objective-C✦Core Bluetooth✦WidgetKit✦Swift Charts✦CI/CD✦Python✦Swift✦SwiftUI✦UIKit✦Combine✦Swift Concurrency✦VIPER✦Clean Swift✦XCTest✦Snapshot Tests✦SPM✦Objective-C✦Core Bluetooth✦WidgetKit✦Swift Charts✦CI/CD✦Python✦

01 — About

For five years I've been building products in the Apple ecosystem. I set up modular architectures with VIPER and Clean Swift, spread a testing culture with XCTest, and design fluid interfaces with SwiftUI. What I care about is simple: readable code, fast apps, happy users.

Furkan Kara · İstanbul

5⁺years of iOS
2large-scale enterprise apps
1app of my own on the App Store

B.Sc. Computer Engineering · Kocaeli University · 2017–2022

02 — Selected work

Things I've built

01My own product · iOS2026

Smart Signals

A stock screener that scans Borsa Istanbul, US and commodity markets in seconds. I built it solo, from design to App Store release.

Custom filter builder with multi-timeframe confirmation
Walk-forward backtesting and strategy builder
Composite alerts, widgets, local notifications
No account, no server — all data stays on device

SwiftUI
async/await
actor
Swift Charts
WidgetKit
BackgroundTasks

View on the App Store

02Enterprise · Banking & Telecom2022 →

Akbank Mobile & Türk Telekom Mobile

In the iOS teams of two major Turkish brands, I worked on architecture, test infrastructure and modular development.

Akbank — Clean Swift (VIP), shared UIKit + SwiftUI component library, BFF integration
Türk Telekom — VIPER, team-wide unit testing with XCTest, SPM and CI stability

Swift
SwiftUI
Objective-C
VIPER
Clean Swift
XCTest

03Python · 24/7 automation2025 →

Algorithmic trading bots

A crypto bot running two independent strategies on Binance, and a multi-user bot that scans Borsa Istanbul daily and reports via Telegram.

EMA-crossover trend following + a fast momentum/volatility strategy
ATR-based stops, market regime filter, control via Telegram
Walk-forward backtesting and parameter optimisation

Python
pandas
Binance API
Telegram Bot API
launchd

Source in a private repo

04Web · E-commerce2026

Pagur Design

I built pagurdesign.com, a store for handmade leather goods, end to end: a custom Tailwind theme on OpenCart, admin-editable modules and a cached Instagram feed.

OpenCart
PHP
Tailwind CSS
Docker

Visit site

pagurdesign.com

03 — Career

The chart goes up

FKARA▲ 5Y

Career chart · 2021 → today

First internshipJan 2021
EronAug 2021
BootcampDec 2021
MIOPSMar 2022
AkbankSep 2022
İnnova · TTMay 2024
Smart SignalsJun 2026

May 2024 — Present

İnnova Bilişim

iOS Developer · Türk Telekom Mobile · Istanbul
- Modular, maintainable codebase with VIPER
- Led adoption of XCTest-based unit testing across the team
- SwiftUI interfaces, package/dependency management and CI stability
- Technical leadership and mentoring within the team
Sep 2022 — May 2024

Akbank

iOS Developer · Akbank Mobile · Remote
- Clean Swift (VIP) architecture
- Shared component library across UIKit and SwiftUI
- SwiftUI features with Combine, unit and snapshot tests
- BFF integration; Swift, SwiftUI and Objective-C interop
Mar 2022 — Sep 2022

MIOPS

iOS Developer · Istanbul
- iOS app development with SwiftUI
- API research for integrations, cross-platform compatibility with QA

Earlier

Dec 2021iOS Bootcamp · Pazarama & Yazılım KöyüVIPER and modern iOS architectures
Aug 2021iOS Intern · Eron ElektronikHuman pose detection with machine learning
Jan 2021iOS Intern · MIOPSBluetooth device pairing, printing QR codes on a barcode printer

04 — Toolbox

What I use daily

iOS

Swift
SwiftUI
UIKit
Combine
Swift Concurrency
Objective-C
Swift Charts
WidgetKit
Core Bluetooth
URLSession
Push Notifications

Architecture

VIPER
Clean Swift (VIP)
MVVM
Modular SPM
BFF
Dependency Injection

Quality

XCTest
Snapshot Tests
CI/CD
Code Review
Localization
Agile / Scrum

Beyond

Python
pandas
Docker
Git
Tailwind CSS
OpenCart
Cloudflare

05 — Contact

Got an idea?Let's talk.

iOS projects, architecture consulting or a role on your team — I'd love to hear from you.

furkankara1402@gmail.com