Orhan Aliyev

Backend Developer with 5+ years of commercial experience in .NET / C#, delivering production systems for clients in Norway, Denmark, USA and Azerbaijan. Co-founder of FastGida (Oslo). Built national-scale enterprise software at BestComp Group. Experienced in legacy codebase modernisation, mentoring team members, and independent end-to-end project delivery. Strong in Clean Architecture, CQRS, cloud integrations (GCP, AWS, Azure) and high-load data processing. Remote-ready, open to relocation.

Backend Developer — Middle - BestComp Group - Top ICT Company, South Caucasus · On-site

(2024-11 - 2026-11)

• Developing enterprise-level national software (ASP.NET Core, MS SQL Server, MinIO).
• Built Excel report service processing 500 000+ rows stably in production.
• Maintaining legacy MVC 4 codebase (C#, jQuery, T-SQL).
• Fullstack involvement: backend API design and frontend integration.

Backend Developer / Co-Founder - FastGida (ex-Fiojo) - Food-tech Startup, Oslo, Norway · Remote · Part-time

(2020-05)

• Architected and built entire backend from scratch as sole backend engineer.
• REST API: ASP.NET Core, Clean Architecture, CQRS, RabbitMQ, JWT, SignalR.
• Integrated GCP (Pub/Sub, BigQuery, GA4), AWS Cognito, Azure Table Storage.
• Docker-based deployments; Redis caching. Product in active development.

Backend Developer - WakeupData - Aarhus, Denmark · Remote

(2022-10 - 2023-10)

• Built from scratch an automated async pipeline: Google Analytics 3/4 → Pub/Sub → BigQuery.
• Implemented Google OAuth 2.0; integrated GCP services end-to-end.
• Delivered complete system independently; contract closed upon successful handover.

GIS Engineer - Scan4Pipes Europe GmbH - Weimar, Germany · On-site

(2021-08 - 2022-07)

• Operated and maintained unmanned underwater vehicles for pipeline inspection.
• Processed and analysed geospatial survey data; produced technical reports.

Software Engineer - EGILAX Inc. - Los Angeles, USA · Remote

(2021-07 - 2022-01)

• Migrated legacy VB.NET codebase to C#; rewrote charting library from VB.NET to C#.
• Wrote and fixed database migration scripts (MS SQL Server).
• Mentored junior team members during the migration process.

Software Developer - MarinTel - Baku, Azerbaijan

(2020-08 - 2021-03)

• Developed VoIP telephony software in C++ for maritime communication systems.
• Built prototype for COM port → radio station data transmission with NAVTEX encoding.
• Developed new modules for existing Delphi-based software.

Freelance Backend Developer - Self-employed - Baku, Azerbaijan · Career transition to software development

(2019 - 2020-05)

• Freelance .NET / C# projects; completed professional retraining in backend development.

Self-study & Career Transition - Independent - Baku, Azerbaijan · Transitioning from GIS to Software Development

(2017 - 2019)

• Studied backend development (C#, .NET, databases); completed STEP IT Academy programme.
• Explored software engineering through personal projects and online courses.

GIS Specialist - TURNEAST CONSTRUCTION LLP - Baku, Azerbaijan

(2013-08 - 2017-01)

• Operated unmanned vessels: route planning, comms setup, 3D seabed modelling.
• Delivered geospatial projects under contracts with Austria, Germany and Netherlands.

Hydrographic Engineer - Military Naval Forces of Azerbaijan - Dept. of Navigation and Oceanography · Baku

(2004-10 - 2013-08)

• Hydrographic surveys using echo sounders, sonars and autonomous underwater vehicles.
• Maintained Caspian Sea navigation charts; spatial data processing and GIS management.

Backend Development - STEP IT Academy (2015 - 2017)

BSc - Geography - Baku State University (1999 - 2003)