Melih Arık

Software Engineer

Building logistics apps at Omniva in Tallinn. Previously shipped 30+ apps to the App Store and Google Play with SwiftUI, Flutter and React Native.

Studying for a master's in software engineering at the University of Tartu. Open to freelance work, feel free to book a call.

Experience

Mobile Engineer · Omniva

2026–now

Indie Developer · Freelance

2023–2025

Mobile Application Developer · More Payroll

2023

Software Developer · Bursa Uludağ University

2022–2023

Server (Career Break) · Work and Travel Program

2022

Flutter Developer · Mediate

2021–2022

Flutter Developer Intern · Morphosium

2021

Projects

Ripstop Join the waitlist

Remote config for shipped apps. Push values, force update walls and flip maintenance mode without waiting for a store review. Open-source SDKs for Swift, Kotlin, Flutter, React Native and the web.

SaveMyPosts

Every Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest save in one place, sorted by AI. Native iOS app with a share extension and a NestJS gateway.

BeatzyTop 100 on App Store

AI music generator for iOS, built with SwiftUI and a Node.js backend.

Portman

Native macOS menu bar app that shows which processes hold which ports, and kills them in one click. On Homebrew.

Tartu Smart Bike Analysis

Mobility patterns behind 19,500 bike-share trips and 1.5M GPS points, with a published visualization gallery.

Earlier work: Real-time geo-fencing engine, Encrypted messaging app and Chrome extension in Flutter.

Open Source

Riverpod · Turkish translation of the documentation

7 merged

Documentation and code sample fixes merged into Flutter, FlutterFire, Flame, Astro, Hono, Drift and Coil.

Speaking

Encrypted Messaging Application Combining AES and RSA Algorithms · ICETI'24

Oct 2024

Level Up Your Flutter Skills with Shortcuts · GDG Bursa

Dec 2023

First Step to Flutter · Bursa Technical University Google Developer Student Clubs

Jul 2023

AstroTarot: Building a Spiritual Mobile App · Side Projects Stories

May 2023

Manage users with Firebase Auth · Flutter Festival Turquoise

Mar 2023

Writing

Create your Chrome Extension using Flutter

Feb 2022

My First Flutter Presentation (The first step towards becoming an expert)

Dec 2021

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Research

Encrypted Messaging Application Combining AES and RSA Algorithms · ICETI'24, first author

Oct 2024

Education

University of Tartu · MSc, Software Engineering

2025–now

Bursa Uludağ University · BSc, Computer Engineering

2019–2024

ILAC Toronto · Language school

2017