Experience

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Software Engineer

@ Yolda Technology
Nov 2024 — Present · Istanbul, Türkiye
  • Developed and automated a distance-based fleet fuel management system using TypeScript, Java and AWS services, preventing fraudulent fuel requests and saving the company $110k+ USD annually.
  • Built out 30+ AWS Lambda services (300+ functions) using TypeScript, Java, and Go, migrated legacy projects, reducing cold start latency by 40% and lowering execution costs.
  • Scaled our serverless REST APIs (API Gateway + Lambda) to handle 1M+ daily requests while maintaining high availability and low latency during peak traffic.
  • Built a real-time fleet tracking platform by streaming GPS hardware data through a message broker to backend services, providing logistics teams with live vehicle monitoring and operational visibility.
  • Boosted MongoDB query performance by 3× through indexing and query optimization, enabling near real-time updates for dashboards used by 50+ operations staff, and implemented centralized logging and monitoring with CloudWatch Logs Insights, reducing production issue resolution time by 50%.
  • Configured VPC networking for Lambda services and setup VPN connectivity to the database layer, enabling Lambda-to-database communication within a private network.
  • Contributed to frontend dashboards built with React and TypeScript, implementing new features and improvements for internal operations tooling.
Java TypeScript Go AWS Lambda API Gateway MongoDB CloudWatch VPC

Python Backend Developer & Instructor

@ Cosmios Software Academy
Mar 2024 — Nov 2024 · Adana, Türkiye
  • Mentored 15 aspiring engineers in Backend Architecture and Git, enforcing industry standards for clean code, SOLID principles, and documentation.
  • Designed and delivered a curriculum covering RESTful API design, PostgreSQL, and Docker containerization.
  • Conducted PR reviews for student projects and implemented automated unit testing.
  • Led workshops on Gitflow, merge conflicts, CI/CD pipelines, Linux fundamentals, and Bash scripting for automation.
PostgreSQL Docker REST API Git Linux Bash CI/CD

Data Science Intern

@ Dogus Teknoloji
Jun 2023 — Jan 2024 · Istanbul, Türkiye
  • Built RAG-based generative AI assistants using LLMs, enabling users to query document collections via a Streamlit interface instead of manually scanning sources—reducing HR workload by 15%.
  • Designed an ML interface that generated 10+ unique visualizations as part of automated HTML reports for diverse analytical use cases.
  • Developed 5+ Python API scripts to optimize LLM prompts by trimming unnecessary tokens before processing, cutting token costs by 30%.
  • Trained time series models on AWS SageMaker, built dynamic ETL pipelines, and deployed production DAGs on Apache Airflow.
Python LLM RAG Streamlit AWS SageMaker Apache Airflow ETL

Data Science Intern

@ Jotform
Jun 2023 — Aug 2023 · Istanbul, Türkiye
  • Dove into 10+ datasets with exploratory analysis and statistical techniques to surface anomalies and hidden patterns in Tableau.
  • Built a demand forecasting model with Facebook Prophet and brought the results to life using Seaborn and Plotly—hitting 88% forecast accuracy.
Python Tableau Facebook Prophet Seaborn Plotly EDA Statistical Modeling
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