About

Who I am, where I have worked, and what I care about.

I am a full-stack developer at Hitit in Istanbul, where I work on core airline systems that handle more than a million transactions a day. My days are Java, Spring Boot and Oracle PL/SQL at scale; my evenings are the web, where I care a great deal about how interfaces feel.

I grew up in Istanbul, started engineering at İTÜ in 2014 and spent 2017 to 2021 at Binghamton University in New York on a dual-degree programme in computer science and information systems engineering. Outside work you will find me at the chessboard, on a basketball court, or following Fenerbahçe and the Spurs.

Timeline

Scroll sideways · 8 stages

Jun 2014
Graduated from Beyoğlu Anatolian High School
Beyoğlu Anatolian High School · Istanbul
Finished high school in Istanbul and chose engineering.
Sep 2014 – Aug 2017
Information Systems Engineering
İstanbul Technical University · Istanbul
International Dual Degree Program with Binghamton University.
Highlights
- Dual degree conferred in May 2021 together with Binghamton University.
Sep 2017 – May 2021
B.S. Computer Science & Information Systems Engineering
Binghamton University (SUNY) · New York
Four years in the United States on the dual-degree programme.
Highlights
- Dean's List, 2017–2018.
- Merit Scholarship, 2017.
- GPA 3.20 / 4.00.
- TOEFL iBT 101.
Jul 2020 – Aug 2020
R&D Intern
Arçelik – İTÜ · Istanbul
Research on voice recognition as one of two interns on the team.
Highlights
- Developed Gaussian Mixture Model algorithms for voice recognition, raising model accuracy by 12%.
Jan 2021 – Jun 2021
Seasonal Developer
AllPawsInn · New York
Desktop software for a local pet-care business.
Highlights
- Designed and deployed the desktop software architecture managing 500+ registered users and inventory data.
- Reduced operational data-entry errors by 25% through UI/UX improvements.
May 2021
Dual degree conferred
İTÜ · Binghamton University · New York
Graduated from both universities in the same month.
Sep 2021 – Jun 2023
Junior Software Developer
Hitit · Istanbul
Joined the airline software company that runs the systems I still work on today.
Highlights
- Facilitated the migration of mission-critical legacy systems to modern web technologies (Spring, JSF).
- Re-architected customer panel interfaces with Thymeleaf and MVC, increasing page load speeds by 45%.
- Owned technical analysis and delivery across 20+ Agile/Scrum sprints.
Jun 2023 – now
Full Stack Developernow
Hitit · Istanbul
Core airline systems handling more than 1.5 million transactions a day.
Highlights
- Lead architectural enhancements for scalable core systems in the aviation sector, managing over 1.5 million daily transactions.
- Optimised middleware database queries, improving API response times by 20% (150 ms).
- Re-engineered the Kiosk module end to end with Oracle PL/SQL and Spring Boot, achieving 100% data consistency.
- Mentor junior engineers and standardised code-review practices.