Alperen Yucal

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Work Experience

Full Stack Developer & Team Lead at Enos Software
June 1, 2025 - Present
Led a 5-engineer team building a React Native mobile app and a React + Vite web platform; joined at founding and scaled the product to 500+ customers, generating revenue that funded 2 new hires. Designed and owned the cloud infrastructure using AWS CDK; deployed the core backend as a monolith on Elastic Beanstalk and built peripheral microservices with Node.js Lambda, API Gateway, S3, CloudFront, and Amplify. Implemented an SQS-based event pipeline for decoupled, asynchronous processing across domain services. Authored a custom native module using the Expo Modules API (Swift/Kotlin) to wrap a third-party SDK with no JS counterpart, extending the app's native capabilities. Established a testing culture with Jest for unit/integration tests and Maestro for end-to-end mobile test automation. Drive sprint planning, task estimation, code reviews, and pair programming sessions across the engineering team.
Full Stack Team Lead at Enos Software
June 1, 2025 - Present
Lead a 5-engineer team building a React Native mobile app and a React + Vite web platform; joined at founding and scaled the product to 500+ customers, generating revenue that funded 2 new hires. Designed and own the cloud infrastructure using AWS CDK; deployed the core backend as a monolith on Elastic Beanstalk and built peripheral microservices with Node.js Lambda, API Gateway, S3, CloudFront, and Amplify. Implemented an SQS-based event pipeline for decoupled, asynchronous processing across domain services. Authored a custom native module using the Expo Modules API (Swift/Kotlin) to wrap a third-party SDK with no JS counterpart, extending the app's native capabilities. Established a testing culture with Jest for unit/integration tests and Maestro for end-to-end mobile test automation. Drive sprint planning, task estimation, code reviews, and pair programming sessions across the engineering team.
Founding Engineer at Wealt.co
January 1, 2024 - May 1, 2025
Built and shipped a complete React Native mobile app from concept to production using Expo and AWS Amplify. Developed full-stack solutions integrating React Native frontend with AWS backend services (Lambda, Cognito, S3, DynamoDB). Implemented CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure using AWS CDK for automated deployments. Delivered scalable, production-ready applications with focus on fast iteration and MVP development.
Frontend Team Leader at Spiky AI
January 1, 2024 - May 1, 2025
Led development of React-based dashboards and admin panels with pixel-perfect implementation of design requirements. Built scalable frontend applications using TypeScript, React, and Next.js with focus on performance and user experience. Developed and shipped a React Native voice recording application integrated with a real-time AI analysis pipeline. Developed backend APIs and database solutions using AWS Amplify, Lambda, DynamoDB, and PostgreSQL. Managed team workflows and mentored developers while maintaining fast-paced delivery cycles.
Frontend Team Leader at Spiky AI
July 1, 2021 - December 1, 2023
Led development of React-based dashboards and admin panels with pixel-perfect implementation of design requirements. Built scalable frontend applications using TypeScript, React, and Next.js with focus on performance and user experience. Developed and shipped a React Native voice recording application integrated with a real-time AI analysis pipeline. Developed backend APIs and database solutions using AWS Amplify, Lambda, DynamoDB, and PostgreSQL. Managed team workflows and mentored developers while maintaining fast-paced delivery cycles.
Founding Engineer at Wealt.co
July 1, 2021 - December 1, 2023
Built and shipped a complete React Native mobile app from concept to production using Expo and AWS Amplify. Developed full-stack solutions integrating React Native frontend with AWS backend services (Lambda, Cognito, S3, DynamoDB). Implemented CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure using AWS CDK for automated deployments. Delivered scalable, production-ready applications with focus on fast iteration and rapid MVP development.
Software Developer at WeChip Payment Technologies
December 1, 2020 - June 1, 2021
Built internal tools for a Point of Sale management system using React and .NET Core. Created a custom encryption library to handle sensitive data securely.
Software Engineer Intern at Hipolabs
June 1, 2020 - August 1, 2020
Worked on a client project using React, Django, and MongoDB. Contributed to front-end and back-end features as part of a cross-functional team.
Software Engineer Intern at Lukatime
November 1, 2017 - June 1, 2018
Developed features using React and Django for internal tools.

Education

B.Sc. in Computer Engineering at Istanbul Technical University
January 11, 2030 - April 25, 2026
B.Sc. in Computer Engineering at Istanbul Technical University
January 11, 2030 - June 6, 2026

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Industry Experience

Computers & Electronics, Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services