Senior AI Evaluation Engineer (Contract/Freelance) at Micro1

Review AI-generated software engineering outputs across frontend, artifacts, and coding workflows for task success, instruction following, and production readiness. Validate reasoning traces, tool usage, final deliverables, screenshots, and archive/package structure against strict project rubrics. Provide concise, audit-ready reviewer feedback including failure classification, rerun guidance, and quality sign-off decisions.

Engineering Manager (Hands-on Backend Focus) at Udemy

Led backend development for subscription, checkout, experimentation, and platform services in a high-scale SaaS environment. Designed API-first services supporting billing, user lifecycle, and transactional entitlements/workflows. Partnered with product and data teams on experimentation, analytics, and data engineering pipelines, working with Python/FastAPI-style services, PostgreSQL/Postgres workflows, Redis caching patterns, and Kafka-style event integration.

AI Software Evaluation Engineer (Contract/Freelance) at Turing

Evaluated AI-generated code, software engineering solutions, and agent-style task outputs for correctness, completeness, and alignment with requirements. Reviewed SWE-Bench-style tasks, hints, test alignment, failure categories, and model reasoning quality using structured evaluation standards. Applied backend engineering judgment across Python, APIs, distributed systems, test design, debugging, and production-quality code review.

Senior Software Engineering Manager (Hands-on Technical Lead) at Microsoft

Led design and development of distributed financial systems processing millions of transactions globally. Architected scalable backend services using .NET, Azure, APIs, and cloud-native architecture. Built event-driven systems using Azure Service Bus and Kafka-style messaging patterns for high-throughput processing. Drove observability, monitoring, fault handling, performance optimization, production debugging, and engineering standards for high-availability APIs supporting global financial, compliance, and e-invoicing workflows.

Software Development Group Head (Hands-on Architecture & Development) at SmartMessage

Led architecture and development of a microservices-based SaaS platform for high-volume customer communication workflows. Designed event-driven backend systems, data processing flows, messaging, caching, and persistence patterns. Built scalable APIs and CI/CD pipelines, improving release reliability, deployment quality, and delivery speed.

Delivery Manager / Software Development Leader at KocSistem

Delivered enterprise backend systems focused on integrations, transaction processing, scalable architecture, and reliable service delivery. Led backend development, introduced coding standards, and improved performance and maintainability across platforms.

Senior Software Specialist at HUGO BOSS

Developed enterprise backend systems using C# and SQL Server, improving reliability and data consistency across regions.