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Hi, I’m Cihan Uluisik, a technology leader and AI architect with a strong track record in engineering excellence, leading AI-driven projects, and building scalable systems. I enjoy turning complex problems into pragmatic architectures, mentoring engineers, and delivering high-quality software with an emphasis on continuous delivery and collaboration.
I lead, design, and ship innovative AI solutions across healthcare, fintech, and education. I thrive in cross-functional environments, grow teams through coaching, and stay at the forefront of agentic AI, LLMs, and modern DevOps practices to drive measurable impact.
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Work Experience
Lead Engineer/Architect, AI at G42/M42
July 1, 2024 - PresentHands-on technical leader building AI-driven healthcare solutions, designing conversation-enriched LLM APIs for in-house models, implementing AI agents and workflows with LangChain and RAG, integrating with third-party APIs, and delivering rapid prototypes while establishing code AI assistants and engineering best practices.
Lead Architect/Senior Manager, Digital Transformations at ADIB
July 1, 2023 - September 8, 2025Technical leadership for internet banking, compliance, KYC, and external integration; steered microservices strategy to enterprise/global scale; led inception and planning with business; code reviews and mentoring.
Tech Lead, Microservices at BT (Remote from UAE)
December 31, 2022 - September 8, 2025Defined coding standards, conducted architecture reviews, promoted test-driven development, mentored teams, and led microservices design and development for a vendor marketplace project; improved security and CI/CD practices.
Engineering Manager / Architect at Alef Education Consultancy (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
January 1, 2018 - PresentLed digitalization of daily state school operations; developed content/curriculum microservices; migrated from Ruby monolith to Kotlin services with GraphQL front-end; built knowledge graph for ML/AI.
Senior Full Stack Engineer at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, London
December 31, 2017 - September 8, 2025Developed multi-currency liquidity-related microservices, FX notional pools, and automation; implemented BDD/TDD testing, UI improvements, and production-grade delivery for the Global Liquidity Platform.
Senior Full Stack Engineer / Architect at UBS, London
December 31, 2015 - September 8, 2025Loan origination and fixed income trading systems integration; designed REST/microservices architectures; improved security, testing, performance; mentored teams in TDD and code quality.
Senior Agile Consultant at Nature Publishing
January 1, 2010 - September 8, 2025Contract role delivering agile transformation and software delivery improvements for publishing workflows.
Senior Consultant / Java Developer at Esure
January 1, 2009 - September 8, 2025Contract work on Java-based insurance technology stack; improved code quality and delivery practices.
Senior Agile Consultant II at Valtech
January 1, 2008 - September 8, 2025Agile consulting and software delivery across multiple projects.
Lead Developer / Architect at Trucost Plc, London
January 1, 2006 - September 8, 2025Developed financial/environmental data platform and services; contributed to data modeling and system design.
Lead/Senior Java Developer at Sony Eurasia, Istanbul
January 1, 2005 - September 8, 2025Java development for consumer electronics and media projects; led Java-based initiatives.
Software Specialist, Java at Finansbank, Istanbul
January 1, 2004 - September 8, 2025Java development across banking systems; contributed to core banking capabilities.
Lead Engineer/Architect, AI at G42/M42 (AI G42 Healthcare, now part of M42 Mubadala)
July 1, 2024 - PresentHands-on tech lead delivering LLM APIs and AI agent/workflow designs using LangChain, LangGraph, and RAG; integrating with third-party APIs for smooth flow; led AI chapter and mentored tech leads; introduced code AI assistants and promoted pragmatic test-driven, API-first approaches.
Lead Architect/Senior Manager at ADIB (Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank) - Digital Transformations
July 1, 2023 - September 8, 2025Technical leadership of omni-channel microservices, compliance, KYC, and external integration to deliver end-to-end solutions; moved microservices to enterprise/global scale; code reviews, mentoring, resource planning; hands-on when required.
Tech Lead, Microservices - Contract at BT (BT Market Place) - Remote
December 1, 2022 - September 8, 2025Coded and set code quality standards; trained teams on test-driven development, pairing, refactoring; led microservices design and development; improved pod security and CI/CD practices.
Engineering Manager / Architect at Ale Education Consultancy (ADFG UAE)
January 1, 2018 - PresentPart of a digital education initiative; led content, lesson, and curriculum microservices; migrated from monolith to modular Kotlin/GraphQL services; built knowledge graph service for ML/AI; hiring and technical leadership across departments.
Senior Full Stack Engineer – Contract at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (London)
December 31, 2017 - September 8, 2025Worked on Global Liquidity Platform: multi-currency notional pools, FX microservices, and sweep simulations; authored UI-focused improvements and automated UI testing.
Lead Developer / Architect at UBS (London)
December 31, 2015 - September 8, 2025Loan origination and trading system integration; designed scalable REST/microservices architectures; improved security, data quality, and test coverage; mentored teams in TDD and SOLID principles.
Senior Agile Consultant at Nature Publishing (London)
December 31, 2010 - September 8, 2025Senior Agile Consultant - Contract; led agile transformations and prototyping efforts for publishing solutions.
Senior Consultant at Esure (London)
December 31, 2009 - September 8, 2025Senior Consultant - Contract; contributed to agile and software delivery initiatives.
Senior Agile Consultant II at Valtech (London)
December 31, 2008 - September 8, 2025Led agile consulting practice and delivery for multiple financial/insurance projects.
Technical Java Developer/Leader at Trucost Plc (London)
December 31, 2006 - September 8, 2025Developed Java-based microservices and data processing components; contributed to architectural decisions and technical leadership.
Lead/Senior Java Developer at Sony Eurasia (Istanbul)
December 31, 2005 - September 8, 2025Led Java development across products; contributed to architecture and delivery.
Software Specialist, Java at Finansbank (Istanbul)
December 31, 2004 - September 8, 2025Software engineering specializing in Java; contributed to core banking solutions.
Lead Engineer/Architect, AI at G42/M42 (Mubadala) – AI G42 Healthcare
July 1, 2024 - PresentHands-on technical leadership for LLM projects, designing and coding conversation-enriched LLM APIs to in-house models. Architecting AI agent/workflow solutions using LangChain, RAG, and LangGraph; integrating with third-party APIs. Delivered rapid prototypes and led AI chapter, promoting knowledge sharing, software quality, and API-first practices. Introduced AI code assistants and low/no-code tooling to accelerate delivery.
Lead Architect/Senior Manager at ADIB Digital Transformations
July 1, 2023 - September 23, 2025Technical leadership for internet banking, compliance, KYC, external integrations, and personal finance management; spearheaded the move to enterprise/global microservices to serve multiple channels; led inception and planning with business stakeholders; conducted code/design reviews and mentoring; responsible for delivery under tight deadlines.
Tech Lead, Microservices at BT (Remote from UAE)
December 31, 2022 - September 23, 2025Coding and establishing code review standards; trained teams on TDD/BDD, refactoring, and improving code quality; mentored microservices design and development; evaluated high-level architecture and design; implemented Sonar, dependency and container scanning for security.
Engineering Manager / Architect at Alef Education Consultancy, Abu Dhabi, UAE (ADF Gi UAE)
January 1, 2018 - PresentPart of digitalization initiative for daily state school education with AI/ML; developed content, lesson, and curriculum microservices; migrated from Ruby monolith to Kotlin microservices with GraphQL frontend; built knowledge graph service for ML/AI across curriculum content; led hiring, coaching, and technical governance; moved architecture toward 12-factor microservices with performance, scalability, and security emphasis.
Senior Full Stack Engineer – Contract at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (London)
December 31, 2017 - September 23, 2025Contributed to Global Liquidity Platform with multi-currency notional pools, FX microservices, and sweep execution simulations; built microservices with BDD/Cucumber; enhanced UI testing and stability; led UI and backend improvements.
Lead Developer / Architect at UBS (London, UK)
December 31, 2015 - September 23, 2025Fixed Income Loan Trading systems: loan origination, trading, and system integration across offices; designed scalable RESTful/microservice architecture; automated tests; mentored teams in TDD/Scrum; enhanced security and data filtering.
Senior Agile Consultant - Contract at Nature Publishing
January 1, 2010 - September 23, 2025Senior Agile Consultant providing guidance on software delivery, architecture and Agile practices in a contract capacity.
Senior Consultant - Contract at Esure
January 1, 2009 - September 23, 2025Senior consultant delivering Agile practices and architectural guidance on project initiatives.
Senior Agile Consultant II at Valtech
January 1, 2008 - September 23, 2025Senior Agile consultant focusing on delivery excellence, architecture, and mentoring.
Technical Java Developer/Leader at Trucost Plc
January 1, 2006 - September 23, 2025Java-based microservice development, API design and leadership of development teams.
Lead/Senior Java Developer at Sony Eurasia
January 1, 2005 - September 23, 2025Java development across enterprise applications; leadership and mentoring.
Software Specialist, Java at Finansbank
January 1, 2004 - September 23, 2025Java software development focusing on core banking systems.
Lead Engineer/Architect, AI at G42/M42 (AI G42 Healthcare, now part of M42 Mubadala)
July 1, 2024 - PresentHands-on lead for LLM-driven projects, designing and coding APIs for in-house LLMs. AI agent and workflow design using LangChain and RAG; integration with third-party APIs; rapid prototyping using LangGraph, LangChain, and RAG; led AI chapter and mentored engineers; introduced AI code assistants; promoted API-first, contract-driven development.
Lead Architect / Senior Manager, ADIB Digital Transformations at Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB)
July 1, 2023 - September 23, 2025Technical leadership of internet banking, compliance and KYC initiatives; led omni-channel microservices strategy to enterprise/global levels; conducted inception planning, code/design reviews, and team coaching; hands-on coding when required.
Tech Lead, Microservices - Contract at BT
December 31, 2022 - September 23, 2025Defined code quality standards, led test-driven development, mentoring; architecture and design reviews; improved security with Sonar, dependency and container scanning; agile practices and CI/CD.
Engineering Manager / Architect at Alef Education Consultancy (ADFG UAE)
January 1, 2018 - PresentPart of ADFG UAE; digitalizing daily state school in-class education with AI/ML; developed content, lesson and curriculum microservices; migrated from Ruby monolith to Kotlin microservices with GraphQL front-end; built knowledge graph service for ML/AI covering curriculum and learning paths; led hiring, coaching, and technical governance; promoted 12-factor microservices and modern DevOps practices.
Senior Full Stack Engineer – Contract at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, London
December 31, 2017 - September 23, 2025Developed microservices for Global Liquidity Platform, including multi-currency notional pools and FX microservices; built sweep simulation apps; implemented BDD/Cucumber testing; contributed to UI test automation.
Lead Developer / Architect at UBS, London
December 31, 2015 - September 23, 2025Designed scalable REST-based microservices for fixed income loan trading; integrated with multiple systems; improved security, performance, and data quality; mentored teams in TDD and code quality.
Senior Agile Consultant at Nature Publishing, London
December 31, 2010 - September 23, 2025Senior agile consultant for contract engagements, promoting Agile, Scrum, and DevOps practices; led cross-functional teams and delivery improvements.
Senior Consultant at Esure, London
December 31, 2009 - September 23, 2025Senior consultant delivering agile-based transformations and software development initiatives; contract engagement.
Senior Agile Consultant II at Valtech, London
December 31, 2008 - September 23, 2025Senior agile consulting engagements across financial services and digital projects; emphasized quality and iterative delivery.
Technical Java Developer/Leader at Trucost Plc, London
December 31, 2006 - September 23, 2025Java development leadership; delivered APIs and data processing solutions; collaborated with data science teams.
Lead/Senior Java Developer at Sony Eurasia, Istanbul
December 31, 2005 - September 23, 2025Java development across consumer electronics and software projects; collaborated with cross-regional teams.
Software Specialist, Java at Finansbank, Istanbul
December 31, 2004 - September 23, 2025Java-based software development; financial services domain.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering at Boğaziçi University
January 11, 2030 - September 8, 2025Bachelor of Science Honours in Computer Engineering at Bogazici University
January 11, 2030 - September 8, 2025Bachelor of Science (Honours) Computer Engineering at Boğaziçi University
January 11, 2030 - September 23, 2025Bachelor of Science Honours in Computer Engineering at Bogazici University
January 11, 2030 - September 23, 2025Qualifications
OCP, Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 8 Programmer II
January 1, 2016 - September 8, 2025AWS Certified Architect - Associate
January 1, 2019 - September 8, 2025New Relic Certified Performance Pro
January 1, 2019 - September 8, 2025Kotlin for Java Developers (Coursera)
January 1, 2019 - September 8, 2025MS Certified Database Administrator
January 1, 2002 - September 8, 2025Oracle: SQL and PL/SQL
January 1, 2001 - September 8, 2025Valtech Certification: Agile Apprentice
January 1, 2007 - September 8, 2025Deeplearning.AI, LLMOps
January 1, 2025 - September 8, 2025NVIDIA, Sizing LLM Inference Systems
January 1, 2025 - September 8, 2025IBM, Generative AI and LLMs: Architecture and Data Preparation
January 1, 2024 - September 8, 2025IBM, Gen AI Foundational Models for NLP & Language Understanding
January 1, 2024 - September 8, 2025IBM, Generative AI Language Modelling with Transformers
January 1, 2024 - September 8, 2025IBM, Generative AI Engineering and Fine-Tuning Transformers
January 1, 2024 - September 8, 2025IBM, Generative AI Advance Fine-Tuning for LLMs
January 1, 2024 - September 8, 2025IBM, Fundamentals of AI Agents Using RAG and LangChain
January 1, 2024 - September 8, 2025IBM, Project: Generative AI Applications with RAG and LangChain
January 1, 2024 - September 8, 2025Use Generative AI as Your Thought Partner
January 1, 2024 - September 8, 2025AI for Efficient Programming: Harnessing the Power of LLMs
January 1, 2024 - September 8, 2025Advanced Python | Python Data Structures: Dictionaries
January 1, 2024 - September 8, 2025Microsoft Azure AI Solution Design
January 1, 2024 - September 8, 2025Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
January 1, 2024 - September 8, 2025Microsoft DevOps Solutions
January 1, 2024 - September 8, 2025MS Fabric Data Engineering
January 1, 2024 - September 8, 2025GitHub For Developers | GitHub Actions | GitHub API | Copilot in Development
January 1, 2024 - September 8, 2025Emotional Intelligence in Leadership
January 1, 2024 - September 8, 2025AWS Certified Architect Associate
January 1, 2019 - September 8, 2025OCP, Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 8 Programmer II
January 1, 2016 - September 23, 2025AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
January 1, 2019 - September 23, 2025New Relic Certified Performance Pro
January 1, 2019 - September 23, 2025Kotlin for Java Developers
January 1, 2019 - September 23, 2025Scala: Big Data Analysis with Scala and Spark
January 1, 2017 - September 23, 2025LLMOps
January 1, 2025 - September 23, 2025NVIDIA Sizing LLM Inference Systems
January 1, 2024 - September 23, 2025IBM Generative AI and LLMs: Architecture and Data Preparation
January 1, 2024 - September 23, 2025IBM Gen AI Foundational Models for NLP & Language Understanding
January 1, 2024 - September 23, 2025IBM Generative AI Language Modelling with Transformers
January 1, 2024 - September 23, 2025IBM Generative AI Engineering and Fine-Tuning Transformers
January 1, 2024 - September 23, 2025IBM Generative AI Advanced Fine-Tuning for LLMs
January 1, 2024 - September 23, 2025IBM Fundamentals of AI Agents Using RAG and LangChain
January 1, 2024 - September 23, 2025Project: Generative AI Applications with RAG and LangChain
January 1, 2024 - September 23, 2025Stanford Online Machine Learning Specialisation
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020Deeplearning.AI, LLMOps
January 1, 2025 - September 23, 2025Industry Experience
Healthcare, Financial Services, Education, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Government
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