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Work Experience

Backend Developer (Contractor) at GrooveCM, USA
May 1, 2022 - Present
Single-handedly developed the backend of https://beta.groove.ai from the ground up, focusing on REST API development and database management. Designed and implemented a user management system with dynamic authorization based on payment plans and enabled collaborative resource sharing between users with varying access levels. Utilized asynchronous task queues and search engines for efficient text searching within the app and implemented vector databases for semantic search to enhance ChatGPT responses with relevant user-uploaded content. Developed infrastructure for prompt engineering, allowing dynamic construction of ChatGPT prompts according to user preferences. Integrated APIs like OpenAI, Meilisearch, Sendgrid, Pinecone, Openmeter, and Stripe to expand platform capabilities.
Software Developer at Aterev, Turkey
April 30, 2022 - July 13, 2025
Calculated key statistics for airline ticket prices to provide airline staff with insights into market and competitor pricing strategies. Introduced serializers and data models to improve code structure and maintainability. Developed a JWT-based authentication system and migrated API from TypeScript to Python while refactoring legacy codebases for better performance and readability. Also conducted unit testing to ensure code reliability.
Data Scientist at Optio, Turkey
June 1, 2021 - July 13, 2025
Developed unique algorithms to solve critical business problems, leveraging machine learning and data analysis to provide actionable insights into user behavior. Created scoring algorithms to evaluate how closely cargo delivery vehicles followed optimized routes and processed irregular, noisy GPS data to calculate route lengths. Designed algorithms to calculate cargo delivery prices based on destination coordinates and geographic regions and predicted delivery delays using ML models based on geographic regions and time of day.
Backend Developer (Contractor) at GrooveCM
May 1, 2022 - Present
Single-handedly developed the backend of https://beta.groove.ai from the ground up. Implemented REST APIs, database schema and user management with dynamic plan-based access. Enabled collaborative resource sharing and integrated asynchronous task queues and search for efficient text retrieval. Implemented semantic search with vector databases to enhance ChatGPT responses with user content. Built prompt engineering infrastructure to dynamically construct prompts. Integrated OpenAI, Meilisearch, Sendgrid, Pinecone, Openmeter, and Stripe.
Software Developer at Aterev
June 1, 2021 - April 1, 2022
Calculated key statistics on airline ticket prices to inform pricing strategies; introduced serializers and data models for cleaner code; developed JWT-based authentication; migrated API from TypeScript to Python and refactored legacy code; performed unit testing.
Data Scientist at Optiyol
October 1, 2019 - June 1, 2021
Developed algorithms to solve critical business problems and delivered ML-driven insights on user behavior. Created scoring algorithms for route adherence, processes irregular GPS data for accurate route lengths, and estimated cargo delivery prices by destination and geographic regions. Built models to predict delivery delays based on region and time of day.

Education

BSc at Middle East Technical University
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
MSc at Middle East Technical University Informatics Institute
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
BSc at Middle East Technical University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2019
MSc at Institute
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2021

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Transportation & Logistics, Computers & Electronics, Financial Services