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Hi! I'm Gokce, a platform-centric software engineer and engineering leader with over 15 years of experience shipping SaaS, PaaS, ML, and agentic-AI systems. I specialize in designing high-fidelity architectures and high-throughput, read-optimized APIs that perform across AWS, GCP, and Azure. I'm passionate about simplicity, automation, and fast feedback, always tying technical choices to business outcomes. I love mentoring engineers and fostering cultures of continuous learning. Whether it's backend, infrastructure, or front-end development, I enjoy raising the engineering bar and building scalable solutions that drive business success.…Hi! I'm Gokce, a platform-centric software engineer and engineering leader with over 15 years of experience shipping SaaS, PaaS, ML, and agentic-AI systems. I specialize in designing high-fidelity architectures and high-throughput, read-optimized APIs that perform across AWS, GCP, and Azure. I'm passionate about simplicity, automation, and fast feedback, always tying technical choices to business outcomes. I love mentoring engineers and fostering cultures of continuous learning. Whether it's backend, infrastructure, or front-end development, I enjoy raising the engineering bar and building scalable solutions that drive business success.

Gokce Yalcin

Developer, AI Engineer, Full Stack Developer, +3

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Hi! I'm Gokce, a platform-centric software engineer and engineering leader with over 15 years of experience shipping SaaS, PaaS, ML, and agentic-AI systems. I specialize in designing high-fidelity architectures and high-throughput, read-optimized APIs that perform across AWS, GCP, and Azure. I'm passionate about simplicity, automation, and fast feedback, always tying technical choices to business outcomes. I love mentoring engineers and fostering cultures of continuous learning. Whether it's backend, infrastructure, or front-end development, I enjoy raising the engineering bar and building scalable solutions that drive business success.…Hi! I'm Gokce, a platform-centric software engineer and engineering leader with over 15 years of experience shipping SaaS, PaaS, ML, and agentic-AI systems. I specialize in designing high-fidelity architectures and high-throughput, read-optimized APIs that perform across AWS, GCP, and Azure. I'm passionate about simplicity, automation, and fast feedback, always tying technical choices to business outcomes. I love mentoring engineers and fostering cultures of continuous learning. Whether it's backend, infrastructure, or front-end development, I enjoy raising the engineering bar and building scalable solutions that drive business success.

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Hi! I’m Gokce, a platform-centric software engineer and engineering leader with over 15 years of experience shipping SaaS, PaaS, ML, and agentic-AI systems. I specialize in designing high-fidelity architectures and high-throughput, read-optimized APIs that perform across AWS, GCP, and Azure. I’m passionate about simplicity, automation, and fast feedback, always tying technical choices to business outcomes.

I love mentoring engineers and fostering cultures of continuous learning. Whether it’s backend, infrastructure, or front-end development, I enjoy raising the engineering bar and building scalable solutions that drive business success.

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Work Experience

Platform-centric Software Engineer & Engineering Leader at DevHeart Technologies, OSS lab (dba heart.dev)

March 1, 2025 - Present

Launched Intent, an open-source CQRS + Event-Sourcing platform reference using durable workflow execution. Leveraged AI-augmented context building tools to reduce SDLC cost, token consumption, and time by 2-8x. Collaborated with community thought-leaders on event-modeling specifications within the event sourcing domain.

Staff Software Engineer at Clearco (dba Clearbanc)

March 1, 2025 - July 15, 2025

Led technical strategy and execution for the Platform Team focusing on data ingestion and external system integration. Developed architectural blueprints aligned to business goals, reducing technical ops costs by $9k+ per month and enabling over $100M in funding capacity. Mentored over 10 engineers and facilitated staff-plus engineering forums to drive organizational technical excellence.

Staff Software Engineer at Ada Support Inc

January 2, 2023 - July 15, 2025

Refactored conversational AI APIs and initiated event-based architecture by breaking monolith into domain microservices. Evaluated and implemented messaging broker solutions including Kafka, RabbitMQ with AWS MSK, supporting 15k+ qps throughput. Led workshops on domain-driven design, authored open-source contributions, and mentored 10+ engineers.

Sr Staff Software Developer at Teck Resources Ltd

June 1, 2022 - July 15, 2025

Served as technical lead designing cloud-based applications integrating machine learning for mining operations efficiency. Increased operational performance by up to 35%, enhanced security practices, and led cross-functional teams through GCP to Azure migration and infrastructure as code adoption. Coached over 50 engineers in career development and led development initiatives.

Head of Engineering and Product at Wellness Global Inc

August 31, 2020 - July 15, 2025

Consulted on startup product launch of an e-commerce and mobile delivery wellness platform. Assessed over 20 off-the-shelf and custom solutions. Managed remote outsourced development team delivering custom features on repurposed software, achieving product launch within six months.

Software Development Manager at PayByPhone Inc

February 29, 2020 - July 15, 2025

Built and led platform engineering team, implemented domain-driven design and agile practices. Delivered geolocation and personalization product domains, driving key features used by 5M+ users daily. Executed high-throughput, low-latency API and data pipeline modernization on AWS with Terraform-based infrastructure as code practices. Achieved 99.999% availability SLAs.

Senior Software Developer at PayByPhone Inc

January 1, 2017 - July 15, 2025

Developed new web interface and microservices supporting mobile app growth by 250%, reducing customer issues by 35%. Led backend API development, tested with 95%+ coverage, and early implemented AWS cloud adoption with Terraform, supporting multi-account deployment strategy and modern cloud services integration.

Startup CTO / Architect / Developer at Promoga Inc

August 31, 2017 - July 15, 2025

Launched MVP for community platform and marketplace supporting yoga instructors and students. Managed technical leadership including design, data modeling, DevOps, API integrations, deployments, and infrastructure management.

Senior Web Developer at Appqii Technology Inc (DBA OptixApp)

July 31, 2015 - July 15, 2025

Achieved product goals by launching marketplace and SaaS coworking solution. Adopted modern frontend technologies, provided team training for SPA and API-driven architectures, and integrated multiple 3rd party APIs.

Development Lead, acting VP of Tech at PowerNet Canada

April 1, 2014 - July 15, 2025

Increased product capacity 25x with in-house management tools improving efficiency for 650 affiliates. Delivered 250+ mini-websites driving 175M+ daily traffic, implemented security and backend/frontend improvements including A/B testing.

Founder, Developer at Various (Overseas)

September 30, 2011 - July 15, 2025

Launched CMS, ERP, and B2B solutions and automation tools for website agencies. Developed a popular Turkish social network site with 150,000 members and 600k+ daily unique visitors. Experienced in web and game development, UI/UX, databases, and handling high traffic.

Software Engineer & Engineering Leader at DevHeart Technologies, OSS lab (dba heart.dev)

March 1, 2025 - Present

Launched Intent, an open-source CQRS + Event-Sourcing platform reference via durable workflow execution (early feedback stage, unannounced). Leveraged a context building toolset for SDLC with AI augmentation, reducing 2-8x cost/token/time spent. Collaborated with thought-leaders on specification of event-modelling within the eventsourcing community.

Staff Software Engineer at Clearco (dba Clearbanc)

March 1, 2025 - July 15, 2025

Drove the technical strategy and execution for Clearco’s Platform Team, overseeing data ingestion, processing, and integration of external systems including real-time, batch, and HITL workflows. Spearheaded architectural proposals and implemented solutions aligning business, product, and engineering objectives. Reduced technical operations costs and enabled $100M+ in funding capacity. Mentored 10+ engineers and facilitated staff-plus engineering forums.

Staff Software Engineer at Ada Support Inc

January 2, 2023 - July 15, 2025

Refactored Ada’s conversational AI APIs and built emerging event-based architecture by decomposing a monolith into domain microservices. Evaluated messaging brokering technologies and implemented Kafka and message broker ecosystem with governance and testing strategies. Led event-storming workshops aligning with domain-driven-design. Achieved service throughput of 15k+ qps. Contributed to open-source for Kafka load testing and mentored engineering staff.

Sr Staff Software Developer at Teck Resources Ltd

June 1, 2022 - July 15, 2025

Technical lead for architectural design, cloud-ops, and development on applications leveraging data science, machine learning, and automation for mining facilities. Achieved up to 35% increase in mining operations efficiency, improved security practices, coached 50+ engineers, and led cloud migration and infrastructure as code integration.

Head of Engineering and Product at Wellness Global Inc

August 1, 2020 - July 15, 2025

Managed remote development and conducted technology assessments for startup product launch of an e-commerce and mobile delivery platform in wellness. Achieved product launch in a bootstrapped environment within 6 months.

Software Development Manager at PayByPhone Inc

February 1, 2020 - July 15, 2025

Built and led a platform engineering team, led architecture and domain-driven-design, established geolocation and personalization domains, influenced DevOps practices, and delivered high throughput and low latency APIs to support 5M+ users/day. Defined SLO/SLAs with 99.999% availability and zero zero-day incidents on production. Coordinated end-to-end project implementation including infrastructure, backend, and frontend.

Senior Software Developer at PayByPhone Inc

January 1, 2017 - July 15, 2025

Launched new web interface and domain microservices supporting mobile applications, resulting in 250% growth and 35% reduction in customer issues. Developed APIs, improved CI pipeline, adopted AWS cloud with infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, and deployed multi-stage applications across multiple AWS accounts.

Startup CTO / Architect / Developer at Promoga Inc

August 1, 2017 - July 15, 2025

Launched MVP of a community platform and marketplace for yoga students, studios, and instructors. Handled technical leadership across design, data modeling, software design, infrastructure, API integrations, deployments, system administration, and DevOps.

Senior Web Developer at Appqii Technology Inc (DBA OptixApp)

July 1, 2015 - July 15, 2025

Launched a marketplace and a SaaS coworking management solution. Adopted emerging frontend technologies and provided expertise and training for SPAs, API-driven solutions, and 3rd party APIs.

Development Lead, acting VP of Tech at PowerNet Canada

April 1, 2014 - July 15, 2025

Increased capacity/productivity 25x with in-house tools, improved efficiency for 650 affiliates and 20k subscribers with back-office tool simplifications, and produced 250+ mini-websites driving 175M+ daily traffic with backend, frontend, security, and A/B testing improvements.

Founder, Developer at Freelance / Overseas

September 1, 2011 - July 15, 2025

Launched CMS, ERP, B2B solutions and service automation tools for website agencies. Created a popular social network site in Turkey with 150,000 members generating 600k+ daily unique volume. Gained experience in web development, game development, UI/UX, databases, startup challenges, and handling high traffic.