Akıner Alkan

Software Architect & AI Board Lead at Siemens

Istanbul, Türkiye

About

📚 Extensive knowledge of various programming languages and frameworks. 📝 Expertise in unit, feature, and integration testing 🌟 Proven track record of delivering high-quality solutions 👥 Collaborative software developer fostering strong teamwork and effective communication. 💪 Strong understanding of software development best practices 💻 Dedicated to crafting robust and maintainable code 🚀 Adaptable to changing requirements, bringing valuable expertise to any software development team

Experience

  • Siemens (9 yrs 11 mos)
    • AI Board Lead
      Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

      - GitHub Copilot Initiatives - Education Sessions - Biweekly AI News Sharing - Proof of Concepts based on AI initiatives

    • Software Architect
      Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

      As a Software Architect at Siemens, I lead the design and development of scalable, secure, and high-performing systems, resulting in solutions that meet both functional and non-functional requirements. • Mentoring development teams to enforce best practices and ensure high code quality. • Collaborating closely with stakeholders to deliver innovative solutions. • Actively troubleshoot complex customer issues at the architectural level.

    • Senior Software Engineer
      Aug 2022 - Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      As one of the key developers in the team, I am a major contributor to architectural design discussions and decisions, as well as in the development tactics. I am working tightly with the Quality Validation (QV) team in the specification of test cases and fixing of bugs. Taking responsibility and stepping up on customer-oriented situations, like for example driving customer support sessions for problem-solving. Leading debug and fast-fixing activities to ensure immediate customer satisfaction. Mentoring new team members to build and evolve their know-how in terms of technology and business

  • Teaching Assistant at Marmara University
    Oct 2015 - Jun 2016 · 9 mos

    I have full responsibility for the laboratory sections of CSE 141: Introduction to Computer Programming and CSE 142: Intermediate Programming lectures. I was actively teaching practical use cases of these lectures with using Java.

  • Software Development Summer Intern at Siemens
    Aug 2015 - Oct 2015 · 3 mos

  • Assistant Software Engineer at BIS - Business Integration Services
    Jul 2014 - Jan 2015 · 7 mos

  • Intern at Yapı Kredi
    Jun 2014 - Jul 2014 · 2 mos