Caner ร‡akฤฑr

Technical Product Owner - Service Reliability | ๐Ÿ‘ฅ๏ธ 11K+ Followers | IT Enterprise Architecture & Frameworks at Akbank | Executive MBA @ Sabancฤฑ University | PSM I | PSPO I

Istanbul, Istanbul, Tรผrkiye

About

Technical Product Owner with 18+ years of experience in banking and finance, specialized in managing large-scale systems and complex software architectures. My leadership approach is centered on value-driven innovation and driving continuous improvement, delivering impactful solutions that add lasting value.

Experience

  • Akbank (13 yrs 7 mos)
    • Technical Product Owner - Service Reliability (SRE)
      Jul 2022 - Present ยท 4 yrs 1 mo

      ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: Leading a dedicated team of 9 SRE engineers while driving the enterprise-wide application framework and SRE strategies to ensure architectural consistency, developer productivity, and platform resilience across the organization. ๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: - Led a bank-wide initiative that ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ %75 within 3 months, ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐‹๐€ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ 99,86% ๐ญ๐จ 99,99%. - Took initiative and led the establishment of a ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ, ensuring strategic alignment with evolving operational needs. - Introduced and scaled ๐„๐ง๐-๐ญ๐จ-๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  for FAST systems, setting a benchmark for the sector.

    • Senior Application Architect
      Jan 2013 - Jul 2022 ยท 9 yrs 7 mos

      ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: Led the architectural design and digital transformation of high-performance, large-scale systems for the Cash Management division. ๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: - Redesigned and optimized high CPU consuming applications, archieving %50 ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐‚๐๐”๐ฌ. - Improved processing time for statement and salary payments from 4 ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ 3 ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ, eliminating night shifts and online invoice query time for 3 ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ <1 ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐, ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž. - Built a ๐จ๐ง๐ž-๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐œ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž for post deployment nad maintenance controls. - Collaborated with Microsoft on Biztalk, leading to ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ-๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. - Won multiple ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ 1๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ, turning several ideas into real products delivering business value for Akbank.

  • Senior Software Engineer at SoftTech A.ลž
    Feb 2009 - Jan 2013 ยท 4 yrs

    ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: Directed front-end and infrastructure modernization initiatives for the internet banking platform, aligning architecture strategy with business goals through collaboration with senior stakeholders. ๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: - Detected and fixed a critical security issue in the internet banking platform within the first week at job. - Led front-end and infrastructure modernization projects of the internet banking platform and successfully delivered scalable, high-impact solutions,

  • Software Engineer at Medyanet Internet Hizmetleri A.ลž.
    Nov 2007 - Mar 2009 ยท 1 yr 5 mos

    ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: Managed a cross-functional team to lead the developme,nt and launch of a major online platform, ensuring technical execution aligned with strategic business goals. ๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: Oversaw Critical system upgrades and high-quality deployments that significantly strengthened long-term platform reliability and performance.

  • Software Engineer at ATB Holidays
    Apr 2006 - Mar 2007 ยท 1 yr

    ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: Managed and enhanced a portfolio of seven ASP.NET websites, focusing on continuous performance monitoring and user experience improvements. ๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: Developed custom Travel ERP and Employee Tracking software applications from scratch, increasing operational efficiency through automation.