Eliz Kilic

Staff Software Engineer at Google Search

London Area, United Kingdom

About

Experience

  • Staff Software Engineer at Google
    Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

    Current focus: Google Search - AI Mode Previously: - Google Search - iOS and Android Google Apps - Google Search - Features

  • Senior Software Engineer at daily.dev
    Oct 2022 - Feb 2023 · 5 mos

  • Unscrambl, Inc (5 yrs 9 mos)
    • Head of Product
      Aug 2020 - Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      • Created the product roadmap for the first time. Resulting from only 2 releases before to over 25 releases. Maintained the release notes for the first time and shared them with the stakeholders and the customers. • Implemented R.I.C.E framework to prioritize the feature development. Categorized the features into various meta-tags and statuses. Ensured the delivery of high-quality reliable product features within strict timelines. • Supported 7 different team's task management and oversaw proper cross-functional development.Evaluated the performances of the team members. • Organized the test environments for release, release-candidate, and nightly development environments • Architectured the Qbo app for the Microsoft Teams system design. Submitted, planned and oversaw the app submission of the app to the Microsoft AppSource. Designed and developed the AdapativeCards to be used in the BotFramework. • Utilized the Lean Startup methodologies.

    • Principal Software Engineer
      Aug 2020 - Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      • Used React, Redux, (and previously Angular) to develop a high performing single page application for NLP-based conversational analytics tool. Created unit tests and e2e tests to mitigate the bugs and improve the app quality. • Created a data story generation service that can generate articles in PDF, PowerPoint, or Video. Designed and developed animated videos of the charts, tables, and maps to be used in the video data story. Used Microsoft APIs to add speech synthesis, and utilized FFmpeg to generate the video with audio and background music. • Lead and mentored a team of junior developers and designers, managed their tasks and evaluated their performances. Reviewed PRs to maintain the code quality of the application. Helped the creation of the coding guidelines.

    • Senior Software Engineer
      Feb 2017 - Aug 2020 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      • Created a vizy framework that separates the visualization layer from the data layer, crating the foundation of the conversational analytics app. Used Canvas API, Fabric.js, D3, and Mapbox, to generate thumbnails for the visualizations in Node.js and visualizations on the UI. • Designed, and developed Adaptive Cards to be used in the conversational UI in the Microsoft Teams chat and the web app. Designed, developed, and tested the progressive web app support for the Qbo app, resulting in full PWA support including the installability and service workers.

  • Event Organizer at UX'minimal
    Aug 2018 - Jul 2020 · 2 yrs

    • Organized one of the first UX events and kickstarted the UX community called UX Minimal in Ankara/Turkey. Helped the organization of multiple events between 2018 and 2020. https://uxminimal.com

  • Lead Developer at CP Innovative Solutions
    Jul 2014 - Jun 2016 · 2 yrs

    • Lead a team of developers, designers and content creators in the creation of a web-app for the Health Tourism called map2heal.com. Utilized the PHP Laravel framework for the backend and jQuery on the UI. • Used Leaflet to create a live map of the health professionals and hospitals. • Created a Dicom web viewer to upload, view and download CT scans on the web, used translation APIs to support live translations in the web chat between users. • Used long-polling to support live notifications on the web app.