Istanbul, Türkiye
• Technology leader with 12+ years of experience in digital transformation, architecture modernization, and cross-functional team leadership • Skilled in driving end-to-end product lifecycles—from strategy to execution—across mobile, DevSecOps, infrastructure, and cloud-native platforms • Proven track record of building and scaling high-performing engineering organizations— led multiple teams while aligning technical execution with strategic business goals through OKRs and agile delivery models • Proven capability in designing scalable, loosely coupled systems and platform-agnostic pipelines that accelerate delivery and strengthen system resilience
• Led multiple cross-functional teams in the Market domain, delivering critical initiatives that improved app load times by 70% and reduced infrastructure costs by 30% • Designed and delivered a low-code, loosely coupled recommendation engine powered by a decision engine—cutting lead time by over 50%, enabling faster delivery of new features • Built a scalable mobile app test automation framework from scratch with Appium, integrated into Bitrise CI and cloud device providers (e.g., BrowserStack); enabled multi-domain test ownership, boosting test coverage and reducing regression overhead across platforms • Initiated a new event-driven product listing infrastructure powered by Kafka, enhancing scalability and responsiveness through asynchronous data pipelines • Executed PoC initiatives including Google Retail Search integration, showcasing rapid experimentation and integration capabilities • Introduced modern tools and technologies into the stack (Java21+, Golang, DynamoDB, Confluent Kafka, Terraform), elevating system reliability, developer productivity, and platform performance • Delivered quarterly roadmaps with a focus on continuous improvement, leveraging advanced observability and KPI-driven strategies to optimize service performance
• Reported directly to the CTO, leading 50+ engineers across cross-functional teams including Security, Mobile, QA, and Infrastructure • Spearheaded the organizational scaling of the technology department, growing the engineering team by 20+ hires through a structured and effective recruitment process • Established core teams from scratch, including Cybersecurity (Red & Blue Teams) and IT Architecture, defining their operational models, roadmaps, and KPIs • Rolled out 15+ standardized IT processes that streamlined workflows and enhanced operational efficiency across development, delivery, and support • Elevated the software delivery lifecycle by embedding DevOps best practices, CI/CD pipelines, and IaC, resulting in measurable gains in delivery speed and reliability • Launched and led a cost-efficient cloud migration initiative for all enterprise applications, reducing infrastructure overhead and improving scalability • Defined and led the governance of department-wide OKRs and KPIs to align engineering efforts with business objectives and drive strategic accountability • Institutionalized Agile maturity across all teams by implementing Scrum and Kanban KPIs, conducting regular audits, and driving continuous improvement across all teams
• Led and coached a high-performing multinational software development team, fostering collaboration across diverse cultural and technical backgrounds • Spearheaded technical interviews and recruitment efforts to scale the team for international project demands • Played a pivotal role in strategic decision-making to build a large software team supporting global initiatives • Architected and implemented cloud-native microservices for a BMW supply chain project, driving critical architectural decisions to ensure scalability and performance • Built and optimized Kubernetes clusters on Azure Cloud, leveraging technologies such as Java 17, Spring Boot, MongoDB, and Azure CosmosDB for seamless deployment and resilience
• Led a DevOps team developing and maintaining software tools for over 500 users • Maintained a suite of DevSecOps tools including Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, Jenkins, Nexus, Nexus Lifecycle, SonarQube, and Crowd • Mentored software development teams by providing architectural guidance, resolving framework-level challenges, and promoting engineering best practices • Implemented DevSecOps best practices with tools like Sonarqube, Nexus LifeCycle, and Fortify SCA • Built an on-prem OpenShift Kubernetes cluster and a cloud-native microservice architecture with Spring Cloud framework • Established a cloud-native development environment and trained teams on microservice development principles
• Designed, developed, and maintained core banking applications using the Spring ecosystem, enhancing batch processing reliability and scalability • Led and mentored a team of 7–8 software engineers, performing regular code reviews, resolving performance bottlenecks, and fostering engineering excellence • Spearheaded the design and implementation of an Intelligence Information System, powered by a decision engine, to optimize collateral quality, achieving monthly savings of ~30M TL • Conducted a successful proof-of-concept for monolith-to-microservices transformation using Java, Spring Boot, Docker, and Kubernetes • Initiated and led internal tech-hub sessions to drive cross-team knowledge sharing and promote architectural best practices