Resume
Professional Experience
- Cloud Development Engineer (May 2024 – Present), Philips Hue, Menlo Park, CA
- Migrated Google Home integration for Hue smart‑home devices from NodeJS to Go, reducing latency by 30% and cost by 20%.
- Deployed and managed AWS infrastructure (API Gateway, Lambda, ElastiCache, Elastic Beanstalk, DynamoDB, Docker, EKS, CloudWatch).
- AI Software Engineer (Jan 2024 – May 2024), MultiOn AI, Palo Alto, CA
- Built LiteAgent to run and stress‑test multiple LLM‑powered agents in parallel using Python, Playwright, and Docker.
- Created a web test bed with seven apps for LLM agent evaluation using NextJS, React/TypeScript, Python, and Docker.
- Software Engineer Intern (Jun 2023 – Aug 2023), Philips Hue, Menlo Park, CA
- Engineered Go‑based Hue Sync Box Alexa Skill integration, now deployed worldwide.
- Provisioned AWS resources (API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudWatch) and IAM policies via Terraform.
- Software Engineer (Aug 2019 – Aug 2022), WaveFront Analysis, New York City, NY
- Managed AWS infra and CI/CD pipelines with Terraform, Docker, and GitLab CI.
- Developed a financial analysis and stock‑prediction app using React, Python/Flask, and PostgreSQL.
- Teaching Assistant (Dec 2019 – Present), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Supervised and debugged student code; explained complex concepts in Python, C, Java, and Computer Architecture.
- Designed assignments, handled admin tasks, and mentored in Software Testing and Software Engineering courses.
Projects
- Cloud Infrastructure Analytics (Aug 2023 – Present)
- Disaggregated a monolithic backend into microservices to analyze performance, cost, and scalability trade‑offs.
Education
- Master of Science in Computer Science (Aug 2022 – May 2024), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- GPA: 3.83 / 4.0
- Relevant: Operating Systems; Advanced Algorithms; Software Engineering; Database Systems; Info Security; Cloud Computing; Networks; Software Testing
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (Aug 2018 – May 2022), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- GPA: 3.85 / 4.0
- Relevant: Systems Programming; Algorithms; C Programming; Calculus; Linear Algebra; Statistics; Info Systems; Computer Architecture
Technical Skills
Software & Tools: Assembly; AWS; C; Datadog; Docker; Firebase; GitLab CI; Go; Java; JavaScript; Linux; MongoDB; Neo4J; NextJS; Playwright; Python; React; REST; SQL; Terraform; TypeScript
Languages: English (Native); Turkish (Fluent); Norwegian (Fluent); German (Basic)