Principal Software Engineer / Istanbul

Enterprise systems engineer with an edge for cloud-native scale.

I design and ship resilient platforms across microservices, event-driven architecture, Kubernetes, GCP/GKE, agentic AI, and modern full-stack experiences.

18+Years building software
5Major enterprise chapters
26+Core platform technologies

About

Built for complex, high-pressure engineering environments.

Ahmet brings principal-level depth across backend platforms, cloud infrastructure, DevOps automation, and product-minded frontend work. His profile combines telecom-grade reliability, distributed systems, and a pragmatic delivery style shaped by almost two decades of enterprise software engineering.

Core Stack

Architecture, runtime, data, delivery.

MicroservicesSpring BootQuarkusReactNode.jsPythonKafkaRabbitMQAWSAzureGCPOpenShiftKubernetesGKEAKSDockerTerraformArgoCDHelmDDDCQRSDebeziumAgentic AIMCPLangGraphRAG

AI Engineering Focus

GCP, GKE, and agentic systems at production depth.

GCP

Multi-cloud production paths for LLM and agent SaaS — identity, networking, and environment separation on Google Cloud.

  • Production deployment alongside AWS, Azure, and Vercel
  • Enterprise-ready auth and SaaS delivery patterns
  • Terraform-driven dev, test, and prod environments

GKE

Kubernetes on Google Cloud for scalable, observable agent and inference workloads.

  • Containerized agents and API services on GKE
  • Helm, GitOps, and CI/CD aligned with platform engineering
  • High-availability patterns for multi-agent systems

Agentic AI

Autonomous orchestration — tools, stateful workflows, and MCP-connected enterprise systems.

  • Multi-agent design with LangGraph, CrewAI, and OpenAI Agents SDK
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP) for databases, APIs, and internal tools
  • Capstone-scale systems: research teams, trading floors, and software agent squads

Career Journey

From software foundations to principal engineering leadership.

2025 - Present

Principal Software Engineer

Turkcell

Leading modern platform engineering across high-scale distributed systems, cloud-native delivery, and production architecture.

2022 - 2025

Assoc. Principal Software Engineer

Turkcell

Advanced resilient microservice ecosystems with Kubernetes, event-driven architecture, and enterprise delivery practices.

2021 - 2022

Principal Software Development Engineer

TAV Technologies

Built and guided critical software capabilities for airport technology, operational platforms, and engineering teams.

2020 - 2021

Senior Software Engineer Team Lead

PiA / Vodafone

Led senior engineering work across Java, consulting, and full-stack delivery in demanding telecom environments.

2011 - 2019

Full Stack Developer

Guven Yazilim Teknolojileri

Delivered long-running enterprise systems spanning backend services, data layers, reporting, and frontend experiences.

2006 - 2011

Software Engineer

Teknet Iletisim

Started the engineering journey with hands-on product development and deep software fundamentals.

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