Experience
Work
03/2026 – now · Lausanne
Product Engineer at Scholé
Used throughout this role for prototyping and verifying results - Replaced a USD 3,600/yr credentialing vendor with an in-house system I shipped in 5 days, issuing 688 credentials to 423 learners with one-click LinkedIn sharing.
- Turned power-user interviews into an approved redesign of AI lesson creation that converts free-text prompts into structured input for the generation agent.
- Owned the feedback loop with B2B partners such as Harvard Data Science Initiative, turning their needs into prioritized requirements and pilots into published case studies.
- Improved the reliability of AI lessons and recommendations with prompt evaluations, regression tests, guardrails against hallucinated features, and recommendations grounded in each learner’s quiz results.
- Made the platform 15 to 24% faster on mobile and fixed lessons failing to load on older iPhones.
11/2024 – 01/2026 · Lausanne
Full-stack Developer at DemoSquare
Used throughout this role for prototyping and verifying results - Led frontend delivery in TypeScript, partnering with product design to turn Figma specifications into a consistent experience for legal-tech customers.
- Ran user research sessions and product testing cycles, turning friction points into prioritized product improvements.
- Built a Sass component library and a Python pipeline for collecting legislative data at scale.
03/2024 – 08/2024 · Lausanne
Master thesis at AXA Group Operations
- Shipped an LLM pipeline using open-source models to audit AI systems for fairness, ethics and regulatory compliance, making Responsible AI legible to non-technical stakeholders.
- Built an LLM-as-a-Judge evaluation (GPT-4o) that set acceptance criteria for model outputs.
09/2023 – 02/2024 · Zurich
Software Developer Intern at KITRO
- Shipped an issue-reporting tool to production, enabling daily labelling of thousands of images and reliable data collection on AWS S3.
- Delivered frontend (React, TypeScript) and backend (Python, PostgreSQL, AWS Lambda) features in agile sprints with product owners.
07/2023 – 09/2023 · Istanbul
IT Intern, Marketing Technology at P&G
- Engineered SQL on BigQuery dashboards, improving data accuracy by 40% in Turkey and 4% across Europe for digital platform campaigns.
- Shared cashback-campaign analysis and insights with business stakeholders to refine digital marketing strategy.
Education
2021 – 2024 · EPFL, Lausanne
MSc Computer Science, minor in Management of Technology & Entrepreneurship
- Master thesis on Responsible AI evaluation with LLMs, at AXA.
- Minor in Management of Technology & Entrepreneurship.
2021 · Sabancı University, Istanbul
BSc Computer Science & Engineering and Mechatronics Engineering
- Double major in Computer Science & Engineering and Mechatronics Engineering.
Mentoring & community
2025 – now · EPFL
EPFL Alumni Mentor
Guide EPFL students on communication, career planning and life.
2023 – 2025 · EPFL
Co-Vice President & Marketing Lead, LauzHack
Grew the digital presence of EPFL’s student hackathon by 185% across Discord, LinkedIn and Instagram.
Languages
- Turkish Native
- English C2
- French B1
