~/Dogukan Kotan
// Senior Expert Software Developer
$ location: Istanbul, Türkiye
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about

Backend engineer, 10+ years building large-scale systems in banking/fintech and e-commerce. Python-first. Leading architecture and mentoring engineers at Innovance Consultancy. Focused on AI-assisted engineering — Claude Code, MCP, Anthropic API.

skills
python
Python FastAPI Django Flask DRF SQLAlchemy Pydantic Celery Pytest
backend
Go Java Spring Boot
data_messaging
PostgreSQL MySQL Redis MongoDB RabbitMQ Kafka gRPC
ci_cd_devops
Jenkins GitLab CI GitHub Actions Docker Kubernetes Nginx Linux
cloud
AWS Azure GCP
frontend
Next.js React
ai_engineering
$ cat ai_workflow.md
AI-first development with Claude Code and OpenCode. MCP server development, Anthropic API integration, prompt engineering.
languages
tr native · en professional
experience
Innovance Consultancy // November 2022 — Present
July 2024 — Present · promoted
Senior Expert Software Developer
Leading backend architecture and delivery for enterprise banking/fintech and e-commerce clients. Owning system design decisions, mentoring engineers, driving code review standards, and managing technical communication with clients.
November 2022 — July 2024
Senior Software Developer
Designed and built backend services for banking and e-commerce clients using Python (FastAPI, Django), PostgreSQL, Redis, and Kafka across multiple consulting projects.
June 2022 — November 2022
Senior Software Engineer
Huawei
Backend development for Petal Search R&D — large-scale search infrastructure and data processing services handling high-volume query and crawl data.
June 2021 — June 2022
Senior Backend Engineer
Akinon
Implemented and maintained commerce backend features — payment, shipment, campaign — on a high-traffic, cloud-based headless commerce platform serving global retail brands, using Python.
Bon Intelligence // June 2019 — June 2021 · Istanbul & Izmir
June 2020 — June 2021 · promoted
Software Engineer Team Lead
Promoted to lead a team of 3 engineers building an AI and IoT-powered analytics platform using Wi-Fi sensors and custom algorithms to deliver consumer behavior insights to retail clients.
June 2019 — June 2020
Software Development Specialist
Built IoT data ingestion and processing services for Wi-Fi sensor analytics at Izmir Urla Teknopark.
January 2017 — May 2019
Full Stack Developer
Workif · Izmir Teknopark
Developed and managed a SaaS product combining CRM and ERP capabilities for SMEs.
education
B.S. Computer Engineering
İstanbul Şehir University // 2013 — 2017
B.S. Electrical & Electronics Eng.
İstanbul Şehir University // 2015 — 2017 · double major
certifications
MCP: Advanced Topics
Building with the Claude API
Introduction to Claude Code
Introduction to Agent Skills