HELLO, I AM

Metin Onat Çukur.
I build scalable systems.

Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, microservices architectures, and AI-integrated pipelines.

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About Me

Results-driven Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience building scalable backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and AI-integrated pipelines. Proficient in Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS, with a proven track record of modernizing legacy systems, designing microservices architectures, and leading end-to-end feature development. Holds a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU).

Work Experience

Software Engineer

Via Scientific Inc.
Nov 2023 – PresentBoston, MA (Remote)
  • ▹Led AI integration into pipeline execution flow, enabling native processing of bioinformatics data using model inference and batch prediction using Tamarind Bio, AWS SageMaker and Google Vertex AI.
  • ▹Worked in deployments and data migrations over GCP and AWS environments.
  • ▹Built a Docker image builder and container management application, streamlining deployment workflows.
  • ▹Modernized legacy PHP system (V-Foundry) to a Node.js application, improving maintainability and performance.
  • ▹Designed and implemented unit and integration testing infrastructure, accelerating development cycles.
  • ▹Developed authentication and authorization improvements including SSO integrations for enterprise clients.
  • ▹Implemented pipeline and credential-related API endpoints with associated business logic.
  • ▹Continuously optimized development environments and tooling to improve team efficiency and productivity.

Software Engineer

Armon Technology Inc.
Oct 2022 – Oct 2023Ankara, Turkey
  • ▹Designed and developed a visitor management module, which became the most used feature of the product.
  • ▹Implemented a parking payment and management module integrated into the core platform.
  • ▹Built a notification system for a new product, supporting real-time user alerts across multiple channels.
  • ▹Developed a spreadsheet data upload and feedback system to streamline bulk data operations.
  • ▹Contributed to a mobile intercommunication module and various productivity improvements across the codebase.

Founding Engineer

Irshi Cosmetics
Oct 2020 – Jun 2022Ankara, Turkey
  • ▹Set up CI/CD pipelines on AWS using Lambda, S3, EC2, and Elastic Beanstalk for a production e-commerce application.
  • ▹Developed a single-page application (SPA) frontend using Vue.js and Nuxt.js.
  • ▹Designed and built a microservices backend using Laravel/Lumen, enabling independent service scaling.

Embedded Software Engineer Intern

Elsitel Electromechanics
Jul 2020 – Sep 2020Ankara, Turkey
  • ▹Developed a railroad crossing barrier driver in C on an STM32 microcontroller.

Game Developer Intern

Creasaur Entertainment Inc.
Jun 2019 – Sep 2019Ankara, Turkey
  • ▹Developed two mobile games (idle and hyper-casual genres) using Unity from design through testing and release.

Featured Project

Drowsiness Detector – Senior Project

  • ▹Trained a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model to detect driver drowsiness from facial landmarks.
  • ▹Built a facial feature extractor pipeline and integrated it with a mobile application via a REST API handler.
  • ▹Implemented real-time visual and audio feedback system for in-app drowsiness alerts.

Education

B.Sc. in Computer Engineering

2016 – 2023

Middle East Technical University (METU)

Ankara, Turkey

ABET Accredited Program | Relevant Coursework: Cloud Computing, Network Security, Applied Cryptography, Artificial Intelligence, Database Management Systems, Software Development with Scripting Languages.

Technical Arsenal

A comprehensive overview of the tools, technologies, and frameworks I leverage to build robust software systems.

1Languages & Frameworks

Node.jsTypeScriptJavaScriptPythonPHPCC++Nest.jsExpress.jsNext.jsReactVue.jsNuxt.jsLaravelLumen

2AI & ML Integration

Google Vertex AIAWS SageMakerLLM IntegrationMCP (Model Context Protocol)RAG PipelinesAI Assisted Development

3Databases

PostgreSQLMySQLRedisMongoDB

4Cloud & DevOps

AWS LambdaAWS S3AWS EC2AWS RDSAWS DynamoDBAWS CognitoAWS SNSAWS SQSDockerNginxCI/CD

5Tools & Other

GitLinuxRabbitMQTensorFlowMicroservicesREST APIsWebSocketSoftware Design PatternsOOPEvent Driven Architecture

ALanguages

TurkishNative
EnglishProfessional Working Proficiency