Caner Türkmen

Senior Software Engineer

📍 San Francisco Bay Area, CA · ✉️ hello@caner.bio · 💻 github.com/emoty88 · 🔗 linkedin.com/in/canerturkmen

Professional Summary

Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable distributed systems and full-stack applications. Specializes in Python, Java, and TypeScript across microservices, event-driven architecture, and cloud-native systems — with production impact at scale, including a distributed time-off accrual engine serving ~353,000 worksite employees. Proven builder of internal tooling that drives cross-team adoption, from AI-powered MCP servers to developer productivity tools. Founder-engineer with hands-on experience designing AI pipelines using LangChain and LangGraph for intelligent automation and workflow orchestration.

Technical Skills

Languages Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript

Backend & APIs Django, Django REST Framework (DRF), Spring Boot, GraphQL, REST APIs

Frontend React, Redux, Material UI, Angular

Distributed Systems Microservices, Kafka, Event-Driven Architecture, Asynchronous Processing

AI & Automation LangChain, LangGraph, MCP Server Development, AI-assisted development workflows

Cloud & DevOps Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Jenkins

Databases PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis

Testing Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Selenium, Puppeteer

Professional Experience

Senior Software Engineer

TriNet — San Francisco Bay Area, CA · Apr 2024 – Present

Built backend services for a distributed time-off accrual engine serving thousands of companies and ~353,000 worksite employees across the US.

Designed and implemented event-driven accrual pipelines using Kafka, Spring Boot, and GraphQL — processing time-off and accrual events at enterprise scale.
Built an internal MCP server for natural-language database investigation and stage-to-local data migration; led POC approval and distribution, with adoption by multiple engineering and product teams.
Developed a Business User Verification test simulator that replaced multi-step manual setup with a single UI — cutting scenario run time from ~10 minutes to under 1 minute, freeing 2+ engineers from 3-hour daily monitoring sessions, and unblocking a stalled test cycle caused by an external service outage.
Designed and delivered an internal Python & Django engineering course attended live by 40+ engineers, with recordings adopted across multiple teams.

Java · Spring Boot · GraphQL · Kafka · MySQL · Python · Django · MCP

Senior Software Engineer → Software Developer

Yupana Inc — San Francisco Bay Area, CA · Jul 2014 – Jan 2023

Built telecom infrastructure automation platforms for network operators over 9 years, progressing from Software Developer to Senior Software Engineer.

Architected and built the YuCube cloud platform powering an IoT device that automates cell site configuration, upgrades, and licensing — reducing base station integration time from 4 hours to under 40 minutes per site, with offline backhaul support for field deployments.
Overhauled a daily-use network monitoring tool that degraded to query times measured in minutes under load — reduced response times by 500% through backend optimization and Redis caching, directly increasing war room operational efficiency.
Led development of a custom data platform for Rogers Communications from requirements to MVP, converting them as a new telecom client and contributing to company growth.

Python · Django · PostgreSQL · React · TypeScript · Redis · Docker

Software Engineering Team Lead

Medya A.Ş. — Istanbul, Turkey · 2019

Led engineering teams to design and deliver a distribution platform for a large beverage network during a consulting engagement.

Architected and shipped a multi-channel distribution platform, leading backend and frontend teams from system design through launch.
Managed cross-functional delivery across backend, frontend, and mobile workstreams using Scrum methodology.

Python · Django REST Framework · React · React Native

Projects

Reqora — AI-Driven Returns Management Platform

Founder & Lead Engineer

Built an AI-powered platform to automate Amazon returns management, product evaluation, and resale workflows end-to-end.

Designed LangChain and LangGraph AI pipelines to automate product condition evaluation and dynamic pricing decisions for returned inventory.
Built async processing infrastructure with Celery and RabbitMQ and integrated Amazon Seller APIs for real-time inventory and returns synchronization.
Developed a full-stack returns dashboard using React, Redux, and Material UI.

Python · Django · Celery · RabbitMQ · LangChain · LangGraph · React

Founder & CTO

Built and launched a mobile social network focused on content popularity analytics, securing seed funding from UK investors.

Architected REST APIs using Django REST Framework and built the cross-platform mobile app in React Native.

Python · Django REST Framework · React Native

Education

AI & Machine Learning Certification · California Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science — Computer Engineering · Istanbul University