MEHMET ALI EKEN
U.S. Permanent Resident - Ascan Avenue 3, Queens, New York 11375
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With 5 years of experience in cross-disciplinary technologies across various domains, I thrive on learning and mastering new technologies, consistently pushing myself beyond my comfort zone. My diverse background and proven ability to learn different frameworks, platforms, languages, and tools enable me to develop innovative and creative solutions. Over the past two years, I have deepened my expertise in backend technologies with a proven track record of developing and deploying large-scale, microservices-based applications. I am eager to further hone my skills and expand my technical proficiency. EXPERIENCE
SIEMENS, as Full-Stack Software Developer Jul 2022 - present Technologies: Java, Angular, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL ...
• Served as an agile team member on a large-scale project involving 200 software developers, requiring frequent collaboration with international teams from Germany, Italy, and Romania.
• Implemented, deployed, and maintained an event-driven application consisting of more than 100 microservices and mi- crofrontends. Supported full software development cycle, including coding standards, code review, source control & man- agement, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Lead the implementation for more than eight microservices serving complex and unique business requirements within a mission-critical domain demanding fast-paced processing of intricate data.
• Contributed to performance optimization and testing of data-intensive, event-driven microservices, identifying bottlenecks and reducing costs by over 50% in core logic of the project.
• Led more than three critical release processes during the absence of critical senior team members, successfully delivering features under tight deadlines. Received multiple awards and commendations from management for outstanding perfor- mance.
FORD OTOSAN, as Software Engineer Dec 2021 - Jul 2022 Technologies: C++, Cuda
• Integrated camera and video processing devices with video streaming and communication software to enable remotely control of a truck and reduced the video processing cost by 60% and network latency by 30% .
• Achieved to drive a truck remotely from 300km away under 150ms latency, near-seamless performance. The same set up was used to drive the truck from Hannover to Istanbul in distance of 2,000 kilometers away after leaving the company. Demonstrated this achievement to CEO of Ford Motor Company during his visit to Turkey. Led the implementation of streaming communication software.
• Contributed to initial design of state-of-the-art edge computing communication technology infrastructure for remote truck driving, with a focus on confined area autonomy.
VODAFONE-METU, as Research Assistant Oct 2019 - Dec 2021 Technologies: Python, Java
• Conducted literature review and analyzed/tested emerging 5G and Edge-Computing technologies.
• Co-authored a chapter on vehicular edge computing security methodologies for distributed vehicular networks.
• Mehmet Ali Eken and Pelin Angin. “Vehicular Edge Computing Security”. In: Secure Edge Computing Applications, Techniques and Challenges. Ed. by Paul Haskell Dowland Mohiuddin Ahmed. CRC Press, 2021, pp. 219–242 ASELSAN, as System Design Engineer, Part-time&Full-time Jan 2019 - Aug 2019
• Worked as a system engineer at Aselsan on a nationwide project to deploy surveillance systems across main streets and avenues throughout Turkey.
• Achieved significant cost reductions and identified and mitigated critical system failures, contributing to the overall success and reliability of the project.
EDUCATION
M.S., Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey Sep 2019 - Jul 2021 Complete all coursework; did not pursue a thesis. GPA: 3.43/4.00
Courses: Distributed Systems, Object-Oriented Programming, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Network Security, Ma- chine Learning Computer Security
B.S., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Middle East Technical University,Turkey Sep 2014 - Jun 2019 Computer Specialization; GPA: 3.37/4.00
Courses: Data Structures, Computer Networks, Operating Systems, Computer Architecture TECHNICAL SKILLS
Java, Spring Boot, REST, GraphQL, RDBMS, PostgreSQL, Redis, NoSQL, Druid, TSDB, Kafka, Kubernetes, AWS, EKS, S3, RDS, Elastic Search, GitOps, Docker, Typescript, Angular, Git, SonarQube, Distributed Systems, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, Reactive Programming, Agile, SOA, Maven, Tomcat, Hibernate