Curriculum Vitae

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) September 2019 - June 2024, GPA: 5.0/5.0
Candidate for MEng in Computer Science and Engineering
Candidate for BS in Computer Science and Engineering, Mathematics

Istanbul High School September 2013 - June 2018

Software Engineer Intern at Duolingo
Pittsburgh, PA, May 2022 - Aug 2022

• Created a full-stack pipeline for providing Super Duolingo offers on Web using Kotlin and React/Redux.
• Developed an endpoint determining offers and frontend code using the endpoint in subscription flow.
• Deployed the pipeline to be used by millions of learners all around the world.
• Implemented visual tools for using debugging flags on Web.

Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon Web Services
Seattle, WA, Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

• Created a module for using Windows application blocking capabilities for a patch management service.
• Designed and documented a data format for the Security team to provide unauthorized applications.
• Implemented a module which sets up and enforces application blocking rules using C# .NET.
• Deployed and used the module to configure security settings on Amazon internal computers.

Lab Assistant at MIT EECS
Cambridge, MA, Sep - Dec 2020, 2022

• Helf lab hours for 6.3800/6.008 Introduction to Inference to help students with coursework.
• Graded biweekly computational assignments solving Bayesian inference problems.

Research Assistant at MIT Learning and Intelligent Systems Group
Cambridge, MA, Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

• Used a novel machine learning technique to improve performance in model-based reinforcement learning.
• Implemented and trained neural networks for predictive and value models using PyTorch.

Tournament Maker Developed a fixture generator for creating tournaments, recording scores and viewing tables. Used HTML and JavaScript for the UI and Java and PostgreSQL for the server and the database.