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Melih Bedirhan Ateş

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Senior Software Engineer at SiFly building flightd, the real-time command and telemetry daemon for multi-UAV fleets.

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At SiFly, I architected and built flightd, the core C++ daemon of its Drone Management System, for real-time command routing, telemetry, and health monitoring across multi-UAV fleets.

I designed the device agent that bridges cloud services and onboard subsystems, forwarding PX4/MAVLink telemetry and routing configuration and commands over a TLS-secured, dual-broker MQTT control plane.

I also developed sysmgrd, a Go daemon that keeps onboard network connectivity self-healing as interfaces appear or change link state. I wrote memory-safe Rust modules for PX4 flight controllers and handled the embedded Linux lifecycle with Yocto, Docker, BalenaCloud, and Mender.

Previously, at Starry Internet, I optimized 802.11 Wi-Fi protocols and implemented a TDMA-over-CSMA scheduler. At Otak Networks, I built a C++ deep packet inspection engine and a DPDK load balancer; on the Tepegöz project, I built a situational-awareness dashboard for live aerial and marine traffic.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Software Engineer

SiFly

Dec 2024 - Present (1 year 10 months)

Architected and built flightd, the core C++ daemon of SiFly's Drone Management System (DMS), handling real-time command routing, telemetry, and health monitoring across multi-UAV fleets. Designed the DMS device agent bridging cloud services and onboard subsystems, and developed sysmgrd, a Go system-management daemon for self-healing connectivity.

SI

Software Engineer

Starry Internet

Nov 2023 - Dec 2024 (1 year 1 month)

Optimized 802.11-based Wi-Fi protocols in C/C++, raising throughput and connection stability across fixed-wireless links. Designed AP and STA management with real-time diagnostics for a Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) deployment, and implemented a TDMA-over-CSMA scheduler aligned with IEEE 802.11e QoS.

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Software Engineer

Otak Networks

Apr 2020 - Oct 2023 (3 years 6 months)

Designed and built a Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) engine dissecting traffic across OSI layers 2–7 in C++ for real-time protocol classification and application-layer filtering. Engineered a multi-threaded load balancer on Intel DPDK sustaining 20 Gbps with near-zero packet loss, and optimized packet-processing pipelines with modern C++.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

MU

Middle East Technical University

Master of Science, Computer Engineering

2022 - 2024

Pursued a Master of Science in Computer Engineering with advanced coursework in Machine Learning, Operating Systems, and Recommender Systems.

BU

Bilkent University

Bachelor of Science, Electrical & Electronics Engineering

2015 - 2020

Completed a Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Electronics Engineering.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

Availability

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Location

Turkey

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Salary expectations

85k+ USD

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