Selçuk Cihan

Created the serverless GraphQL backend for scriber.to, which is a platform for financial writers.
Implemented payments with Stripe Connect.
Built analytics application to provide the financial writers with KPIs.

Created the API and step functions orchestrator that forms the machine learning pipeline for parsel.ai, which is a machine learning SAAS offering.
Implemented serverless workflows for ingesting 3rd party financial articles for tellimer.com.
Architected an article recommender and an article summarizer for tellimer.com.
Integrated with Stripe for SAAS subscriptions.
Built a serverless app that perio

Worked as the lead backend developer for a non-profit client.
Developed a REST API, fully serverless on AWS.
Optimized cost resulting in more than 50% saving on AWS bill.
Improved performance by reengineering caching on CloudFront/S3.
Mentored developers and reviewed pull requests.

Developed and maintained the orchestration platform that processes Amazon’s catalog updates. The platform is able to handle tens of thousands of TPS, enabling the finest and largest catalog on earth. Uses Kinesis as the backbone and routes updates to the catalog to relevant downstream services.
Added further functionality to a Node.js service which is a high TPS REST service for diff analysis.

Supported the workflow engine (C#, Windows service) serving banking applications such as loans, customer complaints etc.
Set up elastic to index workflow engine documents, enabling powerful search mechanisms for the end user.
Designed and implemented a workforce management system that empowers the bank’s operation center.