Furkan Tunalı CV

Info

  • Name: M. Furkan TUNALI
  • Current residency: Berlin

Summary

Experienced software engineer architecting scalable solutions for multi-cloud environments, optimizing developer experience across full-stack web development. Currently building GenAI-powered systems and intelligent automation.

Skills

Recent Projects

Experiences

  • Senior Engineer (AI, Infrastructure, Developer Experience) at heyData GmbH, Berlin 01/2022 - 08/2025

    • Senior AI Solutions Engineer 10/2024 - 08/2025

      • Integrated OpenAI and Tavily APIs to build an AI system that analyzed newly signed up customer input to identify GDPR-relevant vendors they use, automatically retrieving hosting and data storage locations, DPO emails, and privacy policy links.

      • Evaluated AI Agent frameworks (PydanticAI, AutoGen) for solving domain-specific challenges.

    • Senior Infrastructure Engineer 10/2023 - 10/2024

      • Created Kubernetes and Terraform setups from scratch for scalable infrastructure and reliable deployments.

      • Led migration from ECS to Kubernetes (EKS) with zero downtime.

      • Worked with AWS suite (Fargate, ECS, CloudFormation, ECR, RDS, Cloud Map, EC2, Route53, Lambda) for service deployment.

    • Senior DX Engineer 01/2022 - 10/2023

      • Built with JavaScript, TypeScript, NestJS, NextJS, Rails, and Vue.

      • Migrated from monolithic to microservices architecture

      • Restructured legacy Rails systems into a monorepo, Dockerized applications, and established local development environments for efficient onboarding.

      • Built CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, integrated AWS ECR, and introduced Terraform for environment provisioning.

      • Implemented event-driven scheduling via AWS EventBridge for automated client reminders.

      • Developed DevOps and DX tooling to automate daily tasks.

      • Maintained Docker Compose setups for service orchestration.

      • Mentored team members and contributed to technical hiring.

  • Software Architect at Talented Square, CA 08/2015 - 08/2016

    • Led front-end development for ASDA UK (Walmart) online wholesale seller portal

    • Designed architecture for a recruiting startup with focus on performance optimization

  • Senior Software Architect at Société Générale Digital Factory, Berlin 09/2019 - 05/2020

    • AI/ML workloads, deployed models to Azure CUDA

    • Developed decenteralised authentication system with OAuth2 to integrate multiple partner and parent company systems

    • Contributed to AI systems via Jupyter Notebooks

    • Implemented cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for secure product delivery

    • Implemented and configured MVP boilerplate with monorepo, automated semantic versioning, and testing strategies

  • Senior Back-end Architect at GameBook AG, Berlin 12/2018 - 04/2019

    • Architected and refactored back-end services, developed full-stack features for gaming content management platform

  • Lead Front-End Developer at Groupe Chantelle, Digital Lab, Berlin 08/2017 - 12/2018

    • Led front-end team: recruitment, onboarding, mentoring, and delivery

    • Modernized front-end architecture, implemented code quality tools, and established DevOps processes

    • Migrated from monolithic to microservices architecture, expanded team to full-stack

    • Implemented and inspected A/B testing

    • Built UI component library bridging UX and front-end into a unified design system

  • Full-stack JavaScript Engineer at Pixsy GmbH, Berlin 01/2017 - 08/2017

    • Implemented full-stack JavaScript features across client and server

    • Developed AWS Lambda functions for queue processing system for image analysis and copyright claim management

    • Established quality standards through test coverage (unit, integration, E2E) and code reviews

    • Integrated data across MongoDB, Stripe, SalesForce; monitored health via Sentry

Earlier Experiences

2005–2015

Founder

NOD studios, Istanbul

11/2012 - 07/2015

  • Founded and led a design and development studio delivering web and mobile products for clients including BeinSports, Les Benjamins, Ulker

Full-stack web developer

FOX (NOW) TV Channels, Istanbul

01/2012 - 12/2012

  • Created embedded social apps, CMS and micro-websites for clients like Samsung, National Geographic, Nokia, True Blood TV show, Glee TV Show, TerraNova TV show

Founding Front-end Engineer

projectz, Istanbul

06/2011 - 12/2011

  • Led the UI design and development of QA startup Yardim Lazim

Full-stack developer

WPP / JWT, Istanbul

05/2009 - 06/2011

  • Built websites, CMS platforms, and campaign microsites for major brands including Turkcell, Miller, Bomonti, Eston, and Efes.

Full-stack developer

Ping Digital Agency Istanbul

05/2008 - 03/2009

  • Delivered front-end implementations for enterprise clients including Garanti BBVA and Turk Telekom.

Front-end developer

Tribal DDB Worldwide Istanbul

03/2009 - 05/2009

  • Front-end development for Turk Telekom projects.

Designer, front-end and Flash developer

Kocak Dizayn, Istanbul

05/2008 - 03/2009

  • Designed and implemented front-end experiences and visual assets for an online art community startup.

Designer & Front-end developer

MedyaNova, Istanbul

05/2005 - 02/2007

  • Designed and implemented various websites including Best Western Hotels.

Education

Interests

Music • Swimming • Photography • Sci-Fi • 80s • Design.