Sabancı University
B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering
GPA: 3.66/4.00
100% Honor Scholarship
Furkan YILMAZ
Software Engineering Intern | Computer Science and Engineering Graduate
About Me
I am a candidate of Software Engineer who graduated from Sabancı University with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering. I enjoy building practical digital products and turning ideas into polished, user-friendly experiences. My interests span both frontend and backend development, with a particular appreciation for designing thoughtful interfaces and solving problems with attention to detail. I see myself as someone who enjoys creating meaningful things and presenting them to people, and I am continuing to improve my technical and design abilities as I work toward a career in software and web development.
Education
University of Maribor
Computer Science and Information Technologies
Grade: 9.4/10
Erasmus+ Exchange Program
Muammer Dereli Fen Lisesi
Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Grade: 97.1/100
Ranked 1,224th in YKS-SAY
Experience
Yapı Kredi Teknoloji
Software Engineering Intern
- Contribute to customer acquisition and marketing applications by completing backend and frontend development tasks using Spring Boot and React.
- Migrate legacy service integrations to new services, including SOAP-to-REST migrations and related application updates.
- Implement maintenance and enhancement tasks in existing React interfaces and write unit tests to validate application changes.
- Participate in two-week Agile sprints and Git-based workflows involving feature branches, pull requests, and code reviews.
ASELSAN
Summer Intern
- Developed a live video streaming library in C++ using CMake and GStreamer, supporting H.264 encoding and decoding over UDP, TCP, and WebRTC.
- Implemented dynamic bitrate adjustment and XML-based configuration for resolution, frame rate, encoder settings, and network parameters.
- Tested streaming protocols under simulated packet loss, latency, bandwidth limitation, and out-of-order delivery scenarios using Clumsy.
BRİSA Bridgestone Sabancı
Summer Intern
- Independently developed the request management and analytics modules of a responsive field-data application using Django, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and MySQL.
- Implemented daily, weekly, and mixture request workflows with capacity validation, role-based access, approval processing, and Excel import/export.
- Built filterable bar and pie chart dashboards and integrated the frontend, Django backend, and database to maintain consistent data flows.
Activities
Sabancı University - Student Representative Committee
Student Representative Committee Member
- Held monthly meetings with the university administration to address student concerns.
- Collected and conveyed student feedback, prepared reports, and worked on solutions to enhance student life.
Sabancı University - Industrial Engineering Society
PR Committee Member
- Designed promotional materials for IMIS’24 Harmony, the flagship event of the society.
- Gained experience in event organization, teamwork, and communication.
Sabancı University - IEEE Student Branch
Active Member
- Contributed to the PR department by designing and creating social media content.
- Developed skills in teamwork and graphic design (generally used Canva).
- Also led the design team for "Work in Progress: The Summit" as a Designer Coordinator between June-October 2023, ensuring high-quality event visuals and presentations.
Projects
Domain-Generalized Remote Sensing Scene Classification
Developed and evaluated deep learning models for remote sensing scene classification across different geographic regions. Built satellite-image preprocessing, model training, and evaluation workflows, then analyzed performance on unseen regions to measure domain generalization.
Deep Learning
Remote Sensing
Image Classification
Developed an LLM-based prototype that analyzes Playwright traces, screenshots, execution logs, and failure descriptions to identify faulty steps in failed mobile and web UI tests. Integrated OpenAI and Gemini APIs and evaluated the rankings with Top-1 accuracy, Top-3 accuracy, and Mean Reciprocal Rank.
Python
LangChain
Playwright
Developed an NLP system for predicting graded word-sense plausibility in ambiguous narratives. Fine-tuned DeBERTa-v3-base, compared regression and ranking-based training objectives, and evaluated performance using Spearman correlation, mean squared error, ranking accuracy, and precision-recall analysis.
Python
PyTorch
Hugging Face
Developed a cloud-enhanced messaging application with Expo, React Native, TypeScript, and a Spring Boot REST API. Reworked persistence with Amazon DynamoDB, then containerized and deployed the backend on AWS using ECS Fargate, ECR, an Application Load Balancer, and CloudWatch.
Spring Boot
React Native
AWS Services
Developed a full-stack geography quiz platform using the MERN stack. Implemented randomized quizzes, GitHub OAuth authentication, persistent quiz-history tracking, and a dynamic leaderboard that ranks users by quiz performance.
Node.js
Express.js
React
MongoDB
Developed a mobile messaging application with a React Native frontend and Spring Boot backend. Implemented authentication, friend and group management, messaging functionality, and the REST API endpoints connecting the application layers.
Spring Boot
React Native
MongoDB
Developed a full-stack e-commerce application using Django and React. Implemented authentication, product browsing, cart management, and order processing, with a responsive interface integrated with backend API endpoints.
Django
React
SQLite
Skills
Languages
Turkish (Native)
English (Professional Working Proficiency)
Programming Languages
Python
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
Backend
Django
Spring Boot
Node.js
Express.js
REST APIs
Frontend
React
React Native
Expo
HTML
CSS
Databases
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
MySQL
SQLite
Amazon DynamoDB
AI & Machine Learning
PyTorch
Hugging Face Transformers
LangChain
Cloud & DevOps
AWS
Docker
Git
Tools
Jira
Postman
Playwright
CMake
GStreamer