Sabancı University
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 Engineering
Grade: 9.4/10
Erasmus+ Exchange Program
Muammer Dereli Fen Lisesi
Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Grade: 97.1/100
YKS-SAY 1224th rank
Experience
Yapı Kredi Teknoloji
Software Engineering Intern
- Working as a part-time intern in the customer acquisition and marketing application development team.
- Using Spring Boot and React to develop web applications for customer relationship management.
ASELSAN
Summer Intern
- Implemented a live video streaming library with C++, CMake, and GStreamer framework.
- Applied various video encoding and transmission protocols, including H.264, RTP, UDP, and WebRTC.
BRİSA Bridgestone Sabancı
Summer Intern
- Built a responsive Django-based web application with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and MySQL for field data management.
- Implemented role-based access control, data entry forms, table management, data export features, and automated approval workflows.
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, focused on domain generalization across geographic regions. Worked with satellite images, data preprocessing, model training, and performance analysis to investigate how well models generalize to unseen regions.
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Python
LLM-Based Fault Localization for UI Test Traces
Built an LLM-based fault localization prototype for failing mobile and web UI test traces for Automated Debugging course project. The system normalizes Playwright traces, analyzes action metadata, screenshots, network logs, console logs, and failure descriptions, then ranks the most suspicious steps with evidence-based explanations. Implemented with Python, LangChain, OpenAI/Gemini models, evaluation scripts, and a static results visualizer using Top-1, Top-3, and MRR metrics.
Python
LangChain
Playwright
LLMs
Rating Word Sense Plausibility in Ambiguous Narratives
Built an NLP system for graded word sense plausibility prediction in ambiguous short narratives as a Natural Language Processing course project. Fine-tuned DeBERTa-v3-base with PyTorch and Hugging Face Transformers, implemented regression and pairwise ranking loss experiments, and evaluated models using Spearman correlation, Acc@std, MSE, ranking accuracy, confusion matrices, and precision-recall analysis. Ran experiments on an HPC GPU cluster with Slurm and contributed to error analysis and final reporting.
NLP
PyTorch
Hugging Face
DeBERTa
Python
Howudoin+
Developed a cloud-deployed mobile messaging application as a Cloud Computing course project. Built the frontend with Expo, React Native, and TypeScript, and implemented a Spring Boot REST API backend connected to Amazon DynamoDB for persistent storage. Containerized and deployed the backend on AWS ECS Fargate behind an Application Load Balancer, with ECR for image hosting, CloudWatch for logging/monitoring, and CloudFront for the deployed web frontend. This project represents the cloud-enhanced version of the Howudoin application.
Spring Boot
React Native
AWS
DynamoDB
GeoQuiz
Developed a quiz website for Web Programming course project using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js), featuring randomized geography quizzes with 10 questions per session. Implemented user authentication via GitHub OAuth, persistent quiz history tracking, and a dynamic leaderboard displayed on the homepage to enhance user engagement.
Node.js
Express.js
React
MongoDB
Howudoin
Created a messaging application for Mobile Application Development course, enabling seamless communication through a Spring Boot backend and a React Native frontend. Implemented backend functionalities including authentication, friend and group management, and real-time messaging features.
Spring Boot
Java
React Native
HTML/CSS
TypeScript
MongoDB
SUtore
Built a full-stack e-commerce web application for Software Engineering course project using Django and React. Developed essential online shopping features and created a modern, user-friendly interface to enhance the overall shopping experience.
Django
Python
React
HTML/CSS
JavaScript
SQLite
Skills
Languages
Turkish (Native)
English (Upper Intermediate)
Programming Languages
Python
C/C++
Java
HTML/CSS
JavaScript
SQL
Backend
Django
Spring Boot
Node/Express
Frontend
React
React Native
Vue
Database
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
SQLite
MySQL Workbench
DevOps/Cloud/AI
Git
AWS
Docker
LangChain
Development Tools
Jira
Postman
VSCode
IntelliJ
Codex
Android Studio
Other Tools
MS Office
Canva
CapCut
Figma
Obsidian