RTIC Outdoors
Senior Software Engineer · 2023 - 2026
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Program notes
Senior software engineer with 17+ years of experience building distributed systems.
Former Amazon Software Development Engineer with hands-on experience across Node.js, Python, AWS, GCP, serverless architectures and observability.
Trusted in multi-year remote contracts to own ambiguous problems from architecture and implementation to operations and mentoring. Based in Istanbul (UTC+3).
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Systems through time
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Serverless Inc.
Senior Software Engineer · 2022 - 2023
Tellimer
Senior Software Engineer · 2019 - 2022
Toptal
Senior Software Engineer · 2018 - 2019
Amazon
Software Development Engineer · 2017 - 2018
Intertech
Senior Software Engineer · 2013 - 2017
Ziraat Teknoloji
Software Development Engineer · 2011 - 2013
AirTies
Software Development Engineer · 2009 - 2010
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Movements in full
2023 - 2026
Senior Software Engineer
RTIC Outdoors- Created mobile device management tools to support warehouse ops, reducing manual device setup and improving reliability across Android-based workflows.
- Automated warehouse operations such as processing returns, customization of products and workflows, resulting in more efficient use of resources.
- Expanded backend observability, giving engineering & operations teams more visibility into failures affecting warehouse.
- Scala
- Spring
- Kubernetes
- Postgres
- Google Cloud
- DataDog
2022 - 2023
Senior Software Engineer
Serverless Inc.- Created the Python AWS Lambda SDK for Serverless Console, an observability platform for applications running on AWS Lambda.
- Owned release coordination & backward compatibility of the SDK, supporting dependable adoption among customers.
- Python
- Serverless
- Lambda
- AWS
2019 - 2022
Senior Software Engineer
Tellimer- Created serverless backends on AWS using Node.js & Python for multiple products, including a machine-learning SAAS application and a substack-like platform for financial writers.
- Designed customer-facing GraphQL APIs, serverless execution orchestration, data-ingestion workflows and priority-queue services for mission-critical financial products.
- Delivered analytics, article recommendation, summarization, and automated sitemap capabilities for customer-facing products on tellimer.com
- Led architecture/design sessions, clarified ambiguous requirements, mentored engineers and reviewed technical documentation.
- Improved production monitoring & operational excellence across distributed systems.
- TypeScript
- Python
- Serverless
- Lambda
- API Gateway
- DynamoDB
- Stripe
- EventBridge
- AppSync
- Cognito
- Datadog
- Node.js
2018 - 2019
Senior Software Engineer
Toptal- Developed a public facing REST API, fully serverless on AWS, serving hundreds of thousands of customers.
- Reduced AWS bill by more than 50% through architecture and resource-usage optimizations.
- Mentored developers and reviewed design documents for reliability & maintainability.
- Python
- Serverless
- Lambda
- API Gateway
- DynamoDB
- VPC
- SQS
- CloudWatch
- S3
- CloudFront
2017 - 2018
Software Development Engineer
Amazon- Developed and maintained the orchestration platform that powers Amazon’s product catalog.
- Executed zero-downtime migrations across several web services and retired legacy services that constrained catalog growth.
- Python
- Distributed Systems
- AWS
- Java
- DynamoDB
- Service Orchestration
- SQS
- CloudWatch
- S3
- Kinesis
2013 - 2017
Senior Software Engineer
Intertech- Supported the workflow engine serving banking applications such as loans, customer complaints etc.
- Designed a workforce management system that empowers the bank’s operation center.
- Microsoft .Net
- C#
- MSSQL
- ElasticSearch
- JavaScript
2011 - 2013
Software Development Engineer
Ziraat Teknoloji- Implemented workflow engine running on top of Oracle, serving over 100,000 workflow instances daily.
- Served as scrum master and mentored junior developers.
- Microsoft .NET
- C#
- WinForms
- WPF
- Oracle
2009 - 2010
Software Development Engineer
AirTies- Developed solutions for IPTV products in C & C++.
- Implemented teletext and RTSP parsers along with closed captioning and subtitles for IPTV.
- C
- C++
- Embedded Linux
- RTSP
- Teletext
- IPTV
Repertoire
Skills & studies
- 1TypeScript
- 2Node.js
- 3Python
- 4Java/Scala
- 5SQL/NoSQL
- 6REST/GraphQL
- 7AWS
- 8GCP
- 9Cloudflare
- 10Serverless
- 11Distributed Systems
- 12React
Education
BS. & MS. in Computer Science
Boğaziçi University
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
Amazon Web Services
Coda
Performance notes
“I've been most impressed by his exceptional ability to tackle every phase of software development with in-depth knowledge, confidence and clear communication. I cannot emphasize enough how good Selcuk is at communicating in a clear and structured manner.”
“He was the perfect remote contractor in many ways. His communication skills are top, he is very much a self-starter who can get stuck in on work with minimal guidance or oversight, and his code quality (and documentation!) is exceptional.”
“Selçuk is a quick learner, he approaches problems systematically and understands the business and customer needs. He is very detail-oriented, and a hard worker. You can trust him with the most challenging issues.”
“I had the pleasure to manage and to work with Selcuk Cihan for the past 2 years while at Tellimer. He rose brilliantly to all challenges thrown at him both technically and communication wise. I would say his superpower is his communications skills, both writing and talking.”