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Selçuk Cihan

Senior Software Engineer | Backend, Platform & Cloud

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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Collection endpoint

Experience log

8 records returned

POST/experience/rtic-outdoors-senior-software-engineer
200 SUCCESS

CASE_1

Senior Software Engineer

RTIC Outdoors

2023 - 2026

Overview Architecture Results

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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.

dependencies[]

  • Scala
  • Spring
  • Kubernetes
  • Postgres
  • Google Cloud
  • DataDog
✓
Response validated3 outcomes documented
POST/experience/serverless-inc-senior-software-engineer
200 SUCCESS

CASE_2

Senior Software Engineer

Serverless Inc.

2022 - 2023

Overview Architecture Results

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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.

dependencies[]

  • Python
  • Serverless
  • Lambda
  • AWS
✓
Response validated2 outcomes documented
POST/experience/tellimer-senior-software-engineer
200 SUCCESS

CASE_3

Senior Software Engineer

Tellimer

2019 - 2022

Overview Architecture Results

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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.

dependencies[]

  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • Serverless
  • Lambda
  • API Gateway
  • DynamoDB
  • Stripe
  • EventBridge
  • AppSync
  • Cognito
  • Datadog
  • Node.js
✓
Response validated5 outcomes documented
POST/experience/toptal-senior-software-engineer
200 SUCCESS

CASE_4

Senior Software Engineer

Toptal

2018 - 2019

Overview Architecture Results

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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.

dependencies[]

  • Python
  • Serverless
  • Lambda
  • API Gateway
  • DynamoDB
  • VPC
  • SQS
  • CloudWatch
  • S3
  • CloudFront
✓
Response validated3 outcomes documented
POST/experience/amazon-software-engineer
200 SUCCESS

CASE_5

Software Development Engineer

Amazon

2017 - 2018

Overview Architecture Results

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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.

dependencies[]

  • Python
  • Distributed Systems
  • AWS
  • Java
  • DynamoDB
  • Service Orchestration
  • SQS
  • CloudWatch
  • S3
  • Kinesis
✓
Response validated2 outcomes documented
POST/experience/intertech-senior-software-engineer
200 SUCCESS

CASE_6

Senior Software Engineer

Intertech

2013 - 2017

Overview Architecture Results

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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.

dependencies[]

  • Microsoft .Net
  • C#
  • MSSQL
  • ElasticSearch
  • JavaScript
✓
Response validated2 outcomes documented
POST/experience/ziraat-teknoloji-software-development-engineer
200 SUCCESS

CASE_7

Software Development Engineer

Ziraat Teknoloji

2011 - 2013

Overview Architecture Results

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Implemented workflow engine running on top of Oracle, serving over 100,000 workflow instances daily.

Served as scrum master and mentored junior developers.

dependencies[]

  • Microsoft .NET
  • C#
  • WinForms
  • WPF
  • Oracle
✓
Response validated2 outcomes documented
POST/experience/airties-software-development-engineer
200 SUCCESS

CASE_8

Software Development Engineer

AirTies

2009 - 2010

Overview Architecture Results

response.body

Developed solutions for IPTV products in C & C++.

Implemented teletext and RTSP parsers along with closed captioning and subtitles for IPTV.

dependencies[]

  • C
  • C++
  • Embedded Linux
  • RTSP
  • Teletext
  • IPTV
✓
Response validated2 outcomes documented

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Capability schema

Skills & systems

▾ skills array[12]

  • 0"TypeScript"required
  • 1"Node.js"required
  • 2"Python"required
  • 3"Java/Scala"required
  • 4"SQL/NoSQL"required
  • 5"REST/GraphQL"required
  • 6"AWS"required
  • 7"GCP"required
  • 8"Cloudflare"required
  • 9"Serverless"required
  • 10"Distributed Systems"required
  • 11"React"required

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Verified records

Credentials

education[]

BS. & MS. in Computer Science

Boğaziçi University

certifications[]

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

Amazon Web Services

04

External validation

Peer responses

“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.”
Daniel VliegenthartTeam Lead, Tellimer
“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.”
Ian WattCo-founder, Tellimer
“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.”
Erdem KurulSoftware Development Manager, Intertech
“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.”
Decebal DobricaSoftware Architect, Tellimer