EXPERIENCE

Areas of Expertise

Work Experience

• Senior Frontend Engineer

  Irvine, CA, USA (Remote)

  Magic Leap

  Apr 2022 - Present

  Magic Leap is creating a powerful Augmented Reality (AR) platform for enterprise by delivering profound, positive impact for companies all over the world—helping them optimize workflows, improve productivity, and increase ROI.

  • Designed, developed, and maintained AR Cloud Enterprise Console with Next.js (React) and TypeScript which enabled cloud admins to manage and monitor their Augmented Reality (AR) headsets, spatial services, shared spaces, maps, meshes, anchors, and device localization states.

  • Designed and implemented a high-performance, single-page, 3D visualization web application with Next.js (React), TypeScript, and React Three Fiber (Three.js) which is used by the AR Cloud admins as a shared visual feedback tool and reduced the device localization and mapping efforts up to 30%.

  • Designed and developed an Augmented Reality (AR) web experience delivered with the 3D visualization web application by using React Three Fiber (Three.js), and WebXR libraries to enable a Six Degrees of Freedom (6DOF) user experience for cloud admins in device browser.

  • Participated in company-wide design system development efforts with product and design teams which helped to create a modular, reusable, and unified Material UI (MUI) based UI component library in Storybook.

  • Increased the test coverage of cloud admin consoles with automated unit (Jest) and integration (Selenium/Mocha) tests integrated into our continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines on GitLab.

  • Directly managed and mentored frontend engineers and consolidated client requirements between product, design, and engineering teams for public-facing AR Cloud web projects.

  • Contributed to Magic Leap's pivot to enterprise by developing cloud-native web apps and APIs for identity services, spatial services, developer relations, device, and user management in AR Cloud.

• Senior Frontend Engineer

  Los Angeles, CA, USA

  IBISWorld

  Jan 2019 - Apr 2022

  IBISWorld is the world’s largest independent publisher of market and company research reports on thousands of industries and products across the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and China.

  • Migrated the legacy source code of six geo-targeted retail websites into a single codebase and a global, multilingual e-commerce website which increased the Organic Traffic up by 20% YOY.

  • Refactored the legacy Industry Insider blog and developed a new Industry Classifications web application by using Umbraco CMS (C#) as the back office with custom web services (Rest API) using Node.js/Express and Next.js (React) for the client-side development.

  • Designed the new Information Architecture (IA) for the buyer’s journey and developed custom payment modules with Stripe which increased the retail sales up by 15% and conversion rates up by 40% YOY.

  • Collaborated with the Design and Product teams for the ideation and development of the IBISWorld Design System based on Material Design and Constraint-Based Design Principles which reduced the time to market by 25%.

  • Improved the overall site performances (Core Web Vitals) and accessibility (a11y) by 30% (all page templates scoring above 90) by utilizing common UX patterns and technical SEO best practices.

  • Functioned as a technical leader and skilled resource to drive organizational growth toward modern web development technologies, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and decoupled architectures.

• Senior Frontend Developer, Contract

  Sunnyvale, CA, USA

  Hogarth Worldwide

  Aug 2018 - Oct 2018

  • Implemented and deployed a large-scale, multilingual, and complex client facing retail website within a cross-functional team by utilizing modern web development technologies (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript ES6) and version control tools (SVN) with Agile methodologies (Scrum) for an external client.

• Senior Frontend Engineer, Technical Program Manager

  Istanbul, Turkey

  Dgmnd VR

  Nov 2015 - Apr 2018

  Dgmnd VR is the Extended Reality (XR) and emerging technology R&D division of Dgmnd.

  • Designed, implemented, and deployed an interactive Augmented Reality (AR) booth showcased at ICCI 2016 with Unity and Vuforia AR SDK.

  • Produced, designed, and developed a web-based 360 Virtual Reality (VR) travel experience for Greece by using A-Frame and WebVR.

  • Awarded as one of the Global Top 360/VR Content Creators by Pie VR and Veer TV Platforms in 2016 and 2017.

  • Prototyped, optimized, and built next generation immersive XR projects and original 360 video content for YouTube 360 and Head-Mounted Displays (HMD) including Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Google Daydream View with Unity (C#).

• Frontend Engineer

  Istanbul, Turkey

  Dgmnd

  Sep 2010 - Nov 2015

  • Key technical owner to assess, improve, and manage complex, multi-disciplinary web software development projects from ideation to delivery of high-quality consumer-facing products and services within project scope, schedule, and budget.

  • Designed, developed, and deployed Istanbul Technical University’s (ITU) website by using Sitefinity CMS and Microsoft technology stack (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, .NET (C#), MsSQL, and MVC) in collaboration with ITU IT Department.

  • Selected as one of the fastest-growing startups and supported by Microsoft BizSpark program in 2015.

  • Developed award-winning websites, online marketing campaigns, and digital services for advertisement, entertainment, and consumer industries developed with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash (ActionScript) and .NET (C#) languages.

• Full Stack Web Developer

  Istanbul, Turkey

  Dgmnd

  Dec 2007 - Sep 2010

  Dgmnd is an award-winning digital design, production, and development agency.

  • Designed and developed a web-based Client Resource Management (CRM) software using ASP.NET (C#) and MySQL to streamline client support processes and improve service-level agreements (SLA) by 60% YOY.

  • Developed a promotional 3D microsite for Gerolsteiner brand with Papervision3D and ActionScript (Flash) which is featured as site of the day by FWA.

  • Implemented an interactive Augmented Reality (AR) magazine cover for an independent digital life-style magazine by using ActionScript (Flash) with a custom generated QR code.

• Software Developer

  Princeton, NJ, USA

  Siemens

  Sep 2006 - Nov 2007

  • Designed and implemented unit and integration tests for a large-scale distributed network management and control system (NMCS) developed with ASP.NET (C#) and MSSQL which reduced errors pushed to production by less than 25%.

  • Actively developed and maintained software development cycle by using version control systems SVN and IBM Rational ClearCase.

EDUCATION

• Master of Science, Software Engineering

  Istanbul, Turkey

  Bogazici University

  2007 - 2010

  Department of Computer Engineering, GPA: 3.58

• Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

  Ankara, Turkey

  Bilkent University

  2002 - 2006

  Department of Computer Technology and Information Systems, GPA: 3.39

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

• 2017

  Veer TV (360° Content Platform) | Creator Stories (Interview)

• 2016

  Pie VR | Top 360° Creators (Interview)

• 2015

  MICROSOFT BizSpark Member

• 2015

  ALTIN ORUMCEK Web Awards | Finalist | Education Category

• 2013

  ALTIN ORUMCEK Web Awards | Finalist | E-Commerce Category

• 2011

  FOXCRIME Turkey Launch Campaign | Photo Booth

• 2010

  JOURNEY | Audio/Visual Projection Mapping Experience

• 2010

  IMA (Interactive Media Awards) | Outstanding Achievement | Music Category

• 2010

  ALTIN ORUMCEK Web Awards | 2nd Place | Celebrity Category

• 2009

  PECHAKUCHA 20x20 Istanbul | Presentation and Q&A