Caglar Sarikaya

Software Engineer building AI-powered systems

About Me

Software engineer in State College, PA with 5+ years of experience. Most of my production work has been in C#/.NET, but I work across the stack — TypeScript/React on the frontend, Python for AI/ML work and scripting, and cloud infrastructure on Azure and AWS.

I'm shifting toward AI engineering. I build with LLMs daily — using them as dev tools (Cursor, Claude) and integrating them into production systems. The language matters less than understanding how to build reliable systems. I pick up new stacks quickly.

Experience

Software Engineer · Dogus Media Group Jul 2022 – Dec 2025

Built AI-powered CMS infrastructure for Turkey's largest media network — NTV, Star TV, NTV Spor, PuhuTV (100M+ pageviews/month). Integrated LLMs (Python) into editorial workflows. Migrated 20+ apps to Azure. Backend in .NET, frontend in React/TypeScript, event streaming with Kafka.

Full-Stack Developer · Mazaka Jan 2021 – Jul 2022

Built and shipped 50+ private-label e-commerce stores for clients using C#/.NET Core and SQL Server. Integrated payments, logistics, and ERP systems with a focus on performance and data integrity.

Software Developer · Nitro Mechatronics Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

Built order tracking and inventory modules in C#/.NET and SQL Server.

Machine Learning Intern · I.M. Group 2019 – 2020

Built predictive models and data pipelines in Python (pandas, scikit-learn). Turned into a full-time role.

Projects

Monolithic News Portal Infrastructure

System design for a high-traffic news site. Covers load balancing, Varnish caching, MongoDB setup, and capacity planning. Also explains why this monolithic setup eventually needs microservices.

Read the breakdown →
News Portal Infrastructure Diagram

Education

B.Sc. Computer Science — Erciyes University

Contact

Looking for AI engineering, full-stack, or backend roles. Language-agnostic — I learn fast and ship working software.