Fidan Samet
London, England, United Kingdom ·
fidanlsamet@gmail.com
I obtained my bachelor's degree from Hacettepe University Computer Science & Engineering. I am currently working as a senior software engineer at Plentific. As a dedicated and motivated software engineer, I love exploring different fields and new technologies. I have experience in mobile/desktop/web applications, computer graphics, computer vision, machine/deep learning and frontend/backend development. My career goal is to leverage my experience and increase my knowledge in computer science while facing new challenges.
Education
Hacettepe University - Computer Science & Engineering
Bachelor of Science
- Graduated 2nd in class in the department and Engineering Faculty with a 3.75 GPA.
- High honors standing in the last 6 semesters and honors standing in the first 2 semesters.
September 2017 - June 2021
Ankara, Turkey
August 2016 - June 2017
Ankara, Turkey
Cankaya Anatolian High School
High School
September 2013 - June 2016
Ankara, Turkey
Work Experience
Plentific
Senior Software Engineer I
- Led backend architecture, technical planning and scalable microservices development.
- Designed and optimized RESTful APIs and PostgreSQL queries, improving system performance and security.
- Managed end-to-end feature development, ensuring high-quality and maintainable code.
- Delivered large-scale solutions in a Kubernetes-based CI/CD environment.
Software Engineer III
- Led key technical decisions and project planning for backend solutions.
- Managed high-user-interaction features, ensuring backend performance and reliability.
- Delivered technically complex projects, focusing on scalability and efficiency.
Software Engineer II
- Improved API performance by optimizing PostgreSQL database queries and refining backend logic.
- Managed CI/CD pipelines and ensured timely production releases.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align on design and functionality.
Software Engineer
- Developed and maintained RESTful APIs using Python, Django REST Framework and PostgreSQL.
- Worked closely with product, frontend, mobile and QA teams for seamless integration.
- Relocated to London due to recognized high performance.
August 2021 - Present
London, England, United Kingdom
Turkish Aerospace Industries
Candidate Software Engineer
- Participated in a 2-month candidate engineer program and worked on avionics software.
- Developed the control panel to be used for a simulation and implemented its functionalities.
- Used C++, OpenGL and GLFW.
- Selected as one of the 4 participants for the coaching sessions based on the mentor evaluation at the end of the program.
April 2021 - May 2021
Ankara, Turkey
ASELSAN
Software Engineer Intern
- Worked on ongoing projects in the largest defense electronics company of Turkey.
- Reduced the network load up to 90% by optimizing the process of UDP channel in internal network communication app.
- Accomplished UI/UX improvements in front-end and algorithmic improvements in back-end on Web and Desktop apps.
- Implemented core functionalities and improved the workflow on the projects. Used C#, JavaScript, .NET and HTML/CSS.
July 2020 - August 2020
Ankara, Turkey
VLMedia
Long-term Computer Engineer Intern
- Developed a single-page Web app to track weight of users daily. Used JavaScript, MongoDB and HTML/CSS.
- Developed a social media mobile app for Android and iOS devices as the main project of the internship with 5 interns.
- Worked as a front-end developer with 3 interns. Used Flutter, Dart and Google Firebase.
- Implemented authentication and instant messaging using Socket.IO.
July 2019 - September 2019
Ankara, Turkey
Projects
WAIT: Feature Warping for Animation to Illustration Video Translation
- Participated in a faculty-mentored research project for undergraduate students to gain research experiences.
- Worked on sketch-to-sketch translation under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Pinar Duygulu Sahin.
- Used Python, PyTorch, Tensorflow and GANs.
- Published recently in Neurocomputing Journal.
March 2020 - October 2023
Tune It Up: Music Genre Transfer and Prediction
- Worked on music genre transfer between Jazz and Classic genres as Machine Learning course project.
- Worked on improvements for different music genres under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erkut Erdem.
- Using Python, PyTorch and Generative Adversarial Networks(GANs).
March 2021 - September 2021
SecGuard: Security Update Guardian App
- Developed Android application for security updates as Hackathor 2020 Contest project.
- Used Dart and Flutter.
November 2020
GANiry: Bald-to-Hairy Image Translation
- Worked on image-to-image translation to add different stylized and colored hairs on bald men as Computer Vision course project.
- Used Python, PyTorch and GANs.
April 2020 - September 2020
Book Your Shelf: Online Book Store System
- Developed a Web app for online book store system for the term project of Software Engineering Laboratory course with my 3 teammates. Worked as a software developer, project and configuration manager.
- Implemented overall system UI and CRUD(Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations of products, reviews and orders.
- Used Java, Spring Boot, Spring Security, JPA, MySQL and Maven in the back-end and JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Thymeleaf and Ajax in the front-end.
March 2020 - June 2020
Against the Dark Side: Star Wars Themed Browser Game
- Developed a Star Wars themed browser game for Computer Graphics course with my teammate.
- Used JavaScript, HTML, CSS, WebGL2 and Three.js.
December 2019 - January 2020
FiBuGo: Programming Language for Geographical Information Systems
- Developed a programming language which is specifically used for Geographical Information Systems (GIS) with 2 teammates for Programming Languages course.
- Used Lex for lexical analyzer and Yacc for parser of the language.
November 2019 - December 2019
TARS: Multi-Purpose Telegram Bot
- Created a modular Telegram Python bot that has been used in more than 50 active groups in Telegram.
- Used Python.
October 2019
W-Story: Social Media App
- Developed a social media mobile application for Android and iOS devices as the main project of the first internship with 5 other interns.
- Worked as a front-end developer with 3 other interns. Used Dart, Flutter and Google Firebase.
- Implemented registration and messaging using Socket.IO.
July 2019 - September 2019
Face Detector: App for Google and Epson Glasses
- Implemented the user interface of Android application that detects people in the taken view from Android phones, Google Glasses and Epson Glasses.
- Used Java, Gradle and OpenCV.
February 2019 - July 2019
Weight Tracker: Web App for Daily Logs
- Developed a single-page Web application to track weight of users daily.
- Used JavaScript, HTML, CSS and MongoDB.
July 2019
Rock-Paper-Scissors: Classic Game via HTTP API
- Created Rock-Paper-Scissors (RPS) game which can be played with an HTTP API.
- Used Python and REST API.
March 2019
Localarm: Target Distance Alerting App
- As a personal hobby project, developed a location alarm Android app that notifies user when the target distance from a specific destination is reached.
- Used Java, Gradle and Google Maps Android API.
September 2018 - February 2019
DRAW: Deep Networks for Recognizing Styles of Artists Who Illustrate Childrens Books
- Contributed to the paper published in ACM ICMR 2017 by annotating illustration data set.
- Used LabelImg for annotation.
July 2018 - September 2018
Technical Skills
Languages & Frameworks: Python (Django, Flask, FastAPI), JavaScript/TypeScript (Node.js, React, jQuery, Ajax), Java (Spring Boot, JPA), C# (.NET, ASP.NET), Swift, Dart, C, C++, Bash, LaTeX
APIs & Backend: RESTful APIs, DRF Serializers, WebSockets (Pusher, Django Channels), Celery for async tasks
Databases: SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis)
Mobile & Web Development: Android (Java), iOS (Swift), Flutter, HTML, CSS, Thymeleaf, WebGL, Three.js
AI & Data Processing: PyTorch, OpenCV, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)
Cloud, DevOps & Development Tools: AWS (S3, Lambda, EC2), Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins), Lex, Yacc
Activities
Women in Computer Vision Mentoring Session
- Accepted to the mentoring session and attended the dinner event.
June 2021
Virtual
AI Labs Joint Program
- Selected as one of 24 participants worldwide for the 7-week AI labs program on computer vision for autonomous driving, which was organized by inzva and Koç KUIS AI Lab, based on deep learning and computer vision background.
- The program covers 2D/3D object detection, visual/multiple object tracking, semantic and instance segmentation topics.
- Used Python, PyTorch and Jupyter Notebook.
December 2020 - January 2021
Virtual
Doğuş Datathon
- Participated in a 5-day virtual datathon with my 2 teammates for selected 68 teams out of 755 applications.
- Worked on spare part demand estimation in Doğuş Automotive use case.
- Performed Exploratory Data Analysis on data.
- Used Python, Jupyter Notebook, Amazon SageMaker, Amazon S3 and Amazon DeepAR.
September 2020
Virtual
Google Get Ahead Program
- Selected as one of 500 computer science students from all over EMEA for the 8-week virtual program.
- The program includes coding challenges, video trainings, interview workshops and access to Google engineers.
- Used Java and completed all challenges with full score.
June 2020 - August 2020
Virtual
ACM Hacettepe Active Member
- ACM Hacettepe University Student Chapter is ACM’s one of the 13 student clubs in Turkey.
- Organized seminars and events to help students who aim to improve themselves in planning their careers.
September 2017 - September 2020
Ankara, Turkey
Google Hash Code Programming Competition
- Participated in a programming competition for students and professionals around the world with my teammate.
- Used Java and received certificates in the online qualification rounds.
February 2019 & 2020 & 2021
Virtual
OBSS Code Master Programming Contest
- Participated in a programming contest for students from top universities of Turkey.
- Used Java, won 5th place out of 100+ participants in the first round and qualified to attend the final round in Istanbul.
January 2019 & January 2020
Ankara, Turkey
Machine Learning Weekend Event
- Attended to a 2-day machine learning event organized by Google Developers Group and Deep Learning Turkey.
- Worked on data processing pipeline using Python and Qwiklabs on the Google Cloud Platform, and fed processed data to several machine learning algorithms.
November 2019
Ankara, Turkey
HUPROG Programming Contest
- Participated in Hacettepe University competitive algorithm contest with my teammate.
- Used Python and came in 16th among 250+ teams in the online qualification round.
March 2019
Ankara, Turkey
DeepCon’18 Artificial Intelligence Conference
- Attended to a 2-day artificial intelligence conference organized by Deep Learning Turkey in cooperation with Information Technologies and Communication Authority (BTK) and HAVELSAN.
- Participated in panel sessions of experts and workshops.
October 2018
Ankara, Turkey
CyberWorlds 2017 Conference
- Attended to a 3-day international scientific conference on cyberworlds.
- Observed recent scientific developments on cyber technologies.
September 2017
Chester, United Kingdom
Awards & Certificates
February 2020
Ankara, Turkey
Google Hash Code 2019 & 2020 & 2021
- Received 3 certificates in the online qualification rounds of Hash Code 2019, 2020 and 2021.
- Came in 462th among 9004 teams in 2021, 3633th among 10724 teams in 2020 and 1110th among 6640 teams in 2019.
February 2019 & 2020 & 2021
Ankara, Turkey
OBSS Code Master Programming Contest
- Won 5th place out of 100+ participants and 500TL prize in project challenge round of the contest in Hacettepe University.
January 2019
Ankara, Turkey
Ankara University TOMER
- Received TOMER Certificate and TOMER Diploma approved by the President of Ankara University by completing upper-intermediate level in English successfully.
- Lessons in TOMER are taught in accordance with the European Language Portfolio requirements.
April 2015
Ankara, Turkey
Interests
Beyond being a learner and developer, I’m passionate about sports and outdoor activities. In winter, I enjoy skiing and ice skating, while warmer months are perfect for biking, extreme sports, tennis, and volleyball. I also practice yoga and love traveling, attending theater performances, and classical music concerts. Bowling and table tennis are other favorite pastimes.
At home, I spend time playing the piano, reading, and watching movies, series, and documentaries. I also enjoy exploring the latest technologies, attending conferences, and engaging in computer science-related activities.
