Software Engineer — Ankara, Turkey

Eren Tuna
Açıkbaş

Building scalable backend systems and high-performance solutions across industries. Engineering with Go, Python, and a growing passion for AI & data science.

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01 Experience
2025 — Present
Software Engineer
GoWit Inc. Ankara, Turkey

Developing high-performance backend solutions for adtech using Golang and Python. Building scalable systems with a focus on AI and data science integration.

Golang Python Kafka Redis PostgreSQL Docker
Jun — Dec 2024
Technical Team Lead
Implementation Partners Frankfurt, Germany

Led 10+ developers on a finance sector product. Designed and delivered performance-optimized backend systems for banking infrastructure.

Golang Kubernetes Oracle gRPC CI/CD
2023 — 2024
Software Engineer
Implementation Partners Ankara, Turkey

Developed cloud-native banking platform using Golang, microservices architecture, and Kubernetes orchestration.

Golang Kubernetes Microservices Oracle Cloud REST API
2021 — 2023
Software Engineer
Valantic Germany · Remote

Delivered tailored software solutions for international financial services clients. Optimized SQL databases for high-performance transactional workloads.

Python SQL Agile REST API
2019 — 2021
Software Engineer
Freelance Ankara, Turkey

Mobile development specializing in Flutter framework. Delivered client projects across diverse domains.

Flutter Dart Firebase REST API
02 Projects

AdTech Analytics Pipeline

Real-time data pipeline for processing billions of ad events daily. Built with Go and Kafka for sub-millisecond latency.

Go Kafka Redis PostgreSQL

Cloud Banking Platform

Microservices-based banking infrastructure handling secure financial transactions with Kubernetes orchestration.

Go Kubernetes Oracle gRPC

ML Integration Framework

Production-ready framework for deploying ML models into enterprise systems with automated retraining pipelines.

Python TensorFlow Docker REST API

Cross-Platform Mobile Apps

Delivered multiple freelance mobile applications using Flutter, serving diverse client requirements across iOS and Android.

Flutter Dart Firebase REST API
03 Skills

Languages

Golang Python Rust Dart Shell SQL

Infrastructure

Kubernetes Docker Kafka Redis PostgreSQL

Platforms

Oracle Cloud Git CI/CD Microservices REST APIs
04 Education
2025 — Present
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Ankara University — M.S.
2024 — Present
Computer Programming
Istanbul University — Associate Degree
2019 — 2024
Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering
Middle East Technical University (METU) — B.S.
2015 — 2019
High School Diploma
Suphi Koyuncuoğlu Anadolu Lisesi
05 Certifications
Machine Learning with Python → IBM
Concurrency in Go University of California, Irvine
Databases and SQL for Data Science IBM
Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge Microsoft
06 Publications
Scientific Reports · Nature · 2025

Enhancing crayfish sex identification with Kolmogorov–Arnold networks and stacked autoencoders

Yasin Atilkan, Berk Kirik, Eren Tuna Acikbas, Fatih Ekinci, Koray Acici, Tunc Asuroglu, Recep Benzer, Mehmet Serdar Guzel & Semra Benzer

Applied Kolmogorov–Arnold networks and stacked autoencoders for binary classification of crayfish sex using tabular and image datasets, achieving 95–100% accuracy.

Deep Learning KAN Autoencoders Open Access
Collaboration

Have a project or idea?
Let's build it together.

Open to collaborations in backend engineering, AI research, and scalable system design. Whether it's a new venture, open-source work, or academic research — let's talk.

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07 Writing
Jan 2026

How We Used Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks to Classify Crayfish — And Got Published in Nature

A look behind our published paper on using KAN and stacked autoencoders for crayfish sex identification, achieving 95–100% accuracy.

AIResearchDeep Learning
Jan 2026

From Petroleum Engineering to Software — How I Made the Switch

How I went from studying oil reservoirs at METU to building backend systems and microservices for a living.

CareerPersonal
Jan 2026

Hello World

A quick intro — who I am, why I'm starting this blog, and what you can expect to find here.

General
08 Contact

Reach out

contact@erenacikbas.com eren@erenacikbas.com

Elsewhere

GitHub → LinkedIn →