Zuhal Didem Aytac

Leading a cross-functional team of 4 engineers and 1 designer within the Data Platform team

• •Overseeing full development lifecycle from design to deployment, ensuring high code quality and scalability
• •Acting as bridge between technical and business teams, gathering requirements and aligning product features
• •Managing team capacity, career growth, and well-being through 1:1s, goal setting, and performance reviews
• •Collaborating with stakeholders to define product vision and roadmap, prioritizing features based on customer impact

Spearheaded development of core APIs and data infrastructure

• •Designed and optimized data APIs utilizing ClickHouse with CDC for efficient data aggregation and retrieval
• •Developed and maintained core APIs using PostgreSQL, Python, Golang, GitLab CI/CD, and GCP
• •Enabled real-time analytics through optimized data pipeline architecture
• •Implemented efficient data streaming and change data capture (CDC) patterns

Built and managed core APIs for data platform

• •Refactored main data API, improving response time by a factor of 100
• •Built, tested, and managed core APIs for product development team
• •Contributed to data platform architecture and optimization

Part-time role planning and developing main product

• •Planned new main product from start to finish, ensuring client needs were met
• •Defined product vision and roadmap, working with development teams
• •Balanced technical implementation with product requirements

Worked on Apps Domain Team projects

• •Designed and coded frontend using ReactJS
• •Developed backend with Flask web service and SQL database
• •Worked on availability problems and technology change speed

Part of newly established Advanced Analytics team

• •Organized and interpreted statistical data for client insights
• •Developed machine learning models to automate bank processes
• •Worked in one of Turkey's leading banks