Yigitalp Ertem

Curriculum Vitae

Professional Experience

Software Engineer @ etko.app

Feb 2025 - Present | Berlin, Germany

Building a data-driven event discovery platform that gathers events (concerts, theater, workshops, etc.) from multiple sources, enriches them with meaningful data, and delivers a personalized user experience.

  • Developing the web application, backend services, supporting mobile app development, and ML/LLM integrations
  • Web crawling and data aggregation from various event sources
  • Data enrichment using ML models for categorization, tagging, and recommendations
  • Tech stack: Supabase, PostgreSQL, Python, TS for backend; JS/TS, Nuxt (Vue) frontend; Flutter for app development; Hugging Face for ML models; OpenAI APIs for LLM integrations.

Senior Software Engineer & Eng. Lead @ Labforward

Sep 2020 - Jan 2025 | Berlin, Germany

  • Built a new team and led the team on building a central identity and access management service.
  • Developed and maintained the API for the leading product Labfolder and File Object Storage service, supported cloud and on-premise customers.
  • Initiated and optimized the CI/CD pipelines, built the initial Kubernetes infrastructure with Helm.
  • Skills: Java 17, Spring, Hibernate, TypeScript, React, Keycloak, AWS, Elasticsearch, Postgres, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Redis, CircleCI, Kubernetes, New Relic, Open Telemetry, Prometheus.

Chief Technology Officer & Senior Software Engineer @ Turna.com

Mar 2015 - Apr 2020 | Istanbul, Turkey

  • Led the software development team, planned and executed business requirements, coached junior developers, managed technology budgets.
  • Architected and developed the database, backend and frontend of the web and back-office applications handling 1M+ flight searches, 400K+ pageviews and 2K+ transactions daily.
  • Developed key modules such as search and payment engine, product integrations, caching, SEO requirements, product analytics, notifications, performance and monitoring
  • Skills: C#, ASP.NET, .NET Core, EF, JS, SQL Server, Microsoft IIS, Couchbase, Redis, RabbitMQ, Prometheus.

Software Engineer @ Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik

Sep 2013 - Mar 2015 | Istanbul, Turkey

  • Developed a real-time agreement integration application covering vast life insurance-related data and a web application for monitoring and managing the data and integration.
  • Replacement of the legacy system decreased the error rate by 70%, delay rate by 85%.
  • Skills: Java, Spring, JSF, Oracle/PL SQL, IBM WAS.

Research Assistant @ Atilim University, Computer Engineering Dept.

Sep 2010 - Feb 2013 | Ankara, Turkey

Assisted several courses: Computer Graphics, Data Structures, Senior Projects, Java Programming, Web Programming, Embedded System Design, Computer Organization, Introduction to Microprocessors and Microcontrollers

Education

Master's Degree in Media & Cultural Studies

Middle East Technical University | 2010 - 2014

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Middle East Technical University | 2005 - 2010

Last updated: October 2025