Ugur D.

Machine Learning Engineer

Ugur is a dedicated Machine Learning Engineer with over a decade of valuable industry experience.

He possesses a wealth of practical knowledge across the complete spectrum of data science projects, adeptly managing tasks from data collection and annotation through modeling, training, fine-tuning, and deployment.

Furthermore, he is well-versed in the development and optimization of ML-backend systems, making him a versatile and capable professional in machine learning.

Main expertise

  • Python
    Python 8 years
  • TensorFlow
    TensorFlow 6 years
  • Keras
    Keras 6 years

Other skills

    Ugur

    Ugur D.

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    Employment

    • Lead ML Engineer

      Freelancer - 4 years 11 months

      • Driving the roadmap for computer vision projects.
      • Technical lead of the ML-powered data annotation platform & Scrum master.
      • Applying active learning techniques to enhance image annotation capabilities.
      • Designing and developing highly accurate ML models to address business needs.
      • Implementing high-performance data processing pipelines.
      • Leading the development of special ML projects.

      Technologies:

      • Technologies:
      • PHP PHP
      • WordPress WordPress
      • Flask Flask
      • Microservices
      • Azure Blob storage Azure Blob storage
      • Prototyping
      • Data Science
      • TensorFlow TensorFlow
      • NumPy NumPy
      • OpenCV OpenCV
      • XGBoost XGBoost
      • Keras Keras
      • Pandas Pandas
      • AWS Athena AWS Athena
      • PyTorch PyTorch
      • Heroku Heroku
      • Command-line interface
      • gRPC gRPC
      • Matplotlib Matplotlib
      • Data Analytics
      • Azure ML Azure ML
      • Convolutional neural network Convolutional neural network
      • Transformer Network
      • PL/SQL PL/SQL
      • NLP
      • Machine Learning Machine Learning
      • Computer Vision
      • SQLAlchemy SQLAlchemy
      • Pydantic Pydantic
      • OpenShift OpenShift
      • Internet of Things (IoT)
      • ClickHouse ClickHouse
      • LangChain LangChain
      • ChromaDB ChromaDB
    • Associate Principal AI / ML Engineer

      Turkcell - 2 years

      • Applying machine learning techniques to solve critical business problems.
      • Collaborating with data scientists and engineers to develop tailor-made AI solutions.
      • Leading technical interviews.
      • Published an academic paper in the area of hip fracture diagnosis.
      • Achieved ₺2 million in savings using computer vision techniques in the fraud domain.
      • Developed a novel emotion recognition model for an award-winning project.
    • Associate Principal AI/ML Engineer

      Turkcell - 2 years

      Applying machine learning techniques to solve critical business problems

      Strategized with multiple executive stakeholders to develop technical roadmaps

      Collaborated with data scientists and engineers to develop tailor-mate AI solutions

      Mentoring junior and mid-level engineers

      Member of an AI Architect Committee

      Leading technical interviews

      Published an academic paper in the area of hip fracture diagnosis

      Developed NSFW model to apply content filtering resulting in %95 accuracy

      Achieved ₺2M savings using computer vision techniques on fraud domain

      Developed novel emotion recognition model for an award-winning project

      Technologies:

      • Technologies:
      • PHP PHP
      • WordPress WordPress
      • Flask Flask
      • Oracle Oracle
      • Prototyping
      • Data Science
      • TensorFlow TensorFlow
      • NumPy NumPy
      • OpenCV OpenCV
      • Keras Keras
      • Pandas Pandas
      • Openvino Openvino
      • PyTorch PyTorch
      • Bitbucket Bitbucket
      • Matplotlib Matplotlib
      • Convolutional neural network Convolutional neural network
      • PL/SQL PL/SQL
      • NLP
      • Machine Learning Machine Learning
      • MQTT
      • Computer Vision
      • SQLAlchemy SQLAlchemy
      • Pydantic Pydantic
      • OpenShift OpenShift
    • Senior Monitoring & Automation Systems Engineer

      Turkcell - 3 years

      • Generating well-defined and documented standard processes for the enterprise.
      • Scripting (Bash/Python/PowerShell).
      • Developed an ML-powered event monitoring platform to reduce costs and improve monitoring quality.
      • Developed a new ML solution to categorize event incidents, aiming to assist SOC teams automatically.
      • Developed new dashboards that are still in use company-wide.
    • Senior Monitoring&Automation Systems Engineer

      Turkcell - 3 years

      Maintenance solutions for performance management, monitoring and automation.

      Generating well defined and documented standard processes for the enterprise

      Work with and lead other members of the team in staying on top of key industry innovation and technology, and assist in team development growth

      Scripting (Bash/Python/Powershell)

      Member of an technical architect committee

      Developed an ML-powered event monitoring platform to reduce costs and improve monitoring quality

      Developed a new ML solution to automatically categorise event incidents which aims to assist SOC teams.

      Engineering solutions in the long term to make everyone’s life easier

      Developed new dashboards which are still being used company-wise.

      Technologies:

      • Technologies:
      • Flask Flask
      • Oracle Oracle
      • PyTorch PyTorch
      • PL/SQL PL/SQL
      • NLP
    • CRM Systems Engineer

      Avea - 1 year

      Identifying, gathering, analyzing and automating responses to key performance metrics, logs, and alerts

      Worked with CRM teams to resolve trouble tickets, develop and run scripts, and troubleshoot services in a hosted environment.

      Scripting (Bash/Powershell)

      Assist with testing and validating production applications

      Provide technical insight on development projects

      Weblogic

      Technologies:

      • Technologies:
      • Oracle Oracle
      • PL/SQL PL/SQL
    • Monitoring&Automation Systems Engineer

      Turkcell - 1 year

      Scripting (Bash/Python/Powershell)

      Automated agent health checks

      Developed solutions to reduce agent issues by taking automatic actions remotely.

      Technologies:

      • Technologies:
      • PL/SQL PL/SQL

    Education

    • MSc.Engineering Management

      Yildiz Technical University · 2022 - 2025

    • BSc.Computer Engineering

      Istanbul University · 2009 - 2014

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