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                    "position": "Co-Founder & AI Platform Engineering Lead",
                    "company": "Crafted",
                    "location": "Remote",
                    "date": "Dec 2024 – Present",
                    "summary": "• Architected and deployed production-grade AI agent orchestration platform for enterprise automation.<br>• Built low-latency LLM pipelines (<200ms inference) using asynchronous architectures.<br>• Delivered 100+ production AI agents deployed across fintech and education use cases, reducing manual workflow time by up to 40%."
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                    "id": "exp2",
                    "position": "Team Leader – Applications",
                    "company": "Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD)",
                    "location": "Dubai, UAE",
                    "date": "May 2022 – Dec 2024",
                    "summary": "• Led cross-platform engineering team delivering digital banking apps across iOS, Android, and Huawei.<br>• Managed 12 engineers across mobile and backend squads, collaborating with Product, Risk, and InfoSec leadership.<br>• Achieved 100% on-time delivery serving millions of UAE customers.<br>• Improved productivity by 30% and reduced regression defects by 40%.<br>• Reduced change-related production outages by 90% via structured CAB governance.<br>• Ensured compliance with KYC, AML, PCI DSS, and Central Bank regulations."
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                    "position": "Engineering Manager – Mobile Platforms",
                    "company": "International Bank of Azerbaijan",
                    "location": "Baku",
                    "date": "Jun 2020 – May 2022",
                    "summary": "• Managed 12+ mobile engineers across multiple countries.<br>• Improved app stability from 60% to 99.9% crash-free rate in 3 months.<br>• Increased unit test coverage from 0% to 76%, reducing release cycles by 30%."
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                    "id": "exp4",
                    "position": "Senior Software Engineer",
                    "company": "eBay",
                    "location": "Istanbul",
                    "date": "May 2016 – Dec 2019",
                    "summary": "• Delivered scalable iOS features supporting 190+ global markets."
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                    "position": "Senior Software Engineer",
                    "company": "ING Bank",
                    "location": "Istanbul",
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                    "date": "2003 - 2005"
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                        "Docker",
                        "Kubernetes"
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