Summary
Alican Büyükçakır is a software engineer based in Ankara with 11 years of experience building full-stack and embedded applications, currently contributing at Toolio. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan and earned both MS and BS degrees from Bilkent, demonstrating consistent academic excellence. Alican has commercial experience across startups and enterprise teams, from Qt/QML and C++ for embedded Linux at Arçelik to full-stack work at Token Financial Technologies. Colleagues describe him as curious and versatile—"jack of some trades"—comfortable spanning front-end, back-end, and systems code. Outside work he signals a literary and observational streak (Goodreads) and uses a constellation-themed cover image that hints at a preference for pattern-finding and thoughtful technical communication.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science and Engineering, 4.00/4.00, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science and Engineering, 4.00/4.00 at University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 3.96/4.00, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 3.96/4.00 at Bilkent University
Turkish, English