Can Bilgen
Senior Lead Software Engineer at STM
Ankara, Türkiye Turkey
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Top SchoolCan Bilgen is a Senior Lead Software Engineer based in Ankara with 16 years of engineering experience building mission planning and monitoring systems for naval, aerial, and ground vehicles. He combines deep C++ expertise and a computer engineering foundation from Atılım Üniversitesi with hands-on leadership at STM, where he progressed from Senior Software Engineer to Senior Lead. His background spans defense, simulation, and game development, and he has entrepreneurial experience co-founding and managing ZINEK for over a decade, giving him product and project-management instincts alongside technical craftsmanship. Known for solving complex, safety-critical problems, he prioritizes reliability, collaboration, and customer-focused delivery. Can is passionate about learning new technologies and mentoring teams, often translating research-grade ideas into production-ready software. He brings a rare blend of systems-level engineering and operational leadership that steadies high-stakes projects.
16 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering at Atılım Üniversitesi
English, Turkish
Github Skills (9)
tiled7
openstreetmap6
astar5
directions5
nominatim5
osrm4
dijkstra4
map-matching4
traveling-salesman2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
orcun-gokbulut/ze
Mar 2010 - Feb 2015
Contributions:417 commits in 5 years
valhalla/valhalla
Apr 2024 - Apr 2024
Open Source Routing Engine for OpenStreetMap
Contributions:1 issue in 1 day
osrmmulti-modalnominatimtileddijkstra
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