Caner Candan is a CTO and founding engineer with 18 years of experience building product-driven software platforms, currently leading development of a P2P marketplace connecting farmers, consumers and logistics. He combines hands-on prototyping, API and architecture design with functional analysis and user-acceptance testing to translate product needs into production-ready, testable features under Agile workflows. A PhD-trained researcher in high-performance algorithms, he applies scalable, state-aware prototyping and continuous delivery practices to speed UX research and reduce time-to-market. He has led cross-functional teams, hiring top talent and creating reusable prototyping tools that bridge Figma designs to working demos—an approach that yielded faster validation and company-wide hackathons. Based in Oregon/Spain, he’s known for simplifying complex systems “one piece of code at a time” while balancing academic rigor with pragmatic product execution.
18 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of research High performance computing, Master of research High performance computing at CentraleSupélec
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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Université d'Angers
Higher national diploma Management information system, Higher national diploma Management information system at IFA Strasbourg
Master of research High performance computing, Master of research High performance computing at UVSQ Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
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Caner Candan - CTO & Founding Engineer at Refarm'd