Esref Turkok
Principal Data & AI Engineer
Istanbul, Türkiye Turkey
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Top SchoolEsref Turkok is a Principal Data & AI Engineer based in Istanbul with nine years of hands-on experience building enterprise-grade AI, data platforms, and analytics solutions. He has progressed from hands-on data engineering and data science roles to leading and architecting cross-functional AI teams, most recently guiding enterprise AI strategy and delivery at NTT DATA Business Solutions before returning to Yapı Kredi Teknoloji. Esref combines deep technical delivery—model development, GenAI solution design, and productionization—with people leadership, having managed a 15-person AI organization and provided architectural oversight across full AI lifecycles. He is comfortable translating business needs into secure, scalable AI implementations and is known for bridging Data Science, engineering, and platform concerns in complex enterprises. Based in Türkiye, he blends practical software development roots with strategic AI stewardship, favoring solutions that balance innovation with operational robustness.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at Istanbul University
English, TurkishGithub contributions (5)
etrkk5/employeer
Mar 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:8 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
mrtblt/BecomeALegend
Feb 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:5 pushes in 3 months
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