Summary
Furkan Kıyıkçı is a backend-focused software engineer with 10 years of experience building production systems across gaming, defence, and consulting environments. Currently at HAVELSAN, he brings a blend of C++ game-development experience and DevOps insight from earlier roles to deliver reliable, performant services. He has a strong academic foundation bridging computer engineering and bioinformatics, which informs a data-driven approach to problem solving and systems design. As a self-employed developer for four years he honed end-to-end ownership and adaptable engineering practices across diverse projects. His background in molecular biology and bioinformatics gives him an unusual cross-domain perspective that helps translate complex domain requirements into practical software. Based in Ankara, Turkey, he is comfortable shipping low-level, performance-sensitive code as well as backend architectures.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Bioinformatics, Master of Science - MS Bioinformatics at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi
Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at İnönü Üniversitesi
Turkish, İngilizce