Hazal Mestci
Developer Relations Engineering
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolHazal Mestci is a Developer Relations and Experience Engineer with three years of hands-on experience helping developers build, scale, and secure cloud-native applications. Currently at Render after shaping authorization and agent permissioning at Oso, she blends developer advocacy with practical engineering to make complex systems approachable. Her background spans robotics and creative technology—having built robots daily at Viam and led design-forward STEM education initiatives—which gives her a rare mix of technical empathy and user-centered design. Hazal holds an MS in Computer Science and a BFA in Design and Technology, enabling her to translate design sensibilities into developer tooling that feels intuitive. Based in New York, she focuses on developer experience improvements that reduce cognitive load and speed time-to-value for teams.
3 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
International Baccalaureate, TM, International Baccalaureate, TM at Ozel Bilkent LisesiBachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Design and Technology, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design - The New SchoolMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
Turkish, English
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Github Skills (29)
hugo10
robotics10
docsy10
documentation9
minecraft8
logic-programming7
rbac-authorization7
oso6
abac6
access-control6
nodejs6
authorization6
java6
authentication6
security5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
viam-labs/devrel-demos
Mar 2023 - Jan 2024
Developer Relations demo scripts
Contributions:20 reviews, 32 PRs, 55 pushes in 10 months
mestcihazal/mcp3004-8-go
Dec 2023 - Mar 2024
A Viam module providing analog-to-digital conversion capabilities for MCP3004 and MCP3008 SPI ADC's. Written in Go, board agnostic. Tested on Raspberry Pi and Jetson Orin.
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 28 pushes in 2 months
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