Kivanc Yazan is a Senior Software Engineer based in Tokyo with 12 years of experience building and scaling high-traffic backend systems across the US and Japan. He specializes in resilient architectures using Java, Python, and Perl, with hands-on experience designing federated GraphQL layers and leading large-scale AWS cloud migrations as a certified Solutions Architect. Kivanc pairs backend expertise with practical security acumen—backed by CompTIA Security+ and Linux+—and has a track record of coordinating security-focused bug remediation. He’s independently developed iOS and Apple Watch apps and founded PullRequest.Club to broaden global open-source collaboration, reflecting a blend of product curiosity and developer-community building. Open to Security/SRE opportunities in Japan, he thrives in hybrid or remote-first teams tackling complex backend and security challenges.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange, Exchange at Shimonoseki City University
University of California Santa Cruz
Bachelor of Science (BS), Bachelor of Science (BS) at Boğaziçi University
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