Summary
Melih Colpan is a seasoned CTO and software architect with 11 years of hands-on experience building cloud-native, AI-integrated systems and leading multiple startups across agriculture, insurance, and energy. He combines deep Python backend expertise with production experience in PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis, Docker, and AWS to deliver scalable, high-availability platforms and CI-driven workflows. As a founder and technical leader he has driven product lifecycles from user research to deployment, mentoring teams and resolving operational challenges in fast-moving startups. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he has repeatedly turned domain insights into AI-driven solutions and is comfortable both shipping code and setting long-term technical strategy. An engineer who still writes core features, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with a track record of integrating third-party systems and optimizing real-world performance.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Politechnika Lubelska
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electronics and Communication Engineering at Suleyman Demirel University
English, Turkish