Summary
Umit Kazemi is a Senior Python Developer and AWS specialist with nine years of experience building scalable backend systems and cloud-native deployments from Istanbul. He combines deep Python expertise across Flask, FastAPI and Django with practical AWS skills (EC2, S3, Lambda) and container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes to deliver production-ready applications. As an independent contractor since 2019 he’s delivered solutions for clients ranging from Caterpillar and Brother to Telus Health and academic projects, demonstrating versatility across industries. His academic background in computer science—incl. MSc work on multi-agent pathfinding and teaching/data-structures experience—gives him a strong theoretical grounding that informs pragmatic engineering choices. Comfortable spanning research, teaching, and hands-on product work, he often bridges algorithmic thinking with cloud operational practices to solve complex problems.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD (Incomplete), Computer Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD (Incomplete), Computer Science and Engineering at Sabanci University
Master's degree, International Business Administration, Master's degree, International Business Administration at İstanbul Nişantaşı Üniversitesi
Bachelor's degree, Computer Hardware Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Hardware Engineering at Azad University (IAU)
English, Turkish, Persian, Azerbaijani