Summary
Umut Seven is a Lead Game Developer and seasoned full-stack engineer with 12 years of experience building scalable APIs, microservices, and consumer-facing web and mobile products that serve millions of users. He’s led search and core platform teams at Cookpad, architected an AI-driven feedback analytics pipeline as a founding engineer at Sunbeam, and now applies that product-to-platform mindset to games. Fluent in Python, Rust, Dart and a broad ecosystem spanning Django, FastAPI, Flutter, Kubernetes and Terraform, he bridges backend infrastructure, realtime search and polished front-ends. Known for shipping greenfield projects solo and for guiding teams through technical debt and reliability work, he blends rapid prototyping instincts with production-hardened engineering. With an MS in Software Engineering from Boğaziçi University and a habit of converting coffee-fueled prototypes into robust systems, he excels at turning ambiguous problems into reliable, maintainable solutions.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Business Administration and Management General, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Business Administration and Management General at Istanbul University
Master of Science (MS) Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science (MS) Computer Software Engineering at Boğaziçi University
Turkish, İngilizce, Japanese