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Computer engineering student / founder

Alper
Kartkaya

I build robust software around AI, information, and the systems that connect them.

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Alper Kartkaya Istanbul, Türkiye 41.083566, 29.054229
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01 / About

Curious by default.
Careful by design.

I’m a fourth-year Computer Engineering student at Boğaziçi University, focused on AI-driven software development. I like taking a problem from a fuzzy first sketch to a system that is useful, inspectable, and ready to ship.

Alongside my studies, I’m building İzge, an on-premise AI workspace for safety-critical industries that connects company documents, conversations, and decisions into shared organizational memory.

My current interests sit at the intersection of agentic/context engineering, machine learning, distributed systems, and computer networks.

02 / Experience

A few places where I’ve learned by building.

2026—Now01

Builder & Founder @ İzge

Apr 2026 — Present

  • Building an on-premise, local AI workspace for safety-critical industries, connecting company documents, conversations, and decisions into shared organizational memory.
  • Developing source-grounded answers and in-chat AI assistance to surface relevant context and draft customer replies for human review.

On-premise AI · Local LLMs · Organizational memory · AI workflows

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202602

Software Engineer Intern @ Turkish Technology

Aug 2026 — Sep 2026 · 1 month

  • Developed an MCP-based service that lets LLMs retrieve relevant information from internal knowledge resources.
  • Contributed to natural-language search and relevance-based discovery workflows for enterprise data assets.

MCP · LLM tool use · Information retrieval · SQL

2025—2603

Artificial Intelligence Software Development Intern @ BAYKAR Technology

Aug 2025 — Nov 2025 · 4 months
Mar 2026 — May 2026 · 3 months

  • Contributed to AI-focused software development in a fast-paced engineering environment.
  • Applied practical software engineering, troubleshooting, and project organization skills.

Artificial intelligence · Software development · Machine learning · Engineering practice

03 / Focus

From first principles
to working systems.

01 I turn computer science concepts into practical software architectures.

02 I enjoy designing and building systems end to end — requirements, architecture, implementation, deployment.

03 I care about products that are robust, maintainable, and easy to reason about.

04 / Toolkit

Programming

Python · C/C++ · Java · JavaScript · React · TypeScript · SQL

Computer science

Data structures · Algorithms · OOP · Operating systems · Computer networks · Distributed systems

Software development

CI/CD · Debugging · Git · REST APIs · Testing · Frontend · Backend

AI & data

Machine learning · LLMs · Transformers · Computer vision · NLP · RAG

Tools & databases

MySQL · SQLite · Wireshark · Linux · AWS · EC2/Nginx

Agentic engineering

LLM orchestration · MCP · Agent workflows · Tool use · OpenCode · OmO/OmX

Working style

Creativity · Troubleshooting · Leadership · Problem solving · Project organization · Systems thinking

Languages

Turkish · English · French

05 / A little proof

253rd

National university entrance exam · YKS’22

Ranked 253rd among roughly three million students in Turkey’s national exam, earning admission to Boğaziçi University Computer Engineering.

06 / Contact

Have a good problem?
Let’s talk.

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