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Hi, I'm Saygin
I'm a full-stack software engineer with over 10 years of industry experience, currently based in Dublin, Ireland.
I've built and shipped production software at Udemy, VMware, and Broadcom, and co-founded SailCompanion as CTO. My work spans backend microservices, cloud migrations, mobile apps, and payment systems.
I specialise in Java / Spring Boot, Kotlin, Python / Django, TypeScript, and Flutter, with strong experience on AWS and GCP.
Career
Senior Platform Engineer
Udemy Ireland LTD · Nov 2025 – present
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Terraform · AWS ECR · Stencil · Developer Experience
Nov 2025 – present
Senior Platform Engineer
Udemy Ireland LTD · 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Co-Founder & CTO
SailCompanion · Feb – Sep 2025
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Java / Spring Boot · Next.js · Flutter
2025
Feb – Sep 2025
Co-Founder & CTO
SailCompanion · 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Senior MTS → Senior Staff Engineer
VMware → Broadcom · Jan 2023 – Jan 2025
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Java / Spring Boot · AWS → GCP · PostgreSQL
2023
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025
Senior MTS → Senior Staff Engineer
VMware → Broadcom · 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Senior Software Engineer
Udemy · Nov 2020 – Nov 2022
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Payments · Python / Django · Kotlin
Nov 2020 – Nov 2022
Senior Software Engineer
Udemy · 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Software Engineer → Software Engineer II → Senior Software Engineer
Udemy · Jun 2018 – Nov 2020
🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
Python / Django · Kotlin / Spring Boot · AWS
∥
MSc in progress…
Thesis: HLS Acceleration of MTTKRP (FPGA)
Software Engineer
Havelsan · Jul 2016 – Jun 2018
🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
React · Java / Spring Boot · Jenkins
∥
MSc Computer Engineering
Bilkent University · Sep 2016 – Jan 2020
🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
GPA 3.87 / 4.0
Candidate Software Engineer
Aselsan · Jan–Jun 2016
🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
2016
BSc completed Jun 2016
Jun 2018 – Nov 2020
Software Engineer — Udemy
🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
∥ alongside MSc, Bilkent (finished Jan 2020)
Jul 2016 – Jun 2018
Software Engineer — Havelsan
🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
∥ alongside MSc, Bilkent (started Sep 2016)
Jan – Jun 2016
Candidate Software Engineer
Aselsan · 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
∥ BSc completed Jun 2016
2012
BSc Computer Science
Bilkent University · 2012–2016
🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
Erasmus Exchange
University of Twente · 2014–2015
🇳🇱 Enschede, Netherlands
2012 – 2016
BSc Computer Science
Bilkent University · 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
↳ Erasmus Exchange, Univ. of Twente · 🇳🇱 Enschede (2014–2015)
Featured Projects
Professional
Terraform State File Migration (Udemy)
Migrated hundreds of microservices from a central Terraform statefile to individual per-repository statefiles, coordinating with dozens of stakeholders with minimal disruption.
TerraformAWSStencilBashPlatform Engineering
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SailCompanion
Full-stack platform and mobile app for the sailing community — built as Co-Founder & CTO.
JavaSpring BootNext.jsTypeScriptFlutterGitHub Actions
View Project
Personal
saygindogu.info
Personal portfolio and blog — built with Astro and deployed on Cloudflare Pages.
AstroTypeScriptTailwind CSSCloudflare Pages
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Intel 8086 Emulator
A Java-based emulator for the Intel 8086 microprocessor with a Swing GUI for writing, loading, and step-executing 8086 assembly programs.
JavaAssemblyEmulationLow-LevelSwingGradle
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Reckonable Residence Calculator
A Kotlin tool that calculates reckonable residence days for Irish citizenship applications, tracking IRP periods, travel absences, and the 70-day annual excuse allowance.
KotlinGradleImmigrationCLI
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