EMRE ŞAHİN

Machine Learning & Software Engineering Professional

CONTACT

Email: i.emre.sahin@gmail.com Phone: +90 532 261 8985 Location: Istanbul

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior software engineer with 20+ years of experience in building end-to-end software and machine learning systems. Specialized in MLOps and Rust, with extensive experience in AI/ML systems development, backend engineering, and technical leadership.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Backend and Machine Learning Engineer | recital.software

February 2023 - Present

• Developing ML systems focused on LegalOps
• Implementing intelligent contract processing using LLMs (GPT, Claude-3, Llama)
• Integrating vector search solutions (Pinecone, pgvector) with Ruby on Rails backend

MLOps Engineer | Open Source Project - xvc.dev

2021 - Present

• Developing a high-performance MLOps tool in Rust for parallel data and ML pipelines
• Implementing Git-based version control for ML models and data
• Leading architecture and development decisions

ML Engineer and Technical Writer | iterative.ai

February 2021 - June 2022

• Created documentation and example projects for DVC platform
• Developed Katacoda scenarios and testing frameworks
• Designed authentication middleware for data distribution

Chairman and Chief Researcher | Teknokrat Yazilim A.S. | Emresult OU

November 2013 - Present

• Founded and led a team of 5 engineers
• Developed ML solutions including Ottoman language OCR (dervaze)
• Created real-time face recognition systems
• Managed Arabic Video Analysis System for CMU’s Human Rights Center

Performance Engineer and SaaS Ops Manager | DevFactory/Trilogy

January 2011 - December 2011

• Led global team of 20+ managing 6-8 SaaS projects
• Implemented database-level optimizations
• Managed distributed team operations

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Machine Learning: PyTorch, TensorFlow, Dlib, OpenCV
• Programming: Rust, Python, C/C++, Java, Ruby
• Web Technologies: Django, Flask, Ruby on Rails
• Mobile Development: Flutter, Kotlin
• DevOps: Linux, Git, Docker

EDUCATION

• Bilkent University - PhD candidate in AI/ML (2005-2010, 2012-2016)
• Bilkent University - MS in Computer Engineering (2003-2005)
• Baskent University - BA in Computer Engineering (1998-2002) Highest Rank in Department

LANGUAGES

• Turkish (Native)
• English (Near-native)
• German (Intermediate)
• Persian, Mandarin Chinese, Finnish (Beginner)

NOTABLE PROJECTS

• XVC: MLOps CLI application for ML pipeline management
• Facebin: Distributed real-time face recognition system
• Avians: Arabic Video Analysis System for human rights applications
• Dervaze: Ottoman Turkish ML system for text recognition