Berkant

Berkant Ay

Software Engineer · Berlin

Building RL environments for AGI.

thoughts

built

Modern email API and mailbox infrastructure for AI-first teams. Bidirectional email with real-time webhooks.

GoTypeScriptPostgreSQLRedis

context layer for smes. stopped due to fragmented market distribution.

Next.jsTypeScriptAI

Mobile application for discovering recipes based on ingredients in your fridge.

React NativeFirebaseAI/ML

Web platform for creative workflows and content management.

ReactNode.jsMongoDB

Financial portfolio tracking platform helping users manage fund and commodity investments with detailed analytics and real-time data.

Next.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLTailwind CSS

setup

macbook pro 16"m4 pro
zedprimary editor
claude codeai pair programming
ghosttyterminal emulator

worked

founding engineer at pyne

May 2024 - Oct 2025

Building in-product AI agents to help PLG & Sales Led companies increase their user activations and conversions. Creating AI agents for in-product demos to showcase product capabilities.

GoTypeScriptReactPostgreSQLAI/MLVercel

senior software engineer at adtech company

Aug 2023 - May 2024

Focused on scalable services for core bidding and integration projects. Redefined backend architecture to Hexagonal Architecture serving 4M+ requests per day.

GoKafkaRedisPostgreSQLKubernetes

software engineer at siemens

Aug 2021 - Aug 2023

Designed and built DiagMonitor for factory automation. Introduced Golang to the team. Focused on high concurrency, performance, and event-driven architecture.

GoC++DockerEvent-DrivenIndustrial IoT

ai research & development engineer

Nov 2019 - Aug 2021

Part of AI R&D team working on human detection and tracking. Handled dataset generation, labeling, transfer learning, deployment, and testing.

PythonTensorFlowOpenCVDeep Learning

hardware engineer

Aug 2018 - Nov 2019

Started as intern, promoted to full-time. Developed hardware for wireless device antenna measurements. Contributed to AT&T router certification process.

Embedded CHardware DesignRF Testing