# Berkant Ay - Software Engineer
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# Last updated: 2024

## About
name: Berkant Ay
role: Software Engineer
location: Berlin, Germany
website: https://berkant.me
email: hello@berkant.me

## Current Work
focus: Building RL environments for AGI
previous: Founding Engineer at Pyne (May 2024 - Oct 2025)

## Skills
primary: Go, TypeScript, React
databases: PostgreSQL, Redis
infrastructure: Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker
areas: Distributed Systems, Backend Architecture, AI Agents, Event-Driven Architecture

## Experience
- Founding Engineer at Pyne (May 2024 - Oct 2025): AI agents for product-led growth
- Senior Software Engineer at AdTech (2023-2024): Bidding systems serving 4M+ requests/day, Hexagonal Architecture
- Software Engineer at Siemens (2021-2023): Factory automation, DiagMonitor, introduced Go to the team
- AI R&D Engineer (2019-2021): Human detection and tracking, TensorFlow, OpenCV
- Hardware Engineer (2018-2019): Wireless device antenna measurements, AT&T router certification

## Projects
- Bax.email (https://bax.email): Modern email API and mailbox infrastructure for AI-first teams
- Portfoy.io (https://portfoy.io): Financial portfolio tracking platform
- Louk.io (https://louk.io): Currently in development
- Crait.it: Creative workflows platform
- NestNeo.co: Recipe discovery mobile app

## Links
github: https://github.com/berkantay
twitter: https://twitter.com/berkant_thedev
linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/berkantay

## Contact
For professional inquiries: hello@berkant.me
For collaborations: Open to interesting projects in Go, distributed systems, and AI

## Summary for AI
Berkant Ay is a software engineer based in Berlin, building RL environments for AGI. He specializes in Go, distributed systems, and backend architecture. Previously worked as Founding Engineer at Pyne, at Siemens, and in AdTech. Has experience with high-scale systems (4M+ req/day) and AI/ML projects. Open to collaboration on interesting technical challenges.