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Melih Coskun

Istanbul

Summary

Experienced engineering manager with a track record of leading cross-functional teams to drive innovation and deliver scalable, high-impact software solutions. Specialize in product ownership, technical leadership, cloud architecture, and data management. Committed to building strong teams and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation. Passionate about leveraging my skills to navigate new challenges and achieve success, both professionally and personally. Love sailing:)

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Software Engineering Manager

Siemens
09.2018 - Current
  • Led two teams in developing innovative IoT products and features, aligning objectives with business goals
  • Managed a cross-functional team of 20, including Senior Software Developers, DevOps Engineers, and Architects
  • Successfully hired and onboarded 30+ talented engineers, contributing to rapid growth and scaling of the organization
  • Mentored software engineers, providing careful guidance of development strategies and education on innovative development techniques.
  • Drove high-level strategic planning of development efforts across multiple projects to optimize resource utilization and shorten development times.
  • Directly interacted with high-level customers to verify satisfaction and integrate feedback on in-process development projects.
  • Evaluated ongoing development efforts, providing feedback on potential methods of expediting completion and improving final results.
  • Allied with other engineering leaders to plan, manage and coordinate teams around reaching prescribed development milestones.
  • Championing Tier-1 engineering principles to deliver high-quality, scalable, and reliable solutions
  • Driving continuous improvement in team operations, focusing on quality, speed, and collaboration across teams
  • Leading cross-country projects with globally distributed teams to deliver impactful products
  • Initiated and led the '360 Onboarding Project,' enhancing team integration and boosting productivity across all teams
  • Leading the development and maintenance of a custom dashboarding library, adopted across multiple products
  • Delivered customer-focused solutions by collaborating closely with product managers and business partners to translate customer needs into scalable, reliable systems
  • Led teams to deliver high-impact features that enhanced user experience, improved system performance
  • Driving roadmap creation, execution, and participating in technical design discussions
  • Hands-on contributor when needed, supporting the team in coding and technical problem-solving
  • Coaching and inspiring team members to align with company culture, vision and values
  • Providing timely feedback and guidance to support engineers' professional growth and career development
  • Tech Stack: AWS, Cloud Foundry, Java, Angular, Microservices, SaaS, Linux, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Redis, Mosquito
  • Wrote strategic business plans outlining need for departmental information technology resources.

Software Engineer

Siemens
04.2017 - 09.2018


• Created the skeleton of one of our applications from scratch. Used java and spring state machines
• Created java + selenium + spring-based test automation tool which can act as a real machine and sending data to cloud system
• Wrote the PoC of our pages by using Angular 2+
• Developed algorithms and insist on clean coding (SOLID, design patterns, increase cohesion and reduce coupling…)
• Worked as a team architect
• Used technologies: Java, Spring, Angular, RabbitMQ, Postgres, Redis, C++, C

Software Consultant

EMBonds
12.2015 - 03.2017
  • Integrated EMBonds exchange system with Bloomberg using technologies like EJB3.0, Hibernate, and RabbitMQ
  • Implemented performance optimization tools like Ehcache and ChronicleMap to enhance system efficiency
  • Tech Stack: AWS EC2, Java, Angular, Microservices, SaaS, Linux, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Chronicle Map, command pattern, event based architecture

Senior Software Engineer

Netas
08.2013 - 12.2015
  • Technical Led a team in developing highly scalable, clustered systems using technologies like Spring, MongoDB, and Hazelcast
  • Created a communication mechanism with File Transfer Content Server according to RCS 5.1 spec using Apache Common FT and event-driven architecture
  • Developed REST communication API over SPIDR App Layers, enhancing security constraints and implementing new APIs for sending REST requests
  • Led a team at the NETAS Hackathon, developed a mobile app, and won the second-place award
  • Developed an event-driven OCF (Online Charging System) with a subscribenotify-observable architecture using Java in 3 Agile sprints
  • Modified and implemented Amazon E2 cloud solutions to support the complex A2 system on E2 clients
  • Converted SIP signals into RESTful + WebSocket services for modules like SPIDR, SESM, A2, and Conversation Manager
  • Designed a RabbitMQ-based MOM (Message-Oriented Middleware) architecture for the A2 system; explored technologies like Kafka, Infinispan, ZeroMQ, and ActiveMQ
  • Tech Stack: AWS EC2, Java, Angular, Microservices, SaaS, Linux, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Kafta, Android, Hazelcast

soldier

Turkish Army
12.2012 - 05.2013
  • Military obligation was completed

software senior test engineer

Turkcell
03.2012 - 12.2012
  • Gathered customer requirements with Turkcell BO team for CPCM Project
  • Analyzed and tested GUI, utilizing JMeter and SOAPUI tools for SOAP testing
  • Developed Selenium automation using Java and hibernate
  • Conducted migration testing for CPCM catalog system

CRM&BI Specialist

Huawei
03.2010 - 02.2012
  • Conducted E2E testing of mobile communication systems in Tajikistan, Netherlands, and China
  • Developed J2EE applications using Spring, Hibernate, and Oracle on a large scale system
  • Designed and implemented BI solutions including ETL processes, reporting, and data modeling for data marts
  • Analyzed requirements and gathered insights to drive system improvements and efficiencies

CRM Expert in Babilon-M Project

Huawei
08.2011 - 12.2011
  • Led end-to-end testing with Provision and CBS, ensuring smooth functionality
  • Planned and executed UAT, gathering personal experience in leading and risk management
  • Developed deep knowledge in CRM, OCS, CBS, and various other telecom technologies

Tech Leader on DWHPP Project

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd
05.2011 - 08.2011
  • Technical Led a team of 8 in the Telecommunications sector, utilizing J2EE, Struts, and Hibernate to implement V-model SDLC and ensure Quality Assurance and CMMI-3 compliance
  • Spearheaded the DWHPP project at Huawei Technologies Co
  • Ltd, taking charge of the team and driving successful project delivery

CRM Expert

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd
01.2011 - 02.2011
  • Requirement gathering
  • Analyzing customer requirements
  • Giving presentations to customers about CRM
  • Gained experiences: Customer relations, learning about customer's system, planning requirement gathering, experienced on CRM and CBS systems
  • Type of business or sector: Telecommunications

Gathering CRM Requirements on Netherlands

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd
01.2011 - 02.2011
  • CRM Deployment and gathering customer requirement
  • Handling problems and solving these problems in CRM Telfort Team
  • Type of business or sector: Telecommunications

Software Engineer

Cybersoft
09.2009 - 03.2010
  • Converted pdf files to html pages using XSLT and updated pages with Ruby language on a Java platform
  • Added new operations to the system developed with Java-Spring and Hibernate technologies, utilizing EXTJs interface
  • Designed log structure according to AOP using the velocity engine for the TRNASP project at Cybersoft
  • Developed charging mechanism of the system

internship in Alcatel Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent
01.2008 - 12.2008
  • Developed a Wimax background site using Google Earth KML language to store phases and areas on a Turkey map for Telecom workers
  • Utilized jsp servlet jdbc technologies for site development and ODBC java connection for parsing excel files
  • Contributed to Alcatel-Lucent's innovative projects in the telecommunication industry

internship in Siemens

Siemens
01.2008 - 12.2008
  • Getting information about BACNET (Building Automation and Control Networks) protocol and investigating one of the applications

internship in Cybersoft

Cybersoft
01.2007 - 12.2007
  • Dynamic Form Design
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Resource Bundle Editor
  • HTML, XML, SQL

Education

Information Technologies Master -

Gazi University
01.2013

Computer Engineering - undefined

Hacettepe University
01.2009

Skills

  • Engineering management
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Product management
  • Technical leadership
  • Software architecture
  • Stakeholder management
  • Continuous deployment
  • Web application development
  • Cloud computing
  • Project planning
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Project leadership

Accomplishments

  • Innovated Dashy, a custom dashboarding application used within 7 different applications by over 1,000 end customers, reducing IoT UI chart development time by 60%
  • Launched the 360 Onboarding Program across Siemens Europe, cutting onboarding time from 6 months to 3 months and improving cultural adaptation by 15%.
  • Created a taskforce team for integrating LLM's for documentation management and chatbots integration.
  • Developed and implemented OKR strategies, resulting in a 25% improvement in project delivery metrics (unit tests, DoD items, code quality metrics, test automation rate, rate of reaching sprint goals)
  • Design & implement new look & feel of our IoT solution that helped to increase scalability of our UI apps.
  • Initiated and led the creation of Social Clubs and president of sailing club. 1000+ people were joined.

Certification

  • TeamOps Certification
  • Blockchain Basics
  • Certified Professional for Software Architecture
  • UXD fundamentals
  • Prompt Engineering: How to Talk to the AIs

Languages

English

Expertise

Cloud Applications

Currentposition

Software Engineering Manager at Siemens

Timeline

Software Engineering Manager

Siemens
09.2018 - Current

Software Engineer

Siemens
04.2017 - 09.2018

Software Consultant

EMBonds
12.2015 - 03.2017

Senior Software Engineer

Netas
08.2013 - 12.2015

soldier

Turkish Army
12.2012 - 05.2013

software senior test engineer

Turkcell
03.2012 - 12.2012

CRM Expert in Babilon-M Project

Huawei
08.2011 - 12.2011

Tech Leader on DWHPP Project

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd
05.2011 - 08.2011

CRM Expert

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd
01.2011 - 02.2011

Gathering CRM Requirements on Netherlands

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd
01.2011 - 02.2011

CRM&BI Specialist

Huawei
03.2010 - 02.2012

Software Engineer

Cybersoft
09.2009 - 03.2010

internship in Alcatel Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent
01.2008 - 12.2008

internship in Siemens

Siemens
01.2008 - 12.2008

internship in Cybersoft

Cybersoft
01.2007 - 12.2007

Computer Engineering - undefined

Hacettepe University

Information Technologies Master -

Gazi University
Melih Coskun