# Burak Özkırdeniz

> Software engineer and technical product lead based in Istanbul, Türkiye. Eight years shipping CMS platforms, event systems and mobile apps, running production infrastructure on AWS, and leading a small engineering team. Currently building products with LLMs, and open to new roles.

Burak started as a product analyst, moved through software engineering and product management, and now works across both. His background is media-tech: content management systems, event platforms, mobile apps, advertising systems, and the AWS infrastructure underneath them. Recent work centres on large language models, from editorial tooling used daily by writers to event-driven automation that removes recurring operational work.

Available for full-time roles as a software engineer, technical product lead, or a role spanning both. Email is the preferred first contact.

## Contact

- [Email](mailto:burak@ozkirdeniz.com): Preferred channel for hiring and collaboration
- [Website](https://burakozkirdeniz.com/): One-page profile, with schema.org Person data embedded as JSON-LD

## Profiles

- [GitHub](https://github.com/burakozkirdeniz): Code and side projects
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/burakozkirdeniz): Full work history and roles
- [X](https://x.com/burakozkirdeniz): Short posts

## Skills

- [Engineering](https://burakozkirdeniz.com/): PHP, Laravel, Node.js, JavaScript, Python, React, MySQL, REST APIs, Git, AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFront, CloudWatch), CI/CD, caching, monitoring and alerting
- [AI and automation](https://burakozkirdeniz.com/): LLM-backed product features, prompt design, event-driven automation with n8n, AI coding agents in day-to-day development
- [Product](https://burakozkirdeniz.com/): Roadmapping, AI product management, lifecycle management, data-driven decision making
- [Leadership](https://burakozkirdeniz.com/): Technical team leadership, mentoring, cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder management

## Optional

- [Privacy policy](https://burakozkirdeniz.com/privacy.html): Applies to mobile apps published under his name, not to this site