# Mehmetcan Bozkus

Software Engineer · Istanbul

Software Engineer with full-stack experience across Next.js, Spring Boot, Python, and Swift. Multiple hackathon winner, including 1st place at Türkiye's largest mobile hackathon. Published researcher in machine learning (IEEE). Built internal tools and automation systems at Elithair, Turkcell and Sekerbank.

- Email: [hey@mehmetcan.me](mailto:hey@mehmetcan.me)
- Phone: +90 552 662 38 44
- GitHub: https://github.com/mehmetcanbozkus
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehmetcanbozkus
- Medium: https://medium.com/@mehmetcanbozkus
- CV: https://mehmetcan.me/MehmetcanBozkus-CV.pdf

## Awards

### 1st Place - Wraith Mobile Hackathon

July 2026 · Wraith

Built Guido, an AI travel planner for iOS, with Arda Toprak and Deniz Saraç during a 24-hour hackathon in Ankara. Awarded 3 iPhone 17s.

- [View LinkedIn post](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mehmetcanbozkus_hackathon-mobiledevelopment-ios-ugcPost-7488857621106548737-yazc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADeum_EB8lAHje9zTlSojKr7wWAz2bnAo9s)

### 1st Place - Smile Hair Clinic Mobile Hackathon

Nov. 2025

Developed "PentaCaptura," a native iOS app using Swift. Presented at Boğaziçi University. Awarded 3 MacBooks.

- [View LinkedIn post](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mehmetcanbozkus_smilehairclinic-coderspace-hackathon-activity-7402023952040189952-bjx0)

### 1st Place - fal × Adapty Istanbul Hackathon

Oct. 2025

Won Türkiye's largest mobile hackathon with an AI-powered app integrating Adapty and fal. $9,000 prize.

- [View LinkedIn post](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mehmetcanbozkus_thrilled-to-share-that-arda-toprak-and-i-activity-7384950643779772416-Uz4_)

### MCP Hackathon

July 2025

Built an MCP server for marketfiyati.org.tr (Turkish Ministry of Trade), exposing product search tools to LLMs. $1,000 prize.

- [View LinkedIn post](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mehmetcanbozkus_kom%C3%BCnite-mcp-hackathonda3olarak1000-activity-7352959613115232257-jFl1)

## Experience

### Full-Stack Developer, Elithair

Jan. 2026 — Present

- Developing a multi-tenant HR platform (onboarding, attendance, leave management, RBAC) with React, TypeScript, Prisma, and Node.js
- Implemented a full-stack work/time tracking module with shift scheduling, employee assignment, and tenant-scoped data isolation

### Software Engineer Intern, Sekerbank

Aug. 2024 — Sept. 2024

- Built a full-stack loan payment simulation system using Next.js, Spring Boot, and PostgreSQL, enabling users to create and compare various loan scenarios
- Designed frontend interfaces and backend APIs for financial modeling with complex calculation logic

### Long Term Intern, Turkcell

Aug. 2023 — June 2024

- Led the development of a full-stack internal dashboard using Next.js for the Cloud Backup team, with automated data retrieval from Turkcell servers and real-time database integration
- Developed Python automation scripts for the Veeam Backup & Replication REST API, streamlining operations for the Cloud Backup team
- Implemented a fully automated email notification system for Turkcell Bulut customers with custom templates and logging

## Education

### Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation University

B.Sc. in Computer Engineering · Sept. 2021 — June 2025

### Ecole 42

Programming · March 2023 — Aug. 2023

## Publications

### Fake News Detection on Social Media Data using Community Notes with Machine Learning

IEEE · July 2025

[Read paper](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11101905)

## Toolkit

- **Java:** Spring Boot, Spring Data, Maven
- **Python:** uv, scikit-learn, pandas, NumPy, FastAPI
- **Next.js:** React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, TanStack
- **SQL:** MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL
- **Swift:** SwiftUI, iOS
- **Node.js:** Express, Prisma, REST API, Sentry
- **C:** Algorithms, Data structures
- **Tools:** Linux, Git, Docker, Selenium