Summary
Elif Boncuk is an engineering manager with 10 years of experience leading mobile and digital banking teams at Garanti BBVA Teknoloji, currently responsible for Smart Assistance & Engagement across mobile and internet banking. She combines hands-on mobile engineering expertise (Android/iOS) and Scrum mastery with product and roadmap ownership, driving chatbots, notifications, search, campaigns and other engagement features at scale. A former Google Developer Expert for Android and Kotlin/Android community leader, she champions platform best practices and developer enablement through CoPs and internal tooling. Elif pairs technical leadership with MBA-level business acumen, regularly balancing architectural trade-offs with production budgets and timelines. Her teams have delivered award-winning products such as the Self Driven account feature, reflecting a focus on measurable customer impact. Based in Istanbul, she is also an active speaker and blogger who translates deep engineering experience into practical coaching and organizational change.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering, 3.02 / 4.00, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering, 3.02 / 4.00 at Hacettepe Üniversitesi
High School, Science, 5.00 / 5.00, High School, Science, 5.00 / 5.00 at Gemlik Celal Bayar Anadolu Lisesi
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business, 3.73 / 4.00, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business, 3.73 / 4.00 at Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi
English