Summary
İlkay Aktaş is a senior software engineer based in Ankara with 10 years of professional experience spanning backend, mobile (Android & iOS) and AWS-driven architectures. He has a long tenure at Aselsan and currently delivers software as a contractor for European companies, taking projects from concept through production across the full development lifecycle. Skilled in Java and cloud-native patterns, he combines embedded and enterprise experience from RFID/warehouse tracking research to modern mobile and backend systems. İlkay pairs technical depth with practical product focus, often bridging device-level integration and scalable server-side services. Outside work he channels curiosity into photography, cycling and entrepreneurship, which inform a pragmatic, design-aware approach to engineering. Colleagues appreciate that he balances hands-on coding with system thinking born from diverse domains including medical informatics and defense.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Licentiate degree, Computer Science Engineering, Licentiate degree, Computer Science Engineering at Hacettepe Üniversitesi
Master's degree, Medical Informatics, Master's degree, Medical Informatics at Middle East Technical University
English