Muhammed Furkan Telli
Research & Development Engineer
A versatile engineer with a proven ability to single-handedly solve complex technical challenges across multiple domains.
EDUCATION
Sep 2022 – Jun 2025
ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
B.S. in MATHEMATICS ENGINEERING
GPA: 3.95
Top student in the history of the department
Thesis: Numerical solution methods for KdV equation | Peridynamics applications
EXPERIENCE
Research and Development Engineer
Sep 2025 – Present
Erstream
Full-stack Developer
Feb 2025 – Present
AId Core Solutions
- Single-handedly managed frontend, backend, database, cloud, and system design.
- Built a full-stack web application using Nuxt.js and NestJS, deployed frontend on Vercel and backend on Google Cloud Run (later on AWS).
- Leveraged multiple Google Cloud services (Cloud Run, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub) and AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS) to architect a modular system with secure, asynchronous communication, enhancing scalability and fault tolerance.
- Migrated cloud infrastructure to AWS, using EC2 for backend.
- Set up a secure data storage solution using PostgreSQL, incorporating encryption methods to ensure customer data was visible only to authorized users and not accessible internally.
Backend Developer
Jan 2025 – Present
Who’s in Town
- Single-handedly managed backend, database, cloud, system design, and data analysis.
- Built a scalable backend using NestJS for a social media app with authentication, deployed on Azure via Docker.
- Managed data with PostgreSQL and Prisma ORM, optimizing query performance.
- Automated backend testing with Jest, ensuring system reliability.
- Designed an admin panel to streamline data oversight and dynamic configuration of application behavior, improving operational efficiency and reducing manual intervention.
- Integrated Prometheus for metrics collection and Grafana for real-time monitoring, enabling proactive system diagnostics and performance optimization.
- Engineered a real-time chat system using WebSockets and implemented end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to safeguard message integrity and user privacy.
- Documented APIs with Swagger for smooth frontend integration.
- Programmed a service generator script to auto-generate TypeScript functions from Swagger docs, accelerating frontend-backend integration.
- Helped in mobile app development with React Native.
- Collaborated with the frontend team to deliver a fully functional mobile app.
Undergraduate Researcher
Oct 2024 – Feb 2025
TÜBİTAK
- Researched the energy-momentum tensor in general relativity using integrability conditions, leveraging SageMath and REDUCE for symbolic calculations.
R&D Engineering Intern
Jul 2024 – Sep 2024
Coşkunöz Metal Form
- Programmed a database container application using Nuxt.js and Electron, used by over 40 engineers to organize, track, and collaboratively share experimental data.
- Researched and proposed innovative solutions for efficient welding, reducing welding costs by approximately 50%, and presented reinforced mold coating techniques, increasing coating lifespan by about 30%.
Founder & Educator
Dec 2023 – Present
İTÜGH
- Delivered lectures on advanced mathematical topics for 100+ students, including topology, functional analysis, and statistics, with a focus on real-world applications such as the Kalman filter.
- Facilitated exam preparation by solving practice problems and explaining key concepts effectively.
Freelancer
2017 – Present
- Developed a full-stack mobile application for taxi ordering and tracking, leading development within a team of 3+ developers.
- Engineered secure backend systems for banking applications, implementing encryption, authentication, and compliance measures to protect sensitive financial data of 1000+ users.
- Designed and developed a user-friendly web application to streamline school administration tasks, including tracking teacher class hours and managing payroll, enhancing efficiency and accuracy in daily operations.
- Created physical simulations such as fluid simulations for engineering applications.
- Used C++, OpenGL and Vulkan to make simple game engines and used Unity and Unreal Engine to make simple games.