Bora Gültekin
work experience
10/2025 - Ongoing
Munich, Germany
WORKING STUDENT SOFTWARE ENGINEER
DocRobin
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Fullstack development of web applications with a focus on AI integration for the medical sector, using TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tanstack Start, Tailwind CSS, Keycloak, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Contentful, Ollama, and Docker
01/2025 - 10/2025
Munich, Germany
WORKING STUDENT SOFTWARE ENGINEER
HospiChef
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Fullstack development of two web applications used by hospital patients, hospital staff, and caterers which aims to digitalize and streamline food services in hospitals using TypeScript, React, Vite, Tailwind.CSS, MUI, Django and PostgreSQL
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Implemented client-side HTTP request caching to enable offline functionality for the hospital staff application, using Redux and RTK Query
06/2022 - 08/2024
Munich, Germany
WORKING STUDENT SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Allianz Direct DE (Allianz Technology SE)
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Developed and maintained frontend components using EJS, HTML, and CSS
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Managed and optimized tracking and analysis scripts within Adobe Analytics
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Engineered a Node.js service written in TypeScript, ensuring seamless integration with the Adobe Analytics API for automated data synchronization
11/2019 - 10/2020
Izmir, Türkiye
JUNIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Turkish Economy Bank (BNP Paribas JV)
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Modernized the frontend of the internal staff application and built responsive user interfaces using React, TypeScript, Node.js, and PostgreSQL, improving application performance and maintainability
education
2021 - 2026
Munich, Germany
MSc in Informatics
Technical University of Munich
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Major: Digital Biology and Digital Medicine
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Minors: Machine Learning and Analytics, Computer Architecture, Computer Networks, Distributed Systems, and Software Engineering
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Master's Thesis (Exploring Interactive Virtual Avatars for Patient Consulting): Developed a multimodal AI assistant for a medical platform to automate patient data collection, integrating conversational LLMs (Qwen3, Gemma3, Mistral) with real-time avatars and local STT (Whisper) and TTS (Kokoro) services for natural, privacy-focused interaction. Architected a containerized full-stack system using Docker, TanStack Start, React, Bun, and PostgreSQL, implementing security guardrails (Llama Prompt Guard 2) to protect the conversational pipeline against adversarial inputs and ensure low-latency performance
08/2015 - 07/2019
Izmir, Türkiye
BSc in Computer Engineering
Izmir Institute of Technology
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Graduated with High Honors: GPA: 3.85 / 4.00 (higher is better), Rector's List (2019)
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Track of Artificial Intelligence, Related courses: Data Mining, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Image Understanding
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Bachelor's Thesis (Touchless Palm Biometric System): A biometric system using a low-cost infrared camera, ultrasonic sensor, and Raspberry Pi to capture palm vein patterns and verify identity via computer vision and OpenCV-based image processing in Python
projects
03/2023 - 08/2023
Munich, Germany
Interdisciplinary Project
HospiChef - TUM School of Management ERI
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Interdisciplinary Project in collaboration with HospiChef and TUM ERI (Entrepreneurship Research Institute) to design, develop and improve two full stack web applications for digitalizing food services in hospitals by allowing patients to easily manage their meal orders and diets from their rooms, using React, TypeScript, MUI, Tailwind CSS, Vite, Django, and Python
10/2022 - 02/2023
Munich, Germany
Praktikum
EclipseSource - TUM Informatik SEBIS
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Praktikum in collaboration with EclipseSource and TUM SEBIS Chair to design and develop a full stack web application for managing developer workspace containers that run on the cloud with React, TypeScript, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Kubernetes and QuestDB
09/2022 - 02/2023
Munich, Germany
Seminar
Mercedes-Benz AG & Salesforce - TUM Informatik
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Participated in a JavaScript Seminar at RostLab (TUM) in collaboration with Mercedes-Benz AG and Salesforce to develop a frontend web application for next-generation online showroom experience.
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Implemented a responsive frontend prototype using React, TypeScript, and CSS.
skills
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Professional: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, TanStack Start, Bun, Node.js, Tailwind CSS, Vite, Git, Docker, PostgreSQL
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Personal & Academic: Python, QuestDB, Java, LaTeX, Rust
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Expertise: Full Stack Web Development, Cloud-Native Architectures, AI & LLM Integration
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Soft Skills: Agile Project Management, Cross-functional Collaboration, Technical Documentation
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Languages: English (C1), German (A1.2), Japanese (A1), Turkish (Native)
personal
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Interests: Web Development, AI, Medical Computing, Game Development, Astronomy, Physics, Aviation
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Hobbies: Techno, Video Games, Gym
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Activities: Board Games, Bouldering, Swimming, Table Tennis, Billiards