Erdem Doğan — Software & AI Engineer
İstanbul-based software and AI engineer. I write code — mostly AI, backend, and automation — and build things end to end.
Summary
Erdem Doğan is a software and AI engineer based in İstanbul. He is employed as Lead AI Engineer at Otorecrutor, a production AI product used daily by a real-estate company, where he owns the application's code end to end — including the Python scraper API the whole system feeds on. Alongside that he writes his own backend pipelines and has delivered four full-stack client websites that are live today.
Works with
- AI engineering & applied machine learning
- Full-stack & backend development
- Automation and autonomous agents
- Python, TypeScript, distributed systems
Employment
- 2026 — present· Lead AI Engineer
Otorecrutor
The company I work for. I'm the engineer behind the application — the Python scraper API everything feeds on, the agent that runs HR, and the pipelines between them. A real office uses it every day.
Self-directed projects
- 2026· Architect & Full-Stack Engineer
Triage
A pipeline that takes messy customer input and turns it into structured data: an urgency score, a category, a two-line summary. When something is urgent, the webhook and the alert e-mail go out on their own.
- 2025· Engineer
Chess, from scratch
I wrote chess with all its rules, no chess library involved. First in Java, then ported to JavaScript so it runs in the browser. You can actually play it on this site.
Client work
- 2026· Design & Development
Özel Eğitim Birliği
A site for an independent professional association that sits between special-education specialists and the institutions that hire them — standard contracts, a mediation desk, regulation tracking. Two audiences with opposed interests, one page, and a membership path for each.
- 2025· Design & Development
Fzt. Doğukan Altın
An editorial, high-end site for a physiotherapist — an evidence-based, personal practice presented through calm typography, a 3D hero and a clear path to booking.
- 2025· Design & Development
Avrupa Çocuk
A fast, accessible, SEO-focused website for a special-education & rehabilitation group — presenting its services, its branches across İstanbul, and how families can reach out.
- 2025· Design & Development
Avcılar Optik
A clean, modern website for an optician — a strong brand presence, a showcase for frames and products, and an easy way for customers to find and reach the store.