Seyhun Akyürek

Independent Consultant — Ankara, Türkiye

Built AI programs using Python, Azure OpenAI, and Anthropic that help customers to automate business processing.

• Cut monthly inference costs by implementing LLMOps (LLM operations) monitoring — model drift detection, token usage tracking, and cost allocation dashboards
• Stopped fraudulent transactions in real time with a scoring system that combines AI with traditional machine learning, reducing false alarms for the bank
• Lowered compliance team research time by building a RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) pipeline over regulatory documents using Pinecone vector search
• Designed and deployed a multi-agent KYC screening system using LangChain, Azure OpenAI, and Anthropic LLM for clients

Commercial Bank of Dubai — Dubai, UAE

Managed the teams that build and run the bank's mobile app and all personal banking group applications including direct customer onboarding, personal loan, and credit card application systems.

• Translated regulatory requirements into technical roadmaps for business, compliance, and IT stakeholders
• Maintained 100% on-time delivery across 12 major releases while leading a cross-functional team of 10 engineers, BAs, and testers
• Cut release cycle from 2 weeks to 2 days by implementing proper governance and CI/CD pipelines
• Improved deployment frequency from bi-weekly to daily by migrating from a legacy monolith to a structured governance model
• Reduced security audit findings annually by driving PCI DSS compliance across application layers

International Bank of Azerbaijan — Baku, Azerbaijan

Managed the engineers who run the bank's systems — modernizing how the bank handles accounts, transactions, and customer verification.

• Secured approval for mobile architecture modernization through executive-level business case presentations
• Completed a full digital overhaul of the mobile banking platform in 18 months, managing an 8-engineer team plus 4 outsource staff
• Modernized payment processing by architecting a Swift-based mobile app, from beginning to end handling 500K+ monthly transactions
• Cut manual compliance review time by deploying automated release workflows
• Established engineering standards: code review guidelines, 90%+ automated test coverage, and structured incident response

ING Bank / eBay — Istanbul, Türkiye

Built and maintained the mobile app customers use to move money, log in, and register their accounts.

• Shipped high-throughput payment processing and e-commerce features in the mobile app (Swift), covering money transfers, login, and registration
• Reduced fraud false positives while accelerating screening by designing automated fraud detection pipelines
• Mentored junior engineers and led technical design reviews

AI & Machine Learning

Engineering

Leadership

IBM

Anthropic