Harun Z.

About Me

I am an Ex-Amazon Software and AI Engineer with 15+ years of experience in scalable cloud applications, AI automation, and NLP systems. I specialize in building AI-driven solutions for document processing, intelligent search, and customer support automation. Recently, I’ve been focusing on LLMs and cloud-based AI platforms, helping businesses streamline operations and enhance decision-making

AI, ML & LLM

OpenAI API LLM LLM Agents

Backend

Database

DevOps

Other

Artificial Intelligence Java Natural Language Processing (NLP) Typescript Vector Search RAG pgvector

Work history

Tribble AI
Tribble AI
Staff AI Engineer
2024 - 2025 (1 year)
Remote
  • Enhanced RAG Agent Intelligence: Designed and implemented agentic actions for a QA agent, significantly improving its retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) performance and response quality.

  • Built Scalable NLP Platform: Developed a flexible content processing system using Azure Functions to support both scheduled NLP workflows and real-time API interactions, integrating LLM-based services for entity extraction, summarization, and categorization.

  • Delivered Custom AI Workflows: Engineered an end-to-end categorization workflow with user-defined logic, robust validation, and analytics dashboards—spanning front-end UX and back-end AI infrastructure, supported by optimized PostgreSQL schema design.

PythonPython AsyncIOChatGPT API TypescriptArtificial IntelligenceAzure Azure FunctionsAI Chatbots LLM Agents RAG PostgreSQLEmbeddings from Language Models (ELMo) Software Architecturepgvector Vector Search Rest APIAzure Blob Storage
Zyfera
Zyfera
Co-Founder & ML Engineer
2023 - 2023
Remote
  • Built an AI Chatbot with Agentic Capabilities: Developed an LLM + RAG-powered chatbot capable of context-aware automated actions (e.g., API calls), enhancing website interactivity and user support.

  • Engineered Scalable Serverless Infrastructure: Implemented a robust AWS-based backend—including event-driven web scraping and authentication systems—and streamlined CI/CD with GitHub Actions and Vercel.

  • Led Full-Stack Product Delivery: Designed and launched user-facing interfaces using SvelteKit, DaisyUI, and Tailwind CSS, delivering a secure and intuitive product experience while leading a team of 4 engineers.

JavaSpring BootChatGPT API AI Chatbots SvelteJavaFxKubernetesGoogle Apps Script Web ScrapingRAG LLM LLM Agents Vector Search pgvector CI/CD Pipelines
Amazon
Amazon
Software Development Engineer
2022 - 2023 (1 year)
Canada
  • Led Global Expansion & Infrastructure Design: Contributed to the high-level design of Amazon’s internal document review service and led its expansion to EU and FE regions, ensuring multi-region scalability and reliability

  • Built Robust Cloud Infrastructure: Architected and deployed frontend and backend pipelines using AWS CDK, Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, and ECS—migrating infrastructure from CDK v1 to v2 and configuring multi-stage environments with DNS, S3, and CloudFront.

  • Developed NLP Microservices: Implemented Python-based NLP microservices for grammar correction, integrating them into a serverless architecture and ensuring secure access via Midway-authenticated APIs.

AWSAmazon S3 (AWS S3) AWS Lambda AWS ECR AWS Textract AWS CDKAWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) AWS DynamoAWS SNSAWS SQSJavaPythonTypescript

Education

Education
MSc in Computer Engineering
Istanbul University (Formerly Fatih University)
2009 - 2011 (2 years)
Education
BSc in Computer Engineering at Hacettepe University
Hacettepe University
2000 - 2006 (6 years)