Omer Faruk Unal. Software Engineer.

I build low-latency systems, tackle hard numerical problems, and ship products people actually use.

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Omer Faruk Unal

01 · Where I've worked

Experience

Software Engineer

WorkmateLabs

Jun 2024 – Sep 2025New York (Remote)

Founding engineer at a VC-backed startup backed by Kleiner Perkins, OpenAI Startup Fund and Greylock Partners. Owned the full pipeline from prototype to production launch.

  • Designed and deployed LLM-based services with production APIs, monitoring, logging, and CI/CD
  • Architected backend systems on GCloud using Python, TypeScript, Next.js, LangChain, and Braintrust
  • LLM
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • GCloud
  • CI/CD
  • Braintrust
  • PostgreSQL
  • Next.js

Software Engineer

Invent Analytics

Jun 2022 – May 2024Istanbul, Türkiye

Built cost-efficient, scalable data pipelines for ML workflows on large-scale retail time-series data. Translated business requirements into statistical models with data scientists.

  • Engineered statistical features (seasonality, promotions, outliers), reaching ~98% forecast accuracy
  • Productionised models behind REST APIs with Docker, PostgreSQL, Node.js, and AWS
  • PySpark
  • Databricks
  • Python
  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Backend

Teaching Assistant

University of Cambridge

OngoingCambridge, UK

TA for several university courses including computational physics. Teaching, marking, grading, and running help sessions for complex problem sets.

  • Computational Physics
  • Statistical Physics
  • Statistics

02 · What I've built

Projects

Fintech · AI platform

BuffQuant

I wanted to invest. Didn't have time, so I followed YouTube finance channels. Then I realised I was analysing the analysers more than they analysed companies. Classic engineer move: when in doubt, overengineer the problem until it becomes a thesis.

It started as rage-coding. Three months, a massive database, mild insomnia, and unexpected expertise in YouTube API rate limits later, it ended as a fintech platform.

  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • LLM
  • NLP
  • AI Pipeline
  • Full-Stack
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C++ · HPC · Research

High-Performance Computing

Research-driven projects in numerical methods and parallel computing, pushing simulation performance to its limits.

  • GPU-accelerated Euler equation solvers (CUDA), benchmarking compute vs. memory transfer overhead
  • Distributed algorithms with MPI, with strong/weak scaling analysis on multi-core clusters
  • SLIC method low-latency optimisation via compiler intrinsics and memory layout restructuring
  • C++
  • CUDA
  • MPI
  • Parallel Computing

Physics simulation

Particle-Based Simulations

A collection of interactive particle-based simulations exploring fluid dynamics, gravity, and emergent behaviour, built to visualise complex physical phenomena in real time.

  • C++
  • OpenGL
  • Physics

Blockchain consensus

Bitcoin Consensus Proof

An implementation and formal verification of the Bitcoin consensus algorithm, demonstrating the cryptographic underpinnings and distributed consensus mechanism of the protocol.

  • Distributed Systems
  • Cryptography

Registration system

BuRegist

A course registration system designed for university scale. Handles complex prerequisites, quota management, and conflict detection with a clean, user-friendly interface.

  • Flutter
  • Dart
  • Firebase

03 · Academic journey

Education

MPhil in Scientific Computing

University of Cambridge

2025 – 2026

Graduated with Distinction. Fully funded Cambridge Trust Scholar. Research in numerical methods, HPC, advanced simulation, and C++.

  • HPC
  • Numerical Methods
  • C++
  • Simulation

BSc Physics & Computer Engineering

Boğaziçi University

2019 – 2024

Double major, graduated with High Honors. Computer Engineering (GPA 3.83/4.0) and Physics (GPA 3.67/4.0) at one of Türkiye's most selective universities.

  • Physics
  • Computer Engineering
  • Mathematics

Awards

  • 2025Cambridge Trust ScholarFully funded MPhil scholarship at Cambridge
  • 2019YKS: 16th of 2.5 millionNational university entrance exam
  • 2019Turkish Programming Contest5th place among 56 teams, team of 3
  • 2017–18National Math OlympiadSilver medal, two years running

Core competencies

  • Systems & HPC
  • Low-Latency C++
  • Mathematical Modelling
  • Numerical Methods
  • Data & ML Pipelines
  • Full-Stack Engineering
  • Distributed Computing
  • Algorithm Design
  • GPU Computing (CUDA)
  • Cloud (AWS, GCloud)

04 · Get in touch

Let's talk.

Whether it's a job opportunity or a collaboration, I'm happy to hear from you.