Computer Engineer · Backend & AI Systems · Founder of ACK Techs
Istanbul, Turkey · Open to new opportunities
I'm a computer engineer who started in software testing, optimization and observability, and now builds production backend systems and AI-powered products. Over the last two years I've shipped software in Node.js, Go and Python, and my focus has moved from classic backend work toward LLM-based, agentic systems: tool use, MCP, RAG and multi-agent orchestration.
I like systems that are measurable, explainable and safe by default: deterministic decisions where it matters, LLMs where they add real value.
I'm the founder of ACK Techs, an independent product and technology team building software, AI and design products ("Engineering Ideas Into Reality").
| Project | What it is | Status |
|---|---|---|
| WatchTower | CLI-first UEBA platform for closed corporate networks. Learns user/entity baselines, scores anomalies with deterministic engines, and produces explainable alerts. LLMs are used only for explanation, never for final decisions. (Python, LangGraph) | Active development |
| Sentinel | Agentic observability CLI plus a read-only gateway over Prometheus, Loki and Tempo, so metrics, logs and traces are inspected from one terminal workflow. (Python, FastAPI, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry) | Prototype |
| Immense | Fitness platform connecting athletes and coaches: plans, progress tracking and communication in one place. 17 microservices plus a mobile app. | Live |
| Argus | Extensible Python runtime for LLM coding agents: provider adapters (OpenAI-compatible, Anthropic), tool registry, permission modes, hooks, skills, trajectory recording and BFCL / SWE-bench style evaluation. | Open source |
| NookSpace | Desktop AI agent workspace (Electron, React, TypeScript) with scoped file/command tools, MCP connectors, skills and session traces. | Open source |
| EstatePilot | Human-in-the-loop AI assistant for estate agents: intent routing, tool chain, reply drafting with approval gate and CRM follow-ups. (React, TypeScript, multi-provider LLM client) | Prototype |
Agent Browser — an experimental browser execution layer for AI agents. The page is observed through DOM controls, JEV chooses the next typed action, Lightpanda executes it, and the real outcome is verified independently. Chromium DOM and screenshot/OCR paths serve as baselines.
In the published live benchmark (matched subset: the 9 tasks all three paths completed, cold browser starts), the Lightpanda DOM path was 73% faster and used 84% less local memory than the Chromium screenshot/OCR path. Raw results, measurement protocol and caveats are in the repo. This is measured prototype data, not a general claim about all browsers.
| Path (matched live tasks) | Median task time | Median local peak memory |
|---|---|---|
| Chromium + screenshot/OCR + JEV | 11.07 s | 538.69 MiB |
| Chromium DOM + JEV | 6.97 s | 483.09 MiB |
| Lightpanda DOM + JEV | 2.96 s | 83.79 MiB |
Architecture Catalog — a versioned catalog and CLI (archcat) for scaffolding architecture starters: FastAPI, NestJS, LangGraph agent API, Typer CLI, React + FastAPI full-stack and FastAPI microservices (Compose). Templates are distributed as independent ZIPs, fetched on demand and verified by SHA-256. v0.1.0 is an untested initial release (build, types, schemas, manifests and packaging checked); npm publication is pending.
More from ACK Techs: DemandRift (market-research agent), Steward, Robotutor / OLMS, Archon and FIRST, a program that helps students move from first open-source contributions to real projects. See ack-techs.com.
Backend & Architecture
AI & Agentic Systems
Data
Cloud, DevOps & Observability
Frontend & Mobile
- Backend & distributed systems: microservices, REST/gRPC, event-driven design with RabbitMQ and Redis Streams, JWT-based auth.
- Agentic AI: LLM integration, tool use and MCP, LangGraph/LangChain workflows, RAG, human-in-the-loop approval gates.
- Observability & reliability: metrics, logs and traces with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo and OpenTelemetry; load and chaos testing.
- Cloud-native delivery: Docker, Kubernetes, Istio, Terraform and AWS serverless.
agent-browser: browser layer for AI agents with measured live benchmarksarchitecture-catalog-distribution: versioned architecture starter catalog andarchcatCLIwatchtower-demo: explainable UEBA for closed networkssentinel: agentic observability CLI and read-only gatewayargus: agent runtime and evaluation frameworknookspace: desktop AI agent workspaceestate-agent: AI assistant for estate agentsCoffyPlatformBackendProject: multi-branch coffee chain order platform with microservices, Redis Pub/Sub, RabbitMQ, Stripe/İyzico and Traefik
I'm open to backend, AI/agentic systems and platform engineering roles, and to collaborations on interesting products.
- Website: alicaglarkocer.com
- LinkedIn: ali-caglar-kocer
- Company: ACK Techs · LinkedIn page
- Email: alicaglarkocer@gmail.com
Engineering ideas into reality.