AI Engineer — Agentic Systems & Automation

Orhun Utku Topal

I build AI systems that work for your business — autonomous agents, intelligent automation and production-grade software. Trusted by 15+ brands to turn complex technology into measurable results.

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Open to AI / ML roles Istanbul, Türkiye B.Sc. Computer Engineering · 2026
Companies & clients I've worked with

Services

AI Automation

Your team loses hours every week to repetitive work. Custom AI agents take over document handling, reporting and data entry — so those hours flow into work that actually grows revenue. Most automations pay for themselves within months.

Websites & E-Commerce

A store that sells while you sleep. Fast, premium websites and e-commerce builds with payments and shipping wired in — plus AR try-on experiences that lift conversion and cut product returns.

Workflow Automation

Orders, stock, reports and notifications connected end-to-end, so the operation runs itself. Fewer manual errors, faster turnaround — and a business that scales without hiring for every new task.

AI Chatbots & Assistants

An assistant that knows your products and answers instantly, 24/7 — on your website, WhatsApp or Instagram. Fewer missed sales, a lighter support load and customers who get answers in seconds.

Data Collection & Integration

Know the market before your competitors do. Automated price and stock tracking, lead collection and instant alerts — delivered as clean data your existing systems can plug straight into.

Business & Tech Mentorship

Skip months of trial and error. I help founders and teams choose the right AI tools, prototype fast and build an automation-first culture — a clear, honest roadmap instead of hype.

What clients say

Customers used to ask "will this suit me?" all day. Now they see it on their own eyes in seconds — and the whole site runs itself.
Rainbow LensWebsites & E-Commerce
Orders that took an evening of copy-paste now export themselves to Excel, WhatsApp and Telegram. We just prepare the packages.
Zirve Shop MarketWorkflow Automation
During live streams the bot registers buyers and prints shipping labels on its own. One person now does what used to take three.
Uzman ShopAI Automation

About

I am a recent Computer Engineering graduate of Istanbul Kültür University — a fully English-taught, ABET-equivalent program — specializing in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Agentic AI, with a core focus on autonomous multi-agent architectures and intelligent automation.

My work spans hands-on R&D in the defense and AI industries, an active freelance practice delivering AI consulting and custom software, and applied research into how autonomous agents establish identity and govern themselves through swarm-intelligence principles.

I've led a university team to a Teknofest national championship, held leadership roles across the IEEE IKU Computer Society, and currently serve as Marmara Region Coordinator for IEEE Türkiye's Computer Society.

Orhun Utku Topal
Client projects delivered
Teknofest UAV Competition
National competition finals
Graduating · Comp. Engineering

Experience

Oct 2025 — PresentRemote
Freelance Software Developer & AI Engineer
Self-Employed
Delivering AI consulting and custom software to clients including Rainbow Lens, West Group, Yalın Danışmanlık, Uzman Bıçak and Zirve Shop Market — from e-commerce platforms and large-scale web scraping to business-automation systems.
AI ConsultingFull-StackAutomationWeb Scraping
Aug 2025 — Feb 2026England, UK · Hybrid
AI Agent Developer & Researcher
TheNextMinds · Internship
Designed and developed autonomous AI agents and multi-agent systems — LLM-powered agent architectures, RAG pipelines, agent orchestration and tool-use frameworks — within an R&D-focused international team. Work culminated in a research thesis.
Agentic AILLMRAGResearch
Jun — Jul 2025Istanbul
Project Management Intern
SCA Social Ltd. · a subsidiary of TNC Group
Contributed to budget planning, scheduling, legal compliance and operational processes, strengthening team coordination through Agile methodologies.
AgileProject TrackingOperations
Jul — Sep 2024Defense Industry
Artificial Intelligence Intern
Baykar · Long-Term Internship
Contributed to AI research and development projects within the defense industry, working in high-pressure, disciplined environments and building expertise in crisis and problem management.
AI R&DMachine Learning

Selected Work

Flagship Project

Teknofest Fighter UAV

A national-championship fixed-wing combat UAV built with a university team across three Teknofest competition cycles. I led design and analysis, managed 3D design and team coordination, and joined the AI R&D team developing autonomous pathfinding algorithms.

1st Place · 2023 Finalist · 2024
Fighter UAV Teknofest UAV competition team

Computer VisionRFIDEdge AI
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LC WAIKIKI · RETAIL INTELLIGENCE SKU-4388 97% ● LIVE CAM 01 DWELL 47s ● LIVE CAM 02 FITTING ROOM ● LIVE CAM 03 REVENUE / MONTH ₺48.75M +18% ACTIVE ALERTS 3 DWELL AVG 41s CONVERSION 7.4% FLOOR HEATMAP · REAL-TIME

MediaPipeWordPressGemini
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Rainbow Lens live site

LLaMA Fine-TuneLoRANLP
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Mısra Makinesi N A Z I M H İ K M E T · 1 9 4 3 Sen mavi bir gökyüzü gibisin, uzak, sessiz ve derinlerde. Yağmurun sesi düşerken şehre, ben seni özlerim ellerimde. Bir mısra kalır aklımda geceden, bir de sen — ve unutulmaz bir sesle. GENERATED · 2,566 POEMS · 56 POETS

Raspberry PiMQTT/TLSAnomaly Detection
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edgeshield@pi:~$ ■ 6/6 services healthy ● 3 alerts SYSTEM STATUS mosquitto ● UP suricata ● UP flask-api ● UP collector ● UP simulator ● UP anomaly-engine ● UP ANOMALY SCORE · sensor-01 0.11 DEGRADED PACKET RATE · last 10 min RECENT SECURITY EVENTS ● 13:24:07REPLAY sensor-02 fcnt=41 (expected 47) DROPPED ● 13:23:52HMAC sensor-01 mismatch payload rejected ● 13:22:15ANOMALY sensor-01 score dropped 0.26 → 0.11 ● 13:20:41PORTSCAN 192.168.1.14 → :1883, :22, :5000 blocked ● 13:19:03HANDSHAKE sensor-03 TLS OK cert valid ● 13:18:00BOOT nftables loaded, 12 rules active edgeshield@pi:~$ _

Mechanical DesignAutonomy
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Teknofest UAV team

Fashion AIWardrobeProduct Design
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V E R Y C H I C YOUR AI WARDROBE STYLIST Camel Coat · Bordeaux Skirt TONIGHT · BUSINESS DINNER · 14° S STYLE NOTE The flowing silk blouse and elegant palazzo silhouette create balance. C COLOUR HARMONY Camel, nude and cream tones form a warm complementary palette. ISTANBUL · WEATHER 18° · partly cloudy · coat recommended 18°

FlutterOpenFoodFactsMobile
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Bugün 18 KAS · SALI 1,247 KALORİ hedef: 2,100 PROTEİN68g KARB142g YAĞ38g + Yemek Ekle MacroFit TÜRKÇE · MOBİL · BARKOD 8690504142347 SON TARANAN Ülker Çikolatalı Bisküvi 100 gr porsiyon 487 kcal + EKLE EKLE

Research

Research ThesisConducted with TheNextMinds
In preparation for publication · 2026

Decentralized Digital Identity & Swarm-Based Governance for Autonomous AI Agents

A thesis examining trustless coordination, identity and decentralized governance for multi-agent AI systems that operate without a central authority.

It explores how autonomous agents can establish verifiable digital identities and self-govern through swarm-intelligence principles — a foundation for agentic systems that scale beyond centralized control.

Recognition

Highlights
Teknofest medal and trophy
Teknofest 2025 Turkish NLP and IEEE IKU achievement certificates
Fighter UAV
Teknofest UAV competition team
Presenting at a technology forum
Achievement certificates
Project Management internship certificate

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