Data Engineer (Junior) · Software Engineering Student @ Fırat University
Building reliable batch pipelines, dimensional models and LLM-powered data products. Open to Data Engineering roles and internships in Europe / Remote.
- Data Engineer Trainee @ Nexa Teknoloji (Sep 2025 – present): long-term, 1-year program focused on enterprise data engineering.
- Internships: AgeSA (insurance) and FLO (retail): distributed data processing, automated ETL workflows, CRM / sales analytics.
- Turk Telekom Big Data Camp graduate: scalable PySpark ETL workflows.
- 1st place, AgeSA Insurtech Ideathon (Nest Project) plus further top placements in AI / Insurtech competitions.
- International: Erasmus+ alumnus (University of Maribor, Slovenia) · incoming Erasmus+ trainee in Katowice, Poland.
Languages & Databases
Data Engineering & Big Data
ETL / ELT · Data Warehousing (Inmon & Kimball) · Star / Snowflake modeling · Medallion architecture (Bronze / Silver / Gold)
Cloud & DevOps
AI / LLM Engineering
RAG architectures · vector embeddings · fine-tuning concepts
| Project | What it demonstrates | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Nest Project (1st place, AgeSA Insurtech Ideathon) | Product thinking for insurance data, end-to-end solution design under time pressure | |
| Medallion Pipeline | Bronze → Silver → Gold layers, incremental loads, data quality checks | PySpark, SQL, Docker |
| SQL Server DWH Analytics | Dimensional model + customer segmentation (quintiles) and sales analysis on AdventureWorks2022 | SQL Server, window functions |
| RAG Assistant | Document ingestion, embeddings, retrieval and answer generation | LangChain, Pinecone, Python |
| FİDU | Full-stack app with external API integration | React, Node.js, MongoDB Atlas, TMDB API |
- Deepening PySpark / Databricks pipelines and dbt modeling practices
- Building Medallion-style projects with testing and documentation
- Preparing for the Erasmus+ traineeship in Poland
- Improving spoken English (and learning German)
Let's talk data pipelines. · asametdurann@gmail.com



