Suat Erken

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Suat Erken

Staff Engineer · AI-enabled engineering · DevEx · High-traffic platforms

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Profile

Staff engineer and engineering leader with 10+ years in software and 3+ years leading cross-functional teams. My work spans international commerce platforms, developer experience, and applied AI, including coding-agent workflows, MCP tooling, open-weight model evaluation, and multimodal production. I built an EMEA engineering organisation from the ground up while remaining hands-on in architecture, performance, and technical experimentation. I favour small, measurable experiments and clear guardrails for high-risk changes.

  • AI-enabled engineering and agent workflows
  • Developer experience and technical leadership
  • High-traffic international platforms
  • Open-weight model fine-tuning and evaluation
  • Web performance, SEO, and edge strategy
  • Independent product engineering

Core capabilities

Applied AI and agents

Coding-agent workflows, MCP tools, retrieval, structured outputs, evaluation, automation, and production guardrails.

Open-weight models

LoRA and adapter fine-tuning for Qwen, Llama, and Mistral; dataset preparation, hosted and self-managed inference, routing, caching, and cost-aware evaluation.

Platforms and performance

TypeScript, Node.js, Next.js, React, SSR/ISR, Vercel, AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, PostgreSQL, edge caching, observability, SEO, and Core Web Vitals.

Engineering leadership

Technical strategy, organisational design, coaching, partner leadership, executive communication, quality standards, and delivery metrics.

Experience

Mar 2022 - Present

Engineering Manager, EMEA

Under Armour

Built the EMEA engineering organisation and led an international headless-commerce transformation while staying involved in architecture and delivery.

  • Grew EMEA engineering from zero to 18+ contributors across internal and partner teams, combining technical direction with coaching and clear ownership.
  • Led the launch of a Next.js and TypeScript platform across 13 countries and 27+ locales with zero major incidents.
  • Owned architectural decisions across server rendering, caching, edge delivery, integrations, observability, SEO, and Core Web Vitals.
  • Introduced AI-assisted code review, generation, test scaffolding, and workflow automation with explicit security, compliance, and maintainability guardrails.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

2023 - Present

Founder & AI Engineer

Tricodelabs

Independent product and applied AI work across coding-agent systems, open-weight models, multimodal production, and shipped software.

  • Built a Unity development loop in which coding agents use custom MCP tools and screenshot feedback to implement and verify bounded changes.
  • Fine-tuned and evaluated open-weight Qwen, Llama, and Mistral models across hosted and self-managed inference, including routing and caching strategies.
  • Designed reviewable 2D, 3D, audio, voice, and video generation pipelines for product work.
  • Shipped LandSlicer on iOS and Android and developed Idle Guilds as a live closed-alpha web MMO.

Netherlands

Sep 2021 - Mar 2022

Senior Engineer & Architect

Ordina B.V.

Led architecture work on a high-traffic Dutch retail platform.

  • Owned architecture and designed scalable ERP, CRM, and order-management integrations adopted across business units.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Apr 2020 - Aug 2021

Senior Engineer & Architect

Bugaboo International

Architected multi-region commerce capabilities for a global direct-to-consumer storefront.

  • Led decisions on caching, rendering performance, and integrations supporting storefronts across more than 20 countries.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sep 2019 - Apr 2020

Developer & Architect

DEPT Agency

Delivered commerce integrations and reusable platform capabilities for international client teams.

  • Built payments, tax, and mapping integrations and reusable page-composition logic adopted by client teams.

Amsterdam and Rotterdam, Netherlands

2017 - 2019

Solutions Architect & Developer

OSF Global Services

Led enterprise commerce delivery and helped junior engineers become productive team members.

  • Led end-to-end delivery for international retail and luxury clients, ran a junior training programme, and contributed to open-source tooling.

Lille, France and İzmir, Türkiye

2010 - 2017

Software Engineer, Java Developer & R&D Engineer

Accenture, Eteration, IND Bilişim, and Atiker Yazılım

Early roles across enterprise systems, banking platforms, Java development, and applied C++ research.

  • Worked with Oracle ADF and PL/SQL, Spring MVC, Java, and applied C++ research across consulting and product environments.

Türkiye

Education

2011 - 2015

B.Sc. Computer Engineering

Selçuk University

Interests

Applied AI research · Product craft · Web performance · Chess · Table tennis · Swimming · Football