Serdar Tanil

Background

About Serdar Tanil

I am a software architect and platform engineer with more than 20 years of experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems and cloud platforms.My work focuses on event-driven architectures, real-time data platforms, and infrastructure for large engineering organizations. I have designed and built systems ranging from telecom transaction platforms and mobile ecosystems to large-scale cloud infrastructure and data platforms.Most recently I have been leading architecture efforts for internal platforms within the software development platform organization of one of the world’s top three technology companies. These systems provide operational and management layers on top of large-scale developer infrastructure, integrating source control platforms, artifact repositories, identity systems, and internal services, deployed on Kubernetes with GitOps and full observability.My core areas of expertise include:• Distributed systems architecture and large-scale microservice ecosystems• Event-driven systems, CQRS, Event Sourcing, and real-time stream processing• Kafka, Kafka Streams, and streaming analytics platforms• Cloud infrastructure and platform engineering• Kubernetes-based platforms, GitOps, and large-scale CI/CD systems• Data platform engineering, ETL pipelines, and analytics architectures• Observability, reliability engineering, and performance optimizationEarlier in my career I designed and delivered high-scale telecom systems, mobile platforms, and SaaS ecosystems running hundreds of microservices across cloud environments.My technical background spans multiple programming ecosystems including Python, Java, TypeScript, and Objective-C, with additional experience in Scala, Kotlin, C++, Swift, and Go. I have also built full production systems across mobile platforms including iOS and Android.My academic background includes work in medical informatics, mathematical modeling, image processing, and pattern recognition, deep learning, which shaped my approach to building reliable and data-driven systems.I focus on building platforms where architecture, data, and infrastructure intersect, emphasizing scalability, observability, and long-term operational sustainability.