# Batuhan Akcay > Engineering @ Paraform Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/batuhan Software Engineer | AI Enthusiast | Committed to Deliver Software with a Positive Impact on Society Hello, I'm Batuhan Akcay, a software engineer with a deep passion for the transformative power of technology on society. I believe that through innovation and ethical development of software technologies, we can shape a brighter future for all. My journey in the world of software engineering led me to Eightfold AI, where I had the privilege of working on AI Platform and Personalized Careers Site teams. In AI Platform team, I specialized in matching algorithms and bias mitigation, contributing to cutting-edge solutions that enhance diversity and fairness in AI-driven processes. In Personalized Careers Site team, I worked on building a portal for job seekers to search and apply jobs, helping job seekers find the right career for them with ease. I hold Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Michigan and my technical expertise spans across various domains, including: -Programming Languages: Python, C++, JavaScript -Full Stack Web Development: Flask, FastAPI, React, React Native, Next.js, CSS, HTML -Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision: LLMs, PyTorch, NLTK, OpenCV -Data Management, Analysis, and Retrieval: SQL, Pandas, Apache Solr, Supabase -Cloud Services: AWS, Vercel I'm always open to engage in discussions, sharing insights, and collaborating on exciting projects in the world of software and AI technologies. For more information about me and my background you can visit my personal website: https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/batuhanakcay ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Paraform Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States Building the future of hiring. ### Senior Software Engineer, Personalized Careers Site Team @ Eightfold Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 | Santa Clara, California, United States Designing and building consumer facing software products that allow job seekers to search and apply to jobs on Personalized Career Site (PCS): Notable projects I worked on: -Brand new Pre-onboarding product that bridges the gap between the time a candidate is hired and the candidate starts their employment by allowing recruiters, hiring managers, and candidates complete and share specific forms needed before employment start such as I-9 form, background check -Multistage application workflow that allows candidates to submit additional information in later stages of the application journey -A new referral workflow that requires referred candidates to submit job application. ### Software Engineer, Personalized Careers Site Team @ Eightfold Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Santa Clara, California, United States Built consumer facing software products that allow job seekers to search and apply to jobs on Personalized Career Site (PCS): -Enhanced job search for remote, hybrid and onsite jobs -Adapted job search and candidate application flows for private (confidential) jobs ### Software Engineer, AI Platform - Matching & Bias Team @ Eightfold Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Santa Clara, California, United States Developed fair and bias-conscious matching systems that provide unbiased recommendations to job seekers and recruiters on Eightfold Talent Platform: -Led efforts to monitor and address bias concerns across various protected categories (e.g. race, gender) in matching systems to foster enhanced fairness and inclusivity. -Innovated and streamlined recruiter processes for job descriptions, leveraging OpenAI’s completion models to increase recruiter efficiency and improve job description specificity and inclusivity. -Expanded the platform's global effectiveness by improving matching system performance in non-English languages. -Ensured uninterrupted, high-quality user experiences by maintaining system stability and performance of matching systems. -Shared industry knowledge and best practices through educational blog posts on bias in AI technology systems, emphasizing the importance of transparency and responsible AI development. ### Graduate Student Research Assistant @ University of Michigan College of Engineering Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Researched computer vision and machine learning technologies focused on vehicles at traffic intersections for an MCity project at University of Michigan funded by Denso under Research Scientist Brent Griffin: -Designed a multi-camera vehicle tracking system made of Faster R-CNN, SORT and fully connected neural networks (PyTorch) that can estimate GPS position of vehicles observed by different traffic cameras with a median error of 0.15 meters. -Built a Python tool for a virtual environment that generates randomly shaped vehicles following random trajectories and corresponding observations of these vehicles in multiple camera views to train and evaluate our multi-camera vehicle tracking system -Developed a Genetic Algorithm-based method to estimate intrinsic and extrinsic parameters for camera models that visualize real-life cameras in our virtual environment given a camera image, pixel values of selected calibration points and their corresponding GPS coordinates ### Research Assistant - Real Time Computing Lab at University of Michigan @ University of Michigan College of Engineering Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Researched security vulnerabilities in computer systems of vehicles in the Real Time Computing Lab at University of Michigan under Professor Kang G. Shin and Ph.D candidate Mert D. Pese -Analyzed vulnerabilities in Passive Keyless Entry Systems (PKES) of vehicles with Yard Stick One and RTL-SDR to demonstrate how PKES can be compromised for denial of body attacks ### Student Software Engineer for Little Caesars Enterprises @ Multidisciplinary Design Program Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Worked as a Student Software Engineer in a UM Multidisciplinary Design Program project with Little Caesars Enterprises to build a Quality Assurance software for Little Caesars' pizzas. -Built Quality Assurance tool for Little Caesars' pizzas utilizing Machine Learning and Computer Vision techniques and tools in collaboration with 5 other project members to improve pizza quality and decrease QA process to under 6 seconds. -Managed database of 5000+ objects in Azure Blob Storage with Python programs to ensure database is synchronized with the latest local versions and is available for use -Configured Virtual Machines on Azure to build framework for cloud-based software system that provides 10x faster operation of Machine Learning models ### Student Researcher - Medical Devices for Ophthalmology and Assistive Devices for Visually Impaired @ Multidisciplinary Design Program Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Ann Arbor, MI, USA Worked as a student researcher under supervision of Prof. Lauro Ojeda in the Medical Devices for Ophthalmology and Assistive Devices for the Visually Impaired project for the Multidisciplinary Design Program at University of Michigan. Eye Surgery Tool Tracker: -Developed Python program that tracks eye surgery devices in videos using background subtraction with OpenCV, RANSAC, and AprilTags to collect positional and rotational data of surgery devices that can be used to evaluate surgery skills Short Distance Warning System: -Developed a smart cane equipped with infrared and ultrasound sensors that detect and warn the presence of nearby objects in order to help visually impaired navigate their surroundings. ### Open Source Developer @ GitHub Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 Contributed to Cutter, a reverse-engineering project, on GitHub by implementing a warning message box when no results are found for keyword searches in Qt front-end framework ### Software Product Manager Intern @ The Mars Agency Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Detroit Area Interned as a Software Product Manager with the SmartAisle team at The Mars Agency. Managed development of the software of a smart aisle system designed for retailers, distributors and brands. The smart aisle system allows customers to interact with a smart speaker to help the customers get valuable product information and product recommendations for their preferences. -Led the team of 5 software engineers to develop a performance analysis tool that reads centralized system log entries, catches any errors that occur, sends email notifications to system administrators for reliable and accurate understanding of system performance ### Video Game Translator @ WafaGames Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Beijing City, China Translated 2000+ texts in a mobile strategy game "Swords of Glory" from English to Turkish and to German so that the game can be launched in the Turkish and German market with high quality language support ## Education ### M.S.E in Computer Science and Engineering University of Michigan ### B.S.E. in Computer Science University of Michigan ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/batuhan-akcay - Portfolio: https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/batuhanakcay/home --- Source: https://flows.cv/batuhan JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/batuhan/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-10