# Senay Yakut > AI Engineer | Full-Stack & Healthcare Tech | Leading Agentic, High-Impact AI Solutions Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/senay From Healthcare to Code: Building Scalable, AI-Powered, Agentic Solutions I transitioned from ER and cardiac nursing to software engineering with a mission: to leverage my problem-solving skills and systems thinking to build high-impact, AI-driven solutions. The fast-paced healthcare environment taught me to analyze complex systems, make critical decisions under pressure, and optimize workflows—skills I now apply to AI, full-stack, and cloud engineering. I’ve contributed to projects like a Kubernetes Resource Visualizer, providing real-time insights for optimizing cloud infrastructure; HealthHaven, a provider search platform enhancing healthcare accessibility; and RAG/LLM implementations, integrating Amazon Bedrock and Pinecone for AI-powered retrieval and reasoning. I’ve also delivered a database modeling talk, sharing best practices for building efficient, scalable systems. My technical expertise spans: Full-Stack Development: TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Next.js, Node.js Backend & Databases: PostgreSQL (Drizzle ORM), MongoDB, Express.js AI & RAG: LLM pipelines, agentic AI solutions, Pinecone, Amazon Bedrock Cloud & Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Prometheus, GraphQL, Docker Currently, I’m expanding my expertise through AWS ML Engineer Associate labs, Google AI/ML courses, and healthcare technology specializations, bridging AI and healthcare in innovative ways. Outside of coding, I enjoy hiking, live concerts, and mentoring future engineers, volunteering for Women Who Code, and teaching coding to kids—believing in the power of collaboration, continuous learning, and impact-driven work. Let’s connect to discuss AI, agentic systems, cloud innovations, or high-impact projects! ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ 0PTIKUBE Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area • Launched OptiKube, an open-source, SEO-friendly web app using Next.js App Router with SSR, increasing page load speed by 35% and boosting search visibility. • Integrated NextAuth.js for authentication, implementing JWT-based session management, CSRF protection, and encrypted tokens, securing 100% of API requests. • Designed a custom OAuth flow with database-backed session storage, supporting 10,000+ daily active users while maintaining 99.99% uptime. • Developed a RESTful API to retrieve Kubernetes pod metrics from Prometheus, visualizing real-time data with D3.js, reducing issue resolution time by 40%. • Engineered a hybrid storage model using PostgreSQL & Pinecone, improving query performance 10x for high-dimensional vector searches. • Leveraged OpenAI APIs with fine-tuning & RAG, generating intelligent recommendations that optimized • Kubernetes pods by 20%, reducing resource waste. • Implemented advanced SEO strategies (SSR, Open Graph, sitemaps), increasing organic traffic by 40% and doubling page indexing speed. ### Software Engineer | HealthHaven @ Open Source Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area • Developed a full-stack provider search app, ensuring 95 %+ search accuracy for symptom-based provider recommendations. • Built a lightweight, responsive frontend with Vanilla JS, reducing page load time by 50%. Integrated MySQL for secure, optimized queries, cutting response time from 800ms to 200ms. • Designed RESTful APIs following stateless architecture, reducing API errors by 30% and improving system scalability. • Standardized API routes & responses, simplifying third-party integrations and reducing development time by 20%. ### Software Engineer | Pandora Learning @ Open Source Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area • Built a dynamic learning platform using React, increasing user engagement by 60% with an intuitive UX. • Integrated OpenAI API to generate adaptive study materials with 95% topic relevance accuracy. • Optimized state management & API calls, cutting content load times by 45% and improving retention rates. ### Software Engineer | MedTracker @ Open Source Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States • Built an AI-powered book search tool in React.js that generated recommendations based on user prompts. • Developed a modular Express.js backend with a controller-based architecture to manage API requests, user input processing, and AI model integration. • Integrated OpenAI’s API to generate book recommendations using vector embeddings and GPT-4 for chat completions, enabling intelligent semantic search and personalized responses. ### Frontend Developer @ Capital One Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States CAPITAL ONE DevExchange Series. • Developed a virtual credit card system for Capital One with secure, voice-activated transactions via • • • Cortana Skills API, enhancing checkout security for 5,000+ users. • Designed an accessible UI for one-time-use cards, ensuring WCAG compliance and increasing adoption by 30% among elderly users. • Spearheaded the front-end development for a first-place-winning mental health platform, designing an intuitive UI with real-time resource matching via Google Maps API. • Optimized UX & responsiveness, improving platform accessibility for diverse users, and increasing engagement by 50%. ### Frontend Developer @ Twitter Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area • Participated in a hackathon hosted by PUBNUB where I collaborated with a team of 8 to develop a platform to support mental health. Built # 1 Winner project. • The Goal of the Hackathon is to support and maintain Good Health & Well-being. This year's theme is "Hacking the mental health system: Creating community-based solutions to combat depression, anxiety, loneliness & addiction." This is in honor of mental health month in May and SDG #3. ## Education ### CS50's introduction To Computer Science Harvard University ### Bachelor's degree in Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse Istanbul University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/senaykt - Website: https://github.com/SenayYakut --- Source: https://flows.cv/senay JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/senay/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05