# Sinan Önalan

> Building Reliable AI Applications @CoactiveAI

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/sinannalan

Full Stack Product Engineer with 15+ years of experience building and scaling data-intensive applications across early-stage startups and enterprise environments. Skilled at owning features end-to-end from ideation to post-launch iteration and driving rapid product cycles while maintaining code quality. Proven ability to wear many hats: design collaboration, infrastructure automation, AI/ML integration, and developer experience improvements.

Specialties: Product Engineering • AI-driven Systems • Scalable APIs • DevEx Optimization • CI/CD Automation • Frontend Architecture • Cross-functional Leadership

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Coactive AI
Jan 2024 – Present | San Jose, California, United States
Build highly reliable full stack applications that use foundational AI models
Design and develop services that advances data pipelines ingesting video, audio and image data
Design and architect intricate data models for optimal storage and retrieval to support high throughput, low latency queries optimization

### Senior Software Engineer @ Walmart Global Tech
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led a diverse engineering team to develop scalable applications, enhancing software delivery by 40% through robust CI/CD pipelines. 
Implemented Docker and Kubernetes, achieving scalable deployments and improved system resilience. 
Technologies Used: Java, Python, Django, React.js, Next.js, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, Git, Ansible, Git, Oneops, Kafka, Cassandra, Solr, Couchbase, Redis, Jenkins, Kibana, Grafana

### Lead Software Engineer @ GlobalLogic
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Jose, California, United States
Leading on-shore/off-shore teams responsible for developing innovative web and mobile software products. Plan, execute, test full life cycle of software product development.
Communicating directly with product managers and business analyst to help define features/user stories.
Collaborating closely with your project managers, architects, and other developers
Researching and sharing knowledge within your team.
Provide application production support.
Document software procedures and plans such as requirement specifications, design documents, versions, and test plans

### Senior User Interface Engineer @ Autodesk
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Senior Team Lead @ Crea Inc
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Crea is a digital product agency dedicated to building cutting-edge software experiences and information technology consulting for forward-thinking companies.

We help entrepreneurs, start-ups and enterprises shape their ideas into products.
https://creainc.net/

### CTO @ DijitalPara
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
DijitalPara Teknoloji A.Ş. 
Appreciate The Difference

### Co Founder @ CreaMind
Jan 2009 – Jan 2019 | Istanbul, Turkey
Creative Web Design,
Enterprise software
Search Engine Optimization (Seo) 
Smart Content Menagement Systems (SCMS)

Web Tasarım, 
Kurumsal Yazılım, 
Arama Motoru Optimizasyonu (Seo), 
Akıllı İçerik Yönetimi Sistemleri
Online Reklam, 
Marka ve Sosyal Medya Danışmanlığı

### IT Director @ Hekim İlaç
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Istanbul, Turkey

### Software Development Lead @ Jolly Tur
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Istanbul, Turkey
Developing high-quality software design and architecture, produce and implement functional software solutions. Work with upper management to define software requirements and take the lead on operational and technical projects.
Participate and contribute in the full project life cycle, including gathering requirements, system design, implementation, testing, deployment, and support of applications
Reporting status to Release Management. Responsible for program planning, demo, inspection and adaption, synchronization, release planning and improvement planning. Work with execution team and tracking team to record risks, reports and metrics.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Istanbul 2010 Europe Capital of Culture Agency
Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 | Istanbul, Turkey
Full Stack Development,  Managing Projects, Leading the team. 
Mentoring team members. Operate as a full-stack developer and able to be successful. Production release management and support as-needed

### Sr. Software Engineer @ ICC Denetim
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 | Istanbul, Turkey
Technical design of one or more modules of the software using latest design principles compatible to software development guidelines. Development of software solutions based on system design, system flow, data usage, and work processes. Proactively monitoring software application performance and providing information by collecting, analyzing and summarizing development and service issues.

### Sr. Software Engineer @ Timpa Medya Pazarlama
Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 | Istanbul, Turkey
Enterprise Software Development. (Online Ad Management Software and Reporting Tools).
Maintain and modify existing applications. Perform maintenance programming for existing versions

### Software Engineer @ Mondial Assistance Turkey
Jan 2005 – Jan 2005
Analysing and translation of business requirements into technical requirements for development, and creation of design documents and technical specifications. Projecting may include development of new products and new features or maintenance of existing software using agile practices as part of a collaborative and open environment.


## Education
### Statistics
Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sinan-onalan

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Last updated: 2026-04-01