# Tolgahan Vahaplar > Senior Software Engineer at Mindex Location: Binghamton, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tolgahan BS in Information Systems at Binghamton University and Istanbul Technical University. Github: https://github.com/vahaplar ## Work Experience ### Senior Java Software Engineer @ Mindex Jan 2023 – Present | Rochester, New York, United States ### Technical Project Manager and Scrum Master @ Enquire AI Jan 2023 – Present | Washington, District of Columbia, United States Enquire AI is an AI-powered platform that provides global subject-matter expertise to the world’s leading enterprises in real time. • Conducted technical analysis on project requirements, evaluating feasibility, priority, and risk, as well as identifying necessary technical specifications and ensuring alignment with project budget. • Supported the technology team to ensure alignment on product development for Enquire AI products, including the Pulse Platform, the global marketplace of the company, and Lumina, a SaaS product tailored to specific company structures. • Performed timely security and compliance reviews, evaluating both current and potential third-party integrations to ensure compliance with required standards. • Improved team collaboration and communication via Scrum events. Conducted training sessions to enhance technical and soft skills, resulting in improved productivity, quality, and job satisfaction. ### Senior Full Stack Software Engineer and Scrum Master @ Enquire AI Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States • Led design and implementation of critical projects, such as transitioning from Amazon Chime to Zoom Video API to enhance video chat reliability, implementing a global notification system for optimal user retention across time zones, and creating a new payment and payouts user experience. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to create tickets, prioritize tasks, revitalize backlog items, and thoroughly document internal and external functions. • Facilitated Scrum events, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, review, and retrospectives to ensure team members were aligned and working towards project goals. Provided coaching and guidance to team members to increase productivity and collaboration, resulting in a reduction in overall development time. ### Full Stack Software Engineer (Scrum Master) @ Enquire AI Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States • Worked with third-party vendor APIs, such as payment processors for payout management, email delivery platforms for user notifications, as well as B2B data providers and resume parsers for expert compliance purposes. • Partnered with a team of developers and designers to revamp the legacy front-end application using Angular, resulting in a streamlined user experience, improved performance and modernized code base. • Contributed to the implementation of non-regression testing sessions and continuous integration using Jenkins. • Assumed the role of Junior Scrum Master in September 2021, working closely with the Product Owner to introduce and implement Agile methodologies, resulting in a more efficient and productive development cycle. ### Junior Software Engineer @ Enquire AI Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States • Designed and implemented the business logic for Enquire AI marketplace, API services, and SaaS products. • Developed and enhanced user-facing features to improve user experience and drive new member acquisition. • Contributed to testing, deployment, and maintenance to ensure smooth product releases. ### Software Developer @ RxRefund LLC Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Binghamton, New York • Operated with the raw prescription data coming from local pharmacies, and created efficient tools to import monthly logs. • Improved overall user experience to display, sort and filter the processed data, provided month-to-month or semiannual reports of profit estimations. • Collaborated with a small team of engineers to deliver weekly project milestones, progress reports and presentations to the stakeholders. • Implemented a savings calculation algorithm, which considers variables such as medicine expiration dates or inflation to calculate maximum savings from returns. Implemented a user dashboard to easily present this data. ### Software Development Intern @ TAV Technologies Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Istanbul, Turkey • Developed a native Java application titled "Flight Management", which worked both as an admin panel to set and allocating resources for arriving and departing flights; and as a read-only dashboard for users view the inserted data. • Configured a MySQL database server and fine-tuned it for specific behaviors between data tables. ### Software Development Intern @ ISKI Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Istanbul, Turkey • Worked with Spring MVC and simple web service applications to get familiar with enterprise systems. • Designed a Cordova-based hybrid mobile application to enhance user experience and accessibility for ISKI customers seeking water services. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Information Systems Binghamton University ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Information Systems Engineering Istanbul Technical University ### High School Diploma in Science Istanbul Cagaloglu Anadolu Lisesi ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vahaplar --- Source: https://flows.cv/tolgahan JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tolgahan/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30