Hi, I'm Murat Kaan Meral!

Software Development Engineer

What I am all about.

I'm a Software Development Engineer with 4+ years of experience building AI-powered systems and cloud infrastructure at Amazon. Currently working on Amazon Q Developer, where I architect LLM-based applications serving enterprise users and develop agentic AI systems with safety guardrails.

My journey started with curiosity - questioning how our Sun "burns" without air in space when I was 10, and spending hours learning about fusion before I even knew multiplication. That same curiosity drives me today as I work on cutting-edge AI systems.

From robotics and machine learning research during university to leading enterprise AI deployments at Amazon, I've always been passionate about building technology that makes a real impact. I specialize in cross-functional collaboration, translating complex technical concepts for diverse audiences, and thriving in fast-paced environments.

Interests

AI Agents & LLMs

Building production AI systems has shown me both the incredible potential and critical safety challenges of agentic AI. I'm passionate about developing responsible AI that can take meaningful action in the world while maintaining human oversight and safety guarantees.

Deep Reinforcement Learning

From my early research with swarm robotics to enterprise AI deployment, I've seen how RL can create emergent behaviors that surpass human-designed systems. The combination of curiosity-driven exploration and safety constraints remains a fascinating challenge.

Distributed Systems & Cloud

Building systems that scale from individual users to enterprise deployments requires deep understanding of distributed architecture, event-driven design, and real-time data processing. These challenges become even more complex when AI agents are involved.

Human-AI Collaboration

The future isn't about AI replacing humans, but about creating seamless collaboration between human intelligence and artificial systems. Designing these interactions - from UX to safety controls - is where the real impact happens.

Technologies

Amazon Web Services
Strands Agents
Python
Java
Kotlin
JavaScript
Bash
TensorFlow
PostgreSQL

Work Experience

2023 - Present

Software Development Engineer

Amazon Q Developer

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Built LLM-based chat applications for AWS Console, Documentation, and Marketing. Architecting distributed agent systems with supervisor-agent architecture, context awareness, and safety guardrails.

2021 - 2023

Software Development Engineer

Amazon Web Services Cloud9

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Worked on AWS Cloud9, a web based IDE, with focus on data-plane operations. Also integrated Cloud9 with remote dev environments on Amazon CodeCatalyst.

2019 - 2021

Full Stack DevOps Engineer

We Are Frank!

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Redesigned and modernized the unit testing tool Larva in open source integration adapter framework used by companies such as Nationale-Nederlanden.

2019 - 2022

Co-founder

Krill

Delft, Netherlands

Led software development for automated swarm of boats for water quality improvement, using reinforcement learning and multi-agent coordination.

Education

2018 - 2021

BSc Computer Science and Engineering

Delft University of Technology

Delft, Netherlands • GPA: 8.5/10

2013 - 2018

International Baccalaureate

TEV Inanc High School for Gifted Students

Kocaeli, Turkey

Volunteer Experience

March 2019

Various Roles

Drone Clash

The Hague, Netherlands

2017 - 2018

Control Systems Advisor

FIRST Robotics Competition

Istanbul, Turkey

Awards

July 2019

2x Awards

Shell Eco-Marathon

London, United Kingdom

2015 - 2017

5x Awards

FIRST Robotics Competition

Istanbul, Turkey & Calgary, Canada

2015 - 2017

6x Awards

Multiple Theatre Festivals

Istanbul, Turkey

Conferences

May 2016

Organizer

TEDxYouth @TEVITOL

Kocaeli, Turkey

Interest

Light and Laser Shows

I am also co-founder of Vibrant Collective. I custom design and build light and laser shows for underground techno events.

Books

I love reading scientific and philosophical books that are about future and artificial general intelligence such as "Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom" or "How To Create A Mind by Ray Kurzweil".

Sports

Aside from occasional workout and football (soccer) games, I have been playing basketball for more than ten years. I do not follow the games day to day, yet I never miss an important game either.

Music

I am fond of jazz, especially the classics such as Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and Art Blakey.

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