Hello stranger! I'm Tamer and this is my humble landing page. If you're looking for my blog, head this way

About

I live in Seattle and run my own company, Hunter Technologies, where I build commercial software applications. Occasionally, I take on high-impact consulting projects with startups: short term, surgical strikes solving difficult technical problems. I'm well versed in LLM-based coding assistants, CLIs and IDEs, and I lean on agentic coding to amplify my impact so I can focus on the harder things: solving the right problem, getting people on the same page and mentoring junior engineers.

Prior to this, I worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Software Engineer where I focused on payments and security, building web-based distributed & embedded systems. I designed and built many services that scaled cleanly and predictably, and were extensible and maintainable for other engineers. In my work, I collaborate closely with product and business teams, helping translate vague requirements into clear technical solutions so we build the right thing, not just the requested thing.

A niche specialty I picked up almost by accident: JavaCard applets and smart-card standards (GlobalPlatform, EMVCo, ISO 7816/14443, Mifare) for identity, transit and payments.

My roots are in Istanbul, Turkey, where I was born and raised, and where I attended Istanbul Erkek. I did my undergrad in Computer Science at Emory University in Atlanta.

Outside of work, I like tinkering with self-hosting and infrastructure. I'm a big Seattle sports fan. I like staying active, playing basketball, and exploring craft beers.

Resume (Last updated with RenderCV Engine in July 2024)

Currently working on

Lately I've been heads-down on Header, which helps both you and your AI agents keep up with everything that matters, along with some of the other apps and services we offer at Hunter Technologies.

Writing

I infrequently write (somewhat interesting) stuff on my blog and frequently ramble about all sorts of random stuff on my twitter

AWS experience

Some of the things that I helped build during my time at Amazon:

• Amazon One The world's fastest, fully contactless biometric-based entry and payment system

• Amazon Go The first-ever computer vision based checkoutless store

• Amazon Books Amazon's physical retail bookstore

Contact me

tamer (at) tameravci (dot) com

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