Murathan Kağan

Founding Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience building AI-native products from zero to production. Specialized in end-to-end product engineering, spanning system architecture, backend development, frontend, AI integration, cloud infrastructure, and production operations. Built and launched multiple startup products, integrating LLM-powered capabilities, scalable distributed systems, and modern cloud infrastructure while working directly with founders to transform ideas into production-ready businesses.

Founding Engineer at Upcap AI (2025-10 – 2026-06)

AI-native platform helping founders discover, evaluate, and connect with relevant investors through intelligent matching and automated outreach. Building the platform from 0 to 1.

• Designed and shipped the entire product across frontend, backend, AI, infrastructure, and DevOps.
• Built AI-powered investor matching using RAG, Embeddings, OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and AI SDK.
• Processed and indexed 10,000+ VC and Angel profiles for semantic search and recommendations.
• Built automated AI outreach pipelines that sent thousands of emails and generated hundreds of investor responses.
• Managed production infrastructure with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Sentry, and PostHog.

Founding Engineer at Tachyo AI (2025-04 – 2025-10)

AI-powered browser extension for contextual reading and content understanding.

• Built AI-powered features across frontend and backend using React, Plasmo, and Vercel AI SDK.
• Developed LLM workflows for summarization, contextual chat, and intelligent content analysis.
• Tech: React, Plasmo, Gemini, Vercel AI SDK, Docker, Microservices, PostHog, Sentry.

Co-Founder & Founding Engineer at Trilema Smart Wallet (2024-02 – 2025-04)

Account Abstraction Wallet-as-a-Service platform enabling developers to create programmable EVM smart wallets. ITU Çekirdek Acceleration - 2025 Top50 Startup Award.

• Co-founded the company and built the entire Wallet-as-a-Service blockchain and backend infrastructure.
• Designed and developed Account Abstraction-based smart wallet architecture, SDKs, and backend services.
• Secured $60K+ in investment and non-dilutive grants while selected as an ITU Çekirdek 2025 Top 50 Startup.
• Built with TypeScript, NestJS, Python, Solidity, Foundry, Docker, and PostgreSQL.

Founding Engineer at Toap.gg (2024-05 – 2025-05)

Blockchain-based employee rewards platform powered by tokenized incentives.

• Owned the end-to-end blockchain infrastructure as the sole founding blockchain engineer.
• Designed and implemented scalable smart contract integrations and microservice-based backend services.
• Tech: Go, Solidity, Ethereum, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Python, Foundry, Docker.

Full Stack Engineer at Chainly.dev (2024-01 – 2025-02)

Blockchain R&D focused on EVM protocol innovation and smart contract infrastructure.

• Researched and implemented EIPs, Account Abstraction, Meta Transactions, and Gasless Transactions.
• Collaborated with a Senior Blockchain Protocol Engineer on advanced smart contract and protocol design.
• Tech: Next.js, FastAPI, Python, Solidity, PostgreSQL, Docker, Foundry.

Full Stack Engineer at TriO Blockchain Labs (2024-06 – 2024-09)

Blockchain software studio delivering custom software and blockchain solutions.

• Contributed as a Full Stack Engineer across 7 production client projects.
• Developed backend services, frontend applications, and blockchain integrations using modern web and blockchain technologies.
• Tech: NestJS, Next.js, React Native, Python, Rust, Move, Solidity, Docker, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Foundry.

Campus Ambassador at ICP.Hub Turkey (2024-02 – 2025-01)

Carrying out activities to promote and popularize ICP Blockchain technology

• Conducted blockchain trainings with university students
• Held meetups about blockchain
• Held blockchain conferences
• Conducted research and wrote articles

Engineering Training at Mimar Sinan Engineers Association (2022-03)

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering – Karabuk University