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Product Designer & Game Developer

Burak Osman Yaldız

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Professional summary

I work across product strategy, interface design, full-stack development, artificial intelligence, and game development.

Experience

Full Stack Engineer

Levance Digital Solutions

Apr 2026 — Present

Full-time full-stack engineering on React product work, from interface to the services behind it.

  • Build and ship product interfaces in React.
  • Work across the stack, from the interface down to the API it reads from.

Erasmus Exchange Student

Politécnico da Guarda

Sep 2025 — Feb 2026

Erasmus mobility in Computer Engineering — international collaboration and cross-disciplinary work.

  • Coursework and team projects in a Portuguese academic environment.

Builder / Product

Tesseract

Jan 2025 — Present

AI education platform that turns answers into charts, diagrams, and interactive documents; mobile App Store + Product Hunt launch.

  • Mobile app live on the App Store and Product Hunt.
  • Shipped web and mobile experiences for personalized AI learning.
  • Collaborated with Aşkın Kadir Çekim and Başar Tunçay through public launch.

UI Developer

Tunga UAV Team – Aviation and Space Club, Bartın University

Nov 2024 — Jul 2025

Ground station interfaces for the TUNGA UAV software team — telemetry dashboards and mission control panels in QML and C++.

  • Built telemetry and mission-parameter dashboards in QML and C++.
  • Collaborated with engineering and design teammates for competitive missions.

Social Media Coordinator

TEMA Foundation – Bartın Genç TEMA

Jan 2024 — Dec 2025

Youth environmental initiative — social content, video editing, and local awareness campaigns.

  • Created social and video content for local environmental awareness.
  • Supported the “Before It Burns” forest fire education program in Amasra.

UI / Social Media Designer

AYA (Açık Yazılım Ağı)

Feb 2023 — Mar 2023

Earthquake awareness project — interface design and social assets under urgency.

  • Designed a web interface for affected-zone information.
  • Prepared social media visuals with consistent messaging.

UI / UX Designer

Freelance

Jan 2022 — Present

Independent design work focused on clear communication, delivery, and client fit.

  • Delivered UI/UX for client products with iterative feedback.

Selected projects

Tesseract

2026 · launched

Tesseract is a visual AI learning assistant that turns ordinary chat responses into structured, interactive documents. Rather than returning a static wall of markdown, it decides when a concept is clearer as text, a table, diagram, chart, math equation, code block, or generated image

Skills

  • Product Strategy
  • Product Design
  • UX/UI Design
  • Full-Stack Development
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Game Development
  • Prototyping
  • Design Systems

Education

Bachelor of Computer Engineering

Bartın University

Aug 2024 — Present

Computer engineering through June 2028, with club work in UAV interfaces and environmental youth initiatives; Game Development Scholar at Google AI & Technology Academy.

High School Diploma

Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi

Sep 2019 — Jun 2023

Science and technology focus with early hackathons and project-based learning.

Programs

KAV Game Development Bootcamp — Instructor

Online

Aug 2026 — Nov 2026 — Instructor for game development and organization alongside industry/academic faculty.

ExpUP

Remote

May 2026 — Present — Running and promoting webinars on startups, cloud infrastructure, AI entrepreneurship, and indie game development, and moving the recordings to Spotify as a podcast.

Challenger

Remote

Oct 2025 — May 2026 — Entrepreneurship ecosystem program for selected challengers.

Digiage Online Education Program

Remote

Jul 2025 — May 2026 — Scholarship program covering strategy, graphic design, and game development; the Carnivora team’s game was selected for the Game Development Camp.

TEKNOFEST 2025 Blockchain Competition

Türkiye

Jan 2025 — Nov 2025 — Team BlokKurdu placed 2nd with TOMBLOK; official certificate received for the achievement.

Game Development Scholar

Remote

Dec 2024 — Aug 2025 — Selected game development scholar; research, GameJam work including Axoramentum, and a Demo Day finalist run with Tohum Etkisi.

Languages

  • EnglishB2
  • TurkishNative
  • PortugueseA2