Ahmet Ataşoğlu

AI Engineer

Konya, Turkey

ahmetatasoglu98@gmail.com

atasoglu.github.io

in/ahmet-ataşoğlu

atasoglu

Introduction

AI Engineer with 5+ years in software engineering and experience in AI model training and deployment.
Specializing in LLMs, Multimodal AI and Embodied AI with experience building scalable training pipelines and optimizing model performance.
Focused on open-source AI tooling, reproducible systems and efficient model architectures.

Experience

AKINROBOTICS

AI Engineer

Sept 2022 - Present

Konya, Turkey

Designed and implemented scalable NLP and multimodal training pipelines (LLM, ASR, TTS) using PyTorch-based ecosystems, enabling context-aware robotic interactions.
Developed and optimized multimodal LLM systems (text, speech, vision, tool-calling) with a focus on model efficiency, latency reduction and real-world deployment constraints.
Built end-to-end embodied AI architectures integrating sensor data, grounding strategies and hardware-aware inference pipelines.
Led experimentation workflows including fine-tuning, evaluation and reproducibility practices for production-grade AI systems.

ABRANERO

Full Stack Developer

June 2021 - Aug 2022

Remote

Designed and implemented backend services and API architectures supporting scalable mobile applications.
Developed real-time features including authentication, payment integration and accessibility-focused services (OCR, voice control, location tracking).
Architected database schemas and service layers with a focus on performance, maintainability and production reliability.

TUBITAK SAGE

Summer Intern

Aug 2020 - Sept 2020

Ankara, Turkey

Applied bio-inspired optimization techniques (Genetic Algorithms) to tune PID controllers in defense-oriented control systems.
Improved controller stability and response characteristics through simulation-driven parameter search.

Education

MSMechatronics Engineering, Selcuk University

Focus: Multimodal Models, Embodied Agents

Sept 2025 - Present

BSMechatronics Engineering, Necmettin Erbakan University

Minor: Computer Engineering

Sept 2017 - June 2021

Skills

Programming: Python (advanced), C/C++, Rust, Go

AI Frameworks & Ecosystem: PyTorch, HuggingFace Transformers, Accelerate, Diffusers, TorchAudio, TorchVision

LLM & Multimodal Systems: LLM Fine-tuning, LoRA / PEFT, RAG Architectures, VLMs, Tool Calling, Model Context Protocol, Conversational AI, AI Assistant, ASR / TTS Pipelines, Embodied Agents

Training & Performance Optimization: Knowledge Distillation, Model Quantization, RLHF / DPO, CUDA, vLLM

Deployment & Infrastructure: ONNX, ONNX Runtime, Docker, Linux, Git, GitLab CI/CD, DevOps, FastAPI, ROS

Activities

Medium

Technical Writer · Technical Writing

May 2019 - Present

Published articles on AI, software engineering and technical books, reaching 100K+ total views.
Wrote in-depth technical content on LLMs, AI systems and engineering practices.

Deneyap Türkiye

AI & Robotics Instructor · STEM Education

Sept 2021 - May 2022

Delivered programming, robotics and AI courses to middle and high school students.
Mentored two student teams for Teknofest technology competition projects.