Orçun Candan
Senior Software Engineer
Applied AI & AI-Assisted Engineering
I am a senior software engineer with 15+ years of experience building production web systems, backend services and development infrastructure.
My recent work focuses on local LLMs, fine-tuning and LoRA, model evaluation, RAG, multilingual pipelines, web data collection and AI-assisted software development — grounded in PHP, full stack engineering, cloud infrastructure and technical leadership.
- Location
- Dubai, UAE
- Experience
- 15+ years
- Education
- Yıldız Technical University — Computer Technology & Programming
- Languages
- Turkish (native), English (full professional)
- Focus
- Applied AI · Backend & Full Stack · Data Systems
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About my work
What does Orçun Candan specialize in?
I combine backend and full stack engineering with applied AI: local LLMs, LoRA fine-tuning, evaluation, RAG and AI-assisted development workflows.
Where can I see working examples and evaluation results?
My project portfolio links to public repositories, evaluation protocols and live applications. Recorded results include limitations and failed evaluation gates where relevant.
Where is Orçun Candan based?
I am based in Dubai, UAE. Contact me or explore my public GitHub work and LinkedIn profile.