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Selma Kocabıyık

I'm Selma. I'm 23, I studied AI at VU Amsterdam, and I've been building things with LLMs since before it was the obvious career move.

I care about systems that work in production, not just in notebooks. The difference matters — a chunking strategy that looks clean in a demo can destroy retrieval quality at scale. Latency that’s acceptable in a test is unacceptable in a companion app.

Right now I'm building vibeapp — a solo project that's equal parts technical challenge and something I genuinely wanted to exist in the world.

I'm based in the Netherlands.

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  • educationVU Amsterdam
  • languagesEN / NL / TR
  • YouTube@selma.builds
experience
Jul 2025 — Sep 2025Floorplanner, Rotterdam

Junior AI Developer

  • Built The Chunker — transforms Floorplanner's design database into structured formats optimized for LLM and RAG systems.
  • Experimented with multiple chunking strategies to improve vector search performance and SQL-based querying.
  • Built a RAG pipeline using LangChain and Qdrant for semantic retrieval over large design datasets.
  • Built a manifest generation system for clear data lineage and easier debugging.
  • Explored MCP-based integration patterns and quality-control automation within the design data pipeline.
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Apr 2025 — Jul 2025CoreMagnet B2B, Netherlands

AI Engineer Intern

  • Designed and deployed AI-integrated automation workflows using Claude AI and Model Context Protocol (MCP).
  • Optimized context-aware data exchange across Google Sheets, Apollo, Instancy, and custom APIs.
  • Built and maintained automation systems that reduced manual workload and operational costs.
  • Managed high-volume API integrations, real-time triggers, and prompt-tuned tool chaining in low-code workflows.
May 2023 — Nov 2024Arspar Technologies, Amsterdam

Data Scientist

  • Designed and implemented Python-based web scraping systems for Amazon and Alibaba product data.
  • Cleaned, normalized, and preprocessed datasets for reliable cross-platform comparison.
  • Built a price-comparison pipeline to identify lower-cost sourcing opportunities.
  • Generated actionable insights to support cost optimization and sourcing decisions.
education
Aug 2022 — Jul 2025Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

BSc Artificial Intelligence

Thesis: Enhancing Workflow Automation with MCP and Claude AI

Aug 2024 — Dec 2024Korea University

Exchange — Computer & Information Sciences

—Wolfert van Borselen Scholengroep, Netherlands

Pre-University Education (VWO)

skills
AI & Engineering

Machine Learning · NLP · LLMs · RAG · Prompt Engineering · Vector Databases · Data Pipelines · Data Modeling

Automation & Systems

Business Process Automation · Workflow Optimization · Context-Aware AI · MCP · API Design & Integration

Programming & Tools

Python · SQL · FastAPI · Docker · Git · GitHub

Platforms & Frameworks

OpenAI APIs · Claude AI · Azure OpenAI · Google Gemini · Mistral API · Hugging Face · Replicate · n8n · Qdrant · LangChain

nativeTurkish
C1English
C1Dutch
A2Korean
Selma Kocabıyık — AI Engineer