Open to full-stack & AI roles

AI&Full-Stack
Engineer

I build software for real-world operations, pairing full-stack architecture with practical, applied AI.

Haktan Dongel standing outside in the snow

Selected work

Four projects, each reduced to its strongest and most interesting evidence.

About

The interesting part is never just calling a model. It is evaluating the outcome and making it useful in the real world.

I'm a full-stack engineer who builds products from the database to the interface. I care about the whole system: clean schemas, fast UI, and tools that make daily operations effortless.

I love working with applied AI: experimenting with agentic loops, evaluating model outcomes against ground truth, and testing how stochastic models reliably interface with strict business logic.

Where I've been

  1. 2025 – Present

    Co-founder & Full-Stack DeveloperConkodaNow

    Co-founded a design-led digital product studio delivering brand identities, high-impact websites and operational software. I lead work from art direction and product design through architecture, engineering and deployment.

    TypeScriptReactNode.jsPostgreSQL
  2. Jan 2026 – Jun 2026

    Freelance Full-Stack EngineerVan Bondt Solutions

    Contracted to architect and deliver an end-to-end AI marketing platform, from automated client research and strategy generation through approval workflows and production publishing.

    TypeScriptReactNode.jsPostgreSQLRedisAWS
  3. Sep 2025 – Jan 2026

    Digital Solutions & MES Support EngineerConforma NV

    Built internal digital tools, including a front-desk freight reception app to streamline incoming deliveries and sign-ins. Provided dedicated technical support and daily operational maintenance for the plant's MES (Manufacturing Execution System).

    Internal ToolsMES SupportWorkflow DigitisationWeb Development
  4. Feb 2025 – Jun 2025

    Full-Stack Developer InternUniversity College Ghent

    Independently designed and built Superviso during my internship. Its scope was expanded for future development after a strong reception.

    C#/.NET CoreEF CoreReactSQLAzure DevOps
  5. 2024

    Data Quality Controlleraccurat.ai

    Controlled and validated incoming web-scraped datasets, auditing data accuracy and handling geospatial vector mapping on maps.

    Data QualityGeospatial DataVector Mapping

Beyond the work

The parts that don't fit on a CV, and a few that do but read better here.

The person matters as much as the stack.

Based in Ghent. Building, designing, leading, and keeping enough room for a life outside a screen.

Education
Associate Degree in Software Development at University College Ghent.
Currently building
Atlas, a modular business-management system for SMEs, with AI-enabled insights.
Leadership
Former president of vzw Flux, leading an association of 100+ members (budgeting, event planning, and operations).
Languages
Dutch (native), Turkish (native), English (fluent), French (basic)
Where I've been
France, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Monaco, Italy, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Germany, Greece and Turkey.
Currently obsessed with
Playing padel, Apple juice, Spider-Man and MacOS