About
I'm Berkan Düzgün. I work as a Fractional Engineering Manager — taking ownership of delivery so CTOs can focus on product direction and company strategy.
I've spent over a decade inside e-commerce, enterprise systems, and high-throughput data platforms — primarily Adobe Commerce (Magento), but also Salesforce, Intershop, and custom-built systems. My work has ranged from hands-on engineering to technical leadership, across agencies, in-house teams, and vetted talent platforms like Toptal and Arc.
For several years, I was an official Adobe instructor for platform development, training engineers internationally. The focus was never just syntax — it was the architectural patterns that transfer across any high-scale system. I've led teams, defined technical direction, and taken responsibility for decisions that either compound into long-term stability or quietly turn into technical debt.
I've worked on platforms such as Body&Fit, Riviera Maison, Plutosport, FLO, and Penti — environments where downtime, performance issues, or architectural missteps translate directly into lost revenue and operational friction.
Over time, a pattern became hard to ignore: most delivery problems I was brought in to fix were preventable. Features designed without considering integration constraints. Sprints planned without surfacing blockers. Technical debt accumulating because no one had mandate to stop it. The CTO becoming the bottleneck because they were the only one who could see across architecture and delivery. The root cause was consistent: missing ownership of the gap between decisions and execution.
That's where I step in now.
The architectural background means I can review code, not just process. The years in delivery-critical environments mean I recognize the patterns — when velocity is drifting, when ownership is diffuse, when teams need structure without bureaucracy. I've been the person bridging architecture and execution enough times to know what works and what quietly falls apart.
I run Aize, a small practice focused on delivery leadership and architecture work. Working across European and US timezones with teams where the engineering decisions genuinely matter.
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