Hello, I'm Dogukan Kaan Bozkurt. I'm a Senior Software Engineer, Ads & Growth/ Playable Ads Developer/ HTML5 Game Developer. I enjoy building interactive ads, crafting AI-powered automation tools, and turning campaign data into growth.

About me

I'm a Software Engineer working at the intersection of ads, games, and growth, with 5 years of experience building playable ads, HTML5 games, and the tooling behind them. My work spans the full lifecycle of an ad unit; from mechanic design and 2D/ 3D development to network packaging and post-launch analysis of ROAS, IPM, CTR, CVR, and retention.

I've shipped playables for mobile games with tens of millions of installs; my most recent playable set ran 320+ variants across 7 languages and scaled to $560K+ in daily ROAS-campaign spend, with 14M+ daily impressions and 1M+ daily clicks. I work with TypeScript, JavaScript, C#, Unity, Luna Playworks, PixiJS, and Three.js. This background has reinforced my appreciation for clean architecture, OOP principles, and maintainable codebases.

Beyond the ads themselves, I build AI-powered tools, Node.js platforms, and npm libraries that automate creative production, and I use campaign and experiment data to drive technical decisions. I'm continuing to grow toward ad platforms and AdTech engineering: experimentation, measurement, and large-scale systems that make advertising work better for users and advertisers.

Experience

Agave Games

Istanbul, Turkey

Apr. 2026 - Present

Senior Software Engineer, Performance Marketing

Apr. 2026 - Present

Owned end-to-end playable ad development for a 50M+ install puzzle portfolio, scaling one title to 500+ variants, driving $560K+ in daily ad spend from playables alone and 1M+ daily clicks.
Collaborated with PMs, growth managers, and artists on rapid gameplay iteration, A/B testing, and competitor benchmarking to improve CTR, IPM, and CVR while preserving gameplay accuracy and early retention.
Co-built Agave AI Studio, an internal AI creative platform replacing a third-party UGC tool at ~1/3 the cost, featuring AI video generation, localization, and an LLM agent converting gameplay videos into playables.
Built a JSON-driven web templating system enabling designers and growth managers to create and ship playable variants independently, accelerating high-volume creative testing.

JustDice

Hamburg, Germany

Apr. 2023 - Apr. 2026 2 positions

Senior Playable Ads Developer
Oct. 2024 - Apr. 2026
- Owned playable ads and IECs end-to-end across a rewarded-gaming portfolio of 20+ apps and 300M+ lifetime downloads, including the flagship title Cash Giraffe (10M+ installs), from competitor benchmarking and concept development to post-launch optimization of CTR, IPM, CVR, and ROAS.
- Built an internal TypeScript/Node.js platform for producing playable ads, HTML5 games, and IECs, featuring automated asset compression and one-click multi-network export. Also developed AI-powered plugins for Photoshop, After Effects, and Figma, which were rolled out across teams, reducing production time per creative.
- Analyzed A/B test results and in-playable interaction-event data to identify engagement patterns and drop-off points throughout the ad-to-install funnel, aligning ad messaging with the in-app experience to improve install rates and user quality (retention and LTV).
Playable Ads Developer
Apr. 2023 - Oct. 2024
- Developed size-optimized playable ads and HTML5 games for rewarded-gaming apps, aligned with UA strategy and optimized for CTR, IPM, and CVR.
- Created performance-optimized 2D/3D assets using Blender, Photoshop, and Figma, balancing visual quality with strict ad-network size limits.
- Built plugins for Unity, Photoshop, After Effects, and Figma to automate marketing production workflows and accelerate creative production.

MY.GAMES

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Mar. 2025 - Mar. 2026

Playable Ads Developer & Consultant (External)

Mar. 2025 - Mar. 2026

Designed and developed playable ads for mobile games in TypeScript, Three.js, and PixiJS, MRAID-compliant creatives within each ad network's size and CTA rules for global UA campaigns.
Advised on the technical and creative approach for each playable, optimizing load time and runtime performance on low-end devices and tightening core gameplay hooks to lift CTR and IPM.

GameGame

Hamburg, Germany

Jul. 2025 - Nov. 2025

Playable Ads Development Consultant

Jul. 2025 - Nov. 2025

Established the company's first playable ad pipeline from the ground up, defining the tech stack, build tooling, and QA/delivery workflow that took the team from zero to shipping network-ready playables for UA campaigns.

Panteon Games

Ankara, Turkey

Nov. 2021 - Apr. 2023

Playable Ads & Marketing Game Developer

Nov. 2021 - Apr. 2023

Developed size-optimized Unity/Luna playable ads and HTML5 games for hyper- and hybrid-casual titles, supporting global UA campaigns.
Rapidly prototyped gameplay mechanics in Unity (C#) for video creatives and marketability tests, validating hooks through CTR and IPM performance.
Built reusable playable ad templates, Unity packages, and editor tools to streamline production and accelerate creative A/B testing across ad networks.
Collaborated with UA, growth, and creative teams to optimize ad performance (IPM, CPI, CTR) while mentoring junior developers on production workflows.

TUPRAS

Kocaeli, Turkey

Aug. 2021 - Sep. 2021

Project Engineer - Intern

Aug. 2021 - Sep. 2021

Led 'susTRAINable' project at TUPRAS, targeting net-zero railway emissions by 2050, aligning with 6 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Led 'TogetHER' project focused on improving women's lives in the refinery and energy sectors, including mentorship programs for STEM-inclined women.

GEFEASOFT

Mugla, Turkey

Mar. 2021 - Jul. 2021

Game Developer - Intern

Mar. 2021 - Jul. 2021

Developed WebGL and HTML5-based serious games using C# and Unity.
Designed gameplay systems, optimized performance for web deployment, and participated in feature development throughout the project lifecycle.

Avocuda

Istanbul, Turkey

Feb. 2020 - Jun. 2020

Software Engineer - Intern

Feb. 2020 - Jun. 2020

Developed and maintained frontend features for mobile applications as part of the engineering team.

Education

M.Sc., Computer Science

University of Hamburg • Hamburg, Germany

Dropout - Relocation

April. 2025 - Jan. 2026

B.Sc., Electrical & Electronics Engineering (%100 English)

Eskisehir Osmangazi University • Eskisehir, Turkey

Graduated with a GPA of 3.01/ 4.0
Successfully completed the English preparatory year and took elective courses from the Computer Science department, in addition to my regular classes.
Worked as an intern in the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Lab.
Played an active role in developing the website for the university's Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Lab course.

Sep. 2016 - Aug. 2021

Skills

- Technical Skills -

C#
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
C++

HTML
CSS
TailwindCSS
Sass
React

.Net
Node.js
Express.js
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB

Jest
Docker

RabbitMQ

Git
npm
Webpack
Vite
UXP

Unity
Luna (Unity Playworks)
Cocos Creator

ThreeJS
PixiJS
GSAP
GLSL
React Three Fiber

Blender
Spline
Figma
Adobe PhotoShop
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premier Pro

- Soft Skills -

Performance Marketing KPIs Analysis
A/B Testing & Experimentation
AI-Assisted Engineering & LLM Tooling
Creative Strategy & Competitor Benchmarking
Problem Solving
Cross-functional Communication
Quick Learner
Mentoring

Languages

Turkish

Native

English

EF Standard Test 81/100

Korean

TOPIK I 156/200

German

GOETHE A1 89/100

Playable Ads

Word Tiles

Categories With Counter - Yin Yang 2

PlayClick to Play

Word Tiles

Multiple Category - Animals, Fruits, Colors

PlayClick to Play

Word Tiles

Many Letters - 5 Level 3

PlayClick to Play

Bubble Word Sort

BaseGameplay - Level 1-3

PlayClick to Play

Seekdom

BaseGameplay - Level 24

PlayClick to Play

Match Tiles

BaseGameplay - 5 Levels

PlayClick to Play

Word Tiles

Q-A Many Letters

PlayClick to Play

Word Tiles

Family Feud

PlayClick to Play

Word Tiles

No Break Many Words

PlayClick to Play

Word Tiles

Descending Square Words With Flexible Groups

PlayClick to Play

Find Em All

Search It Multiple Collections

PlayClick to Play

Find Em All

Find Multiple Same Objects

PlayClick to Play

Hidden Match

Base Gameplay- Level 44

PlayClick to Play

Math Logic Puzzle

Base Gameplay

PlayClick to Play

Find Em All

ZoomPanCollectOnUI-Level323

PlayClick to Play

Find Em All

BreakableOpenCenterTiles Level35

PlayClick to Play

Word Tiles

Descending Square Words

PlayClick to Play

Word Tiles

Base Gameplay 3x3 - 3 Levels

PlayClick to Play

Cat Logic Puzzle

Base Gameplay

PlayClick to Play

Cat Logic Puzzle

Spotlight And No Fail

PlayClick to Play

Find Em All

Find A Like Level101

PlayClick to Play

Find The Cat 2

Breakable Ascending Tile Clear

PlayClick to Play

Art Block Puzzle

Multiple Levels

PlayClick to Play

Find Em All

Multiple Levels Collect On Scrollable UI

PlayClick to Play

Projects

Agave AI Studio

Aug. 2026 - Present

Co-built Agave's internal generative AI platform for image, video, lipsync, and localization ads at 1/3 the cost of a third-party UGC tool. Built an LLM agent (Claude, OpenAI) that turns gameplay videos into HTML5 playable ads.

Next.js
React
TypeScript
Node.js
MongoDB
GCP
LLM

smart-sheet-translate

Apr. 2026

Built a Google Sheets add-on in Google Apps Script that batch-translates game localization sheets through a custom Node.js API and the OpenAI API, delivering full multi-language coverage directly inside the spreadsheet.

Google Apps Script
Node.js
clasp
OpenAI API

base122-encoding (npm library)

Sep. 2025 - Nov. 2025

Built a TypeScript npm library implementing Base-122 binary-to-text encoding for data URIs, cutting encoding overhead from 33% (Base64) to about 14% and shrinking embedded assets in single-file HTML5 playable ads.

TypeScript
Node.js
Vite

texture-optimize-pro (npm library)

Oct. 2025

Built a TypeScript npm library that batch-optimizes textures for PixiJS and Three.js HTML5 games using Sharp, with per-texture max size, format, and quality settings to keep builds within ad-network size limits.

TypeScript
Node.js
Sharp

Figma Design Plugin

Jul. 2025 - Present

Built a Figma plugin in TypeScript that automates production of app store screenshots, ad-network end cards, and marketing assets, with DeepL API integration for one-click localization across multiple GEOs.

Figma
TypeScript
DeepL API
HTML
CSS
Vite

AdCraft

Oct. 2024

Built a React and TypeScript web tool that manages ad-network requirements and generates network-ready builds of playable ads and HTML5 games from a single interface, replacing manual per-network packaging.

React
TypeScript
Node.js
Tailwind CSS
Vite

Adobe Photoshop Design Tool

Jul. 2023 - Dec. 2023

Built an Adobe Photoshop plugin with UXP and ExtendScript that automates generation of app store screenshots, ad-network end cards, and marketing assets, reducing manual design work for the creative team.

UXP
ExtendScript
JavaScript
HTML
CSS

Unity Playable Ads Kit

Apr. 2022 - Sep. 2023

Built a Unity (C#) package for playable ad development with project template generation, a localization system, and reusable gameplay utilities, accelerating production of new playables and A/B test variants.

C#
Unity

Semantic Segmentation using Deep Learning

Sep. 2020 - Jun. 2021

Implemented deep learning models in PyTorch for 3D point cloud semantic segmentation, enabling a mobile robot to understand its surroundings in search-and-rescue scenarios at the university's AI and Robotics Lab.

Python
PyTorch
NumPy
pandas
SciPy
OpenGL

Interface Design for Segmentation Data

May 2021 - Jun. 2021

Built a Python desktop application with Qt and OpenGL to organize input data, train and test segmentation models, and visualize 3D point cloud results on the S3DIS and ESOGU RAMPS datasets.

Python
Qt
OpenGL

Point Cloud Data Optimization

Nov. 2020 - Jan. 2021

Developed a C++ point cloud downsampling algorithm that uses similarity measures and midpoint merging to reduce object data size while preserving the features needed for deep learning classification.

Activities

Founder

Crabtic • Hamburg, Germany

Developing a platform for automated interactive end cards and playable ads./ HTML5 games, leveraging AI integration to enhance engagement and streamline user experience.

Jun. 2025 - Present

Co-Founder & Administrative Assistant

Eskisehir Korean Culture Academy • Eskisehir, Turkey

Engaged in founding, overseeing, and managing academy operations.
Coordinated and planned events for the academy.
Taught introductory A1-level Korean to beginners.

Jun. 2019 - Nov. 2021

IGET-IT Member

AIESEC Turkey • Eskisehir, Turkey

Provided mentorship and translation services to foreign talents and entrepreneurs in Turkey.
Aided in navigating permit procedures and resolving associated challenges for foreign talents.

Oct. 2017 - Jun. 2018

Certificates

Three.js Journey

Jun. 2024

three.js journey by Bruno Simon

ThreeJS
JavaScript
React
React Three Fiber
HTML
CSS
Blender
GLSL
GSAP
CannonJS
Rapier

Back-End Apps with Node.js and Express

Dec. 2023

IBM

JavaScript
Node.js
Express

Back-End Apps with Node.js and Express certificate

Professional Meta Front-End Developer Certificate

Nov. 2023

Intermediate Object-Oriented Programming for Unity

May 2021

University of Colorado

C#
Unity

Intermediate Object-Oriented Programming for Unity certificate

Contact Me

Please contact me directly at dkaanbozkurt@gmail.com or through this form.

Hello, I'm Dogukan Kaan Bozkurt. I'm a Senior Software Engineer, Ads & Growth/ Playable Ads Developer/ HTML5 Game Developer. I enjoy building interactive ads, crafting AI-powered automation tools, and turning campaign data into growth.

About me

Experience

Senior Software Engineer, Performance Marketing

Senior Playable Ads Developer

Playable Ads Developer

Playable Ads Developer & Consultant (External)

Playable Ads Development Consultant

Playable Ads & Marketing Game Developer

Project Engineer - Intern

Game Developer - Intern

Software Engineer - Intern

Education

M.Sc., Computer Science

B.Sc., Electrical & Electronics Engineering (%100 English)

Skills

- Technical Skills -

- Soft Skills -

Languages

Turkish

English

Korean

German

Playable Ads

Word Tiles

Word Tiles

Word Tiles

Bubble Word Sort

Seekdom

Match Tiles

Word Tiles

Word Tiles

Word Tiles

Word Tiles

Find Em All

Find Em All

Hidden Match

Math Logic Puzzle

Find Em All

Find Em All

Word Tiles

Word Tiles

Cat Logic Puzzle

Cat Logic Puzzle

Find Em All

Find The Cat 2

Art Block Puzzle

Find Em All

Projects

Agave AI Studio

smart-sheet-translate

base122-encoding (npm library)

texture-optimize-pro (npm library)

Figma Design Plugin

AdCraft

Adobe Photoshop Design Tool

Unity Playable Ads Kit

Semantic Segmentation using Deep Learning

Interface Design for Segmentation Data

Point Cloud Data Optimization

Activities

Founder

Co-Founder & Administrative Assistant

IGET-IT Member

Certificates

Three.js Journey

Back-End Apps with Node.js and Express

Professional Meta Front-End Developer Certificate

Intermediate Object-Oriented Programming for Unity

Contact Me