Vancouver, BC · Est. 2018

Software Consulting
& Solutions Architecture

25+ years of engineering expertise — from distributed systems and cloud-native platforms to AI-native development. We architect and deliver software that scales.

Trusted by global leaders

Amazon Mastercard HSBC Intuit Lululemon Ritchie Bros Zendesk VSP Vision Atrium Epam

Built on 25 years of engineering depth

Vasna Tech is the consulting practice of Menderes Fatih Guven — a lead software engineer and solutions architect with a track record spanning Cloud Technology, Fintech, Retail, Distributed Systems, and Machine Learning.

Having built mission-critical systems for companies like Amazon, Mastercard, and HSBC, Menderes brings both the precision of a senior engineer and the vision of a seasoned architect to every engagement. Today, that means AI-native workflows, cloud-native architectures, and battle-tested delivery practices.

The goal is always the same: software that is resilient, scalable, and built for the long term.

25+ Years of experience
10+ Enterprise clients served
6+ Years running Vasna Tech
10+ Programming languages

What we deliver

Architectural Strategy

Analysing complex requirements to design system architectures that adhere to industry standards, ensure long-term maintainability, and scale under production load.

Distributed Systems & Cloud

Designing event-driven, cloud-native platforms on AWS with Apache Kafka, gRPC, and microservices — with proven delivery for global enterprise clients.

AI-Native Development

Integrating AI tools (Claude, Cursor IDE) into engineering workflows to accelerate design reviews, code generation, and documentation — shipping higher-quality software faster.

Technical Leadership

Acting as a lead and consultant to solve high-stakes problems, mentor engineering talent, and bridge the gap between technical execution and business objectives.

Legacy Modernisation

Migrating monolithic legacy applications to distributed, cloud-native microservices — reducing operational overhead, improving scalability and security posture.

Platform Engineering

Building shared platforms and internal tooling — from Kafka service-bus management to code-generation tools that dramatically accelerate team delivery.

Representative engagements

HSBC

Cross-Border Mobile Banking

Designed and delivered a mobile banking application enabling fund transfers across 10+ countries, improving customer reach for one of the world's largest banks.

MobileFintechDistributed Systems
Mastercard

Financial Dispute Resolution Backbone

Architected inter-bank communication platform with automated rule-based resolution workflows — handling financial disputes at global scale.

FintechEvent-DrivenArchitecture
Intuit

Kafka Enterprise Integration Platform

Created a Kafka service-bus management platform adopted as the enterprise integration backbone across a major financial software company.

KafkaPlatform EngineeringAWS
Ritchie Bros

Real-Time Auction Platform

Built a highly available, real-time auction system — processing engine, bid collector, and notification service — handling peak traffic at industrial scale.

Real-TimeHigh AvailabilityJava
Zendesk

ML Enrichment Service at Scale

Scaled a neural-network enrichment service to enterprise-wide availability, dramatically expanding ML-driven ticket routing and language-identification functionality.

Machine LearningREST APIJava
Lululemon

Parallel Batch Processing Pipeline

Engineered a parallel batch processing pipeline and RSA/PGP-encrypted shipment-file handling system, improving throughput and security compliance for global logistics.

Batch ProcessingSecuritySpring Batch

Technical skills

Languages

JavaKotlinRustTypeScriptPythonC/C++C#

Frameworks

Spring BootSpring BatchSpring MVCRxJavaVert.xNode.js.NET

Cloud & Messaging

AWSApache KafkaKinesisDynamoDBLambdaSQS / SNS

Databases

PostgreSQLMySQLCouchbaseMongoDBOracleSQL Server

APIs & Protocols

RESTgRPCGraphQLProtocol BuffersOpenAPISOAP

Architecture

MicroservicesEvent-DrivenDDDCQRSSaga PatternBatch Processing

DevOps & Observability

DockerJenkinsGitHub ActionsGitLab CIDatadogAppDynamics

AI Tools

Claude (Anthropic)Cursor IDEGitHub Copilot

25 years of impact

8+ global enterprises. Millions of end-users reached.

Built the consulting practice from the ground up, delivering mission-critical systems across fintech, cloud, retail, and ML for companies including Mastercard, HSBC, Intuit, and Lululemon.

ConsultingArchitecture

Subscription features shipped to millions — validated with live A/B tests.

Delivered new capabilities for Subscribe & Save on amazon.com, running controlled production experiments that directly improved customer conversion rates.

E-CommerceA/B Testing

Cut ML pipeline onboarding time for engineering teams.

Designed and shipped the Feature Store Enablement API integrated into the developer portal, removing friction for teams adopting ML infrastructure across client engagements.

ML InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

End-to-end mobile travel booking for an international agency.

Architected hotel and flight booking solution across iOS, Android, and desktop. Also delivered a cross-platform cloud file-storage solution for Turkey’s leading mobile carrier.

MobileCloud

National health system deployed for a government ministry.

As CTO, led the customisation and international deployment of a centralised hospital information system for the Ministry of Health, improving healthcare delivery at a national scale.

HealthcareInternational

Two EU-funded R&D consortia spanning four countries.

Contributed to next-generation hospital information and semantic healthcare interoperability platforms, each involving four-company, four-country European research teams.

R&DHealthcareEU-Funded

A hospital system built from scratch — the foundation for commercial rollouts.

Built a three-tier hospital information system from the ground up that became the commercial basis for subsequent multi-site deployments across the healthcare sector.

HealthcareEnterprise

Precision financial logic still running in production 25 years later.

Authored HR, payroll, and decimal-precision financial calculation libraries for an ERP system — code that has outlasted frameworks, languages, and entire technology generations.

ERPFintech

Applied point-set topology to clinical reasoning — a diagnostic engine that derives conclusions from facts.

Built Knowledge Space, a Čech closure space engine that propagates observed symptoms through deduction rules to surface diagnoses, tests to order, and missing evidence — grounded in formal topology and backed by a SNOMED CT knowledge base.

HealthcareAI / ReasoningJavaSpring Boot

Let’s build something great

Whether you need a systems architect, a lead engineer, or a consulting partner to drive a complex initiative — reach out and let’s talk about your goals.

menderes.guven@vasna.tech Vancouver, BC, Canada