IB Diploma · San Luis Potosí, MX · Junior Developer @ Fotofacturas

GÖKTUĞ
KAAN SOYTÜRK

Developer, entrepreneur & researcher. I work on real projects, lead teams across different countries, and spend time looking into things that genuinely interest me — whether that's code, economics, or history. I'm 17 and based in Mexico.

📍 San Luis Potosí, Mexico
JavaScript React Android Studio Project Leadership UN SDG 11 IB Diploma 4 Languages 5 Countries Financial Research Encryption & Math Frontend Dev Currently Interning
5+
Countries Collaborated
4
Languages Spoken
7+
Roles & Projects
30+
Community Members Led
01

Experience

01
Junior Developer Intern
Fotofacturas

Learning frontend development hands-on — working with JavaScript and React on real UI components inside a professional codebase. First proper dev job.

JavaScriptReactFrontend
Mar 2026
Present
● Live
02
Project Leader
A Paso Seguro

Led a team of developers from 5 different countries on an Android app for nightlife safety in SLP. The project is built around UN SDG 11 and was a good lesson in keeping people aligned across time zones and languages.

LeadershipAndroidSDG 115 Countries
Oct 2024
May 2025
Part-time
03
App Developer
A Paso Seguro

Worked on the Android app in Android Studio — handled core features, navigation, and some of the UX decisions.

Android StudioJavaUX
Sep 2024
May 2025
Part-time
04
Marketing & Social Media Officer
Motocity & Bike

Helped run ad campaigns and social media for a local motorcycle brand. Ran some A/B tests and handled content scheduling.

MarketingA/B TestingSocial Media
Jun 2024
Sep 2024
Part-time
05
Founder
International Turkish Students Community

Started a small community for Turkish students studying abroad. Grew to 30+ members across 6 countries — mainly sharing experiences and helping people figure out the process.

CommunityLeadershipInternational
Mar 2024
Sep 2024
Founder
06
Marketing Team Member
Trajectory Education

Contributed to campaigns for an edtech startup later acquired by Snowday Education. Fully remote, international team.

CampaignsRemoteEdTech
May 2024
Jun 2024
Remote
02

Research

🔐
Encryption & Mathematics
IB Extended Essay · Completed

Looked into the math behind modern encryption — things like number theory, modular arithmetic, and how public-key systems actually work under the hood.

CryptographyNumber TheoryIB EE
📈
Exchange Rates & Interest Rates in Turkey (2014–2024)
Quantitative Research · Economics

Tried to figure out whether Turkey's exchange rate and interest rate movements were actually correlated over the past decade — a period where monetary policy was pretty chaotic.

EconometricsTurkeyMonetary Policy
🚀
Google's Exponential Growth
Technology & Strategy Research

Looked at what actually drove Google's growth from a search engine into the infrastructure it is today — and tried to map the math of exponential growth onto it.

Exponential GrowthBig TechStrategy
🇹🇷
Why Was Atatürk so Important in Turkey's Independence War?
History Research · IB

Researched Atatürk's role in the Turkish War of Independence — his military decisions, political maneuvering, and why the outcome of that war likely looked very different without him.

Turkish HistoryWWI EraIB History
🌿
How Pollution Affects Plant Growth
Biology Research · IB

Tested how different pollutants — oil, detergent, and salt — affect plant growth and health. Ran experiments measuring things like germination rate and leaf development under different contamination conditions.

BiologyPollutionIB Science
03

Projects

01
A Paso Seguro
Android App · UN SDG 11

An Android app helping people navigate nightlife safely in San Luis Potosí. Built with a team spread across 5 countries, tied to UN SDG 11.

AndroidSDG 11
02
Tor.app Frontend Odyssey
Job Simulation · Ludi

A job sim working on Tor.app as a frontend dev. Went through UX issues, debugged things, and built out some JS features.

JavaScriptUX
03
Finance Accelerator
AmplifyME · Feb 2026

Finance simulation — ended up 17th out of 100+ on the Sell Side and 36th on the Buy Side. Covered risk management and investment banking basics.

FinanceRisk
04
Tech 4 Everyone
Education Initiative

Taught kids aged 9–13 how to code through small projects. Tried to keep it practical and actually fun rather than just theory.

EducationCoding
05
Startup Co-Founder Sim
Ludi · Sep 2024

Went through a startup co-founder simulation — mostly around early-stage decisions, investor conversations, and what building a company actually looks like.

StartupLeadership
04

Skills

Technical
JavaScriptReactHTML / CSS Android StudioJavaREST APIs PostmanGit / GitHub Machine LearningAlgorithms & DSCryptography
Business & Strategy
Project ManagementGrowth Strategy Lead GenerationA/B Testing Social Media MarketingRisk Management Investor RelationsNotion
Languages
🇹🇷
Turkish
Native
🇪🇸
Spanish
Fluent · HL
🇬🇧
English
Fluent · HL
🇫🇷
French
Elementary
Soft Skills
Cross-cultural LeadershipCritical Thinking CommunicationTeam BuildingResearch & Analysis
05

Certifications

Antrophic
Claude 101
Mar 2026 · Prompt Engineering
AmplifyME
Finance Accelerator
Feb 2026 · Top 17/100 Sell Side
Ludi
Tor.app Frontend Odyssey
Jun 2025
Great Learning
Intro to Machine Learning
Nov 2024
Ludi
Startup Co-Founder Simulation
Sep 2024
CS50 · Harvard
CS50x Puzzle Day 2024
Apr 2024 · Logical Reasoning
06

Volunteering

Tech 4 Everyone
Coding Tutor

Taught coding to kids ages 9–13 — used small projects to keep things hands-on. Nov 2024 – Jan 2025.

Colegio Internacional Terranova
Disaster Relief Volunteer

Helped collect and transport donations — food, water, clothes — for communities hit by flooding in La Huasteca SLP. Oct–Nov 2025.

ESL Initiative
English Language Tutor

Teaching English to immigrants — conversational and academic. Language access matters a lot, especially when you've been the one needing it.

07

Education

International Baccalaureate
IB Diploma Programme (DP)

Doing the IB Diploma in San Luis Potosí. Founded the Table Tennis Club, play Varsity Soccer. Subjects: Math AA SL, Spanish B HL, English A HL, History HL, Biology SL, French SL.

Math AA SLSpanish B HLEnglish A HL History HLExtended Essay
Sep 2024
May 2026
● In Progress
LET'S BUILD
SOMETHING.

Feel free to reach out — always open to interesting conversations.

Email Me ↗ LinkedIn ↗ GitHub ↗