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Customer Success Engineer — IBM · Cambridge, MA

Omer Faruk Basar

Bridging technical depth and customer impact.

NYU Computer Science graduate. A background in backend development, data engineering, and scalable systems — now applied to helping enterprise customers succeed with complex technology.

Capabilities

A / Languages

Languages

Python, Java, SQL, C/C++

B / Backend & Cloud

Backend & Cloud

Django, Flask, MongoDB, AWS

C / Data Engineering

Data Engineering

PySpark, Kafka, pandas, NumPy

D / Customer Success

Customer Success

Technical enablement, solutioning, stakeholder communication

Featured work

01

Crisis Cast

Real-time crisis data, end to end.

Built an end-to-end data pipeline with Kafka and PySpark processing 8,000+ crisis posts per hour from multiple APIs. Optimized Spark workflows, cutting runtimes by 35% through in-memory caching, and designed MongoDB schemas that reduced query latency by 50%.

PySparkKafkaMongoDB
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02

NYU Transportation Analysis

Campus mobility, measured.

Analyzed 17,000+ campus mobility records to identify emission-reduction opportunities for the NYU sustainability team. Built four interactive D3.js visualizations enabling real-time scenario exploration.

D3.jsData analysisPython
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03

NYC Public Service Finder

A team, a product, shipped.

Led a four-developer team through twelve agile sprints, reaching 92% user satisfaction among beta testers. Built the Django backend and deployed to AWS, improving service-location speed by 87%.

DjangoAWSLeadership
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Background

Feb 2026 — Present

Customer Success Engineer

IBM

Helping enterprise customers succeed with IBM's technology portfolio. Combining a technical background in backend systems and data engineering with a focus on customer outcomes, onboarding, and long-term partnership.

Nov 2020 — May 2022

Computer Science Tutor

Adelphi University

  • Mentored 100+ students in algorithms and data structures
  • Achieved an 85% success rate helping students reach B+ grades
  • Reduced course dropout rates by 30%

May 2025

New York University

M.S. Computer Science · GPA 4.0
May 2022

Adelphi University

B.S. Computer Science · GPA 3.9 · Summa Cum Laude

Let's connect

Settled into my role at IBM — but always happy to talk with interesting people about tech, data, or an exceptional opportunity.

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