Tolga H. Dur

Co-Founder

London, England, United Kingdom4 yrs 8 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Expert in AI research with a focus on data poisoning.
Proven track record in startup co-founding and product management.
Strong background in software development and DevOps practices.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a versatile AI and software development expert with a strong focus on product management in the tech industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Machine LearningAi SafetyTechnical Product ManagementProduct StrategySoftware DevelopmentDevopsProduct Management

Other Skills

AI AgentsAccountingApache FlinkApache KafkaApplied AI EngineeringArtificial Intelligence (AI)C#C++Customer DevelopmentData AnalysisData ScienceDeep LearningDesignDigital MarketingEconomics

Experience

Lasr labs

AI Research Fellow

Jun 2025 – Present · 9 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · On-site

I am researching data poisoning attacks on frontier models through RL (GRPO) fine-tuning and SFT experiments, and developing blue-team evaluations, including InspectAI evals, statistical dataset analysis, and controllable oversight methods. This work is supervised by Mary Phuong (Google DeepMind). The project has received $120K+ in external funding and will be submitted to a top AI conference or workshop.

Machine LearningAI SafetyResearch Skills

Entrepreneurs first

Founder in Residence

Sep 2024 – Jan 2025 · 4 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · On-site

I was selected for Entrepreneurs First’s global programme to co-found a startup from scratch, where I focused on applied AI engineering for enterprise workflows. I built a cross-provider RAG system for automating RFP/Security Questionnaire workflows. Alongside the technical work, I interviewed 100+ users, identified scalability and pricing bottlenecks, and iterated rapidly on product direction.

Applied AI EngineeringUser InterviewsProduct ManagementTechnical Product ManagementProduct Strategy

Confluent

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Jul 2022 – Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · Hybrid

I contributed to three teams, starting as a full-stack developer working on the frontend with React and the API layer with Go. I then transitioned to infrastructure provisioning, where I created custom Kubernetes providers and Terraform providers, while also managing thousands of Kubernetes clusters during on-call duties. Most recently, I worked on the Flink Autopilot team, optimizing dynamic task manager allocation for better performance and scalability.

Software DevelopmentKubernetesTerraformDevOps

Software Engineer

Feb 2021 – Aug 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · Hybrid

Startup

Founding Engineer

Oct 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · Remote

I was the sixth technical hire for an early-stage property technology startup backed by a renowned real estate agency. The company aimed to predict financial reliability using cash flow and personal data, enabling low-income earners to access mortgages more easily. In addition to backend and machine learning development, I led product management and research for the core machine learning algorithm.

Machine LearningProduct Management