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Deniz Ceylan Kurt

Insurance & Insurtech Software Development Manager | Team Leader

I lead software development teams across the insurance and insurtech industry — turning complex technical requirements into reliable, on-time delivery, from Core Insurance systems to Pension & Life platforms.

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Deniz Ceylan Kurt
16+ Years of Experience
About

Background & Focus

Deniz Ceylan Kurt is a Software Development Manager with over 16 years of experience across the insurance and insurtech industry, spanning software development, team leadership, and enterprise architecture. Currently leading Pension & Life technology as Software Development Manager at QNB Insurance Company, Deniz has also held senior engineering and leadership roles at Allianz Turkey, Groupama Life & Pension Insurance Company, Acibadem Healthcare Group, and Denizbank — working across the full software development lifecycle from analysis to deployment. Deniz combines deep technical expertise in .NET, C#, and Oracle PL/SQL with strong organizational leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional team collaboration.

16+
Years of Experience
6+
Teams Led
5
Companies
Career

Experience

Q
2023 — Present
Software Development Manager
QNB Insurance Company
Responsible for Pension & Life projects as both management and development leader, managing a team of 5. Coordinates with Central IT and Delivery teams, runs performance reviews and mentoring, and plans maintenance work.
Q
2022 — 2023
Expert Engineer
QNB Insurance Company
Analyzed and developed core insurance applications and integrations, including Core Insurance, Bank-Insurance Integration Services, and DB Mobile Integration (.NET, C#, PL/SQL).
A
2014 — 2022
Senior Software Engineer
Allianz Turkey
Participated in all software development lifecycle phases of life insurance and pension projects — analysis, development, testing, deployment — writing ASP.NET/C# code, Oracle PL/SQL packages, and SQL Server stored procedures and views.
G
2012 — 2014
Software Developer
Groupama Life & Pension Insurance Company
Developed e-invoice and customer branch systems for pension funding, and maintained Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports, and PL/SQL packages supporting pension and life insurance regulatory obligations.
A
2010 — 2012
Software Development Specialist
Acibadem Healthcare Group
Built and maintained web applications with ASP.NET/C#, Oracle Forms, and Oracle Reports; designed database objects with performance tuning and developed PL/SQL packages.
D
2009 — 2010
Junior Database Administrator
Denizbank
Managed daily/weekly database backups across multiple environments, supported a standby disaster-recovery replication project, and built in-house data warehouse and DBA maintenance scripts.
Skills

Areas of Expertise

Software Development Management Team Leadership Enterprise Architecture .NET & C# Oracle PL/SQL Agile & Waterfall SDLC Project Management Cross-Functional Collaboration Jira & Atlassian Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) Oracle Certified Associate (OCA)
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Contact

Emaildenizceylankurt@gmail.com
Phone+90 (536) 525 00 50
Locationİstanbul, Turkey
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