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# Candost Dagdeviren
Engineering Manager at SumUp untangling platform bottlenecks and scaling team topologies.

## About

Candost Dagdeviren manages engineering at SumUp. He focuses on systems thinking and organizational design, helping companies build platform teams that actually reduce cognitive load for developers rather than creating more friction.

He cares about the messy reality behind adopting new team topologies. Candost regularly speaks on how to transition cross-functional groups into dedicated platform teams. He breaks down the mistakes made along the way and shares practical tactics for managing stakeholders and untangling delivery bottlenecks.



## Past Sessions

### World Congress 2025 · July 9, 2025
Berlin, Germany
- [Overcoming bottlenecks of Platform Teams](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1410-overcoming-bottlenecks-of-platform-teams) · 30 min · 🎥 Watch recording



## Videos

- [Overcoming bottlenecks of Platform Teams](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1410-overcoming-bottlenecks-of-platform-teams) · Candost Dagdeviren


## Links

- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/candost)