Ersin Akinci
Founder at Mercor Intelligence
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolErsin Akinci is a seasoned technology founder and AI-focused software leader with a decade of hands-on experience delivering scalable platforms and tooling. He currently leads Kumbara, an AI bookkeeping firm offering fully automated bookkeeping for solopreneurs with real-time tax optimization, saving about $3k per year on average. He revived Splendid Cyborg to help small engineering teams tackle environmental and climate-impact projects, reflecting a commitment to impactful technology. As AI Wizard at Mercor Intelligence, he helps labs train leading-edge models, aligning cutting-edge AI with practical product platforms. His career spans CTO and founder roles at GAMACY, Max Deduct, BuildQuick, and Instacart senior engineering work, combining full-stack capability with product leadership; and his academic path in History and Humanities from Johns Hopkins and UIUC adds a unique, analytical perspective to engineering challenges, complemented by early open-source experience through Google Summer of Code.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins University
Turkish, Spanish, Italian, German, Latin
Stackoverflow
164reputation
21kreached
2answers
2questions
Github Skills (200)
usequery10
nocode10
drag10
browser10
purely-functional10
html10
salesforce10
json10
shopify10
nodejs10
package-manager10
sequel10
contenteditable10
oclif10
css10
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
ersinakinci/builder
Feb 2022 - Jul 2023
Contributions:17 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 5 months
cmsreactsite-buildervue-reactwysiwyg
ersinakinci/gatsby-starter-shopify
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
Contributions:17 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
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