Summary
Alper Akture is a seasoned Java and Scala developer with 12 years of experience building high-performance backend systems, most recently freelancing after five years at Zwift and prior roles at EA and Disney Interactive. He specializes in concurrency, performance tuning, Spring/Spring Boot, SmartFox game servers and scalable architecture for social and real-time games. Alper has led backend engineering teams and implemented automated load and functional testing frameworks, pairing hands-on optimization with pragmatic engineering leadership. Based in Hermosa Beach, CA, he blends enterprise-grade practices with indie agility, often tackling low-latency, stateful server challenges that many backend engineers avoid.
12 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
MS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at California State University, Long Beach
BS Welding Engineering, BS Welding Engineering at The Ohio State University