Aykut Simsek
Software Engineer at Meta
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAykut Simsek is a seasoned software engineering manager with 12 years of experience building data-rich web applications and leading teams at scale, currently managing Ads and Workplace engineering at Meta in London. He has a strong background in data platforms, ETL, geospatial visualization and open data portals, having led CivicDashboards and delivered extendible data frameworks at Ontodia and OpenGov. Aykut blends hands-on full-stack development with people leadership—mentoring engineers, driving agile transformations, and shepherding product integrations through acquisition. His early research internships at MIT CSAIL on the START question-answering project hint at a long-standing interest in intelligent systems and data-driven UX. He holds an M.S. in Computer Science from NYU and a B.Sc. from Middle East Technical University, combining academic rigor with practical delivery in civic and enterprise data products.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Science at New York UniversityComputer Science & Business, Computer Science & Business at University of GroningenAntalya Yusuf Ziya Oner Science High SchoolB.Sc. Computer Engineering, B.Sc. Computer Engineering at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
Github Skills (37)
database-backup10
catalog9
nyc9
api9
open-data9
ckan9
tax8
python8
amazon-s38
cartodb8
pluto8
postgresql8
load-data7
datahub7
clip6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
aykutsimseks/tabula-rasa
Aug 2017 - Jul 2021
Contributions:48 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 11 months
OpenGov-OpenData/ckanext-cartodbmap
Feb 2015 - Nov 2016
CKAN CartoDB ResourceView
Contributions:26 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
cartodbckan
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