Berk Yakici
Senior Software Engineer at Apple
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBerk Yakici is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience specializing in AI/ML for search, retrieval, and ranking, currently working at Apple in Seattle. He combines production software engineering with academic research as an MS candidate at Rice University, where his graduate work applied neural networks and algorithmic heuristics to phylogenetic tree inference and achieved large empirical speedups. Berk has a strong teaching and mentorship background—having led large undergraduate algorithm courses as Head TA—and has interned on Siri Search before transitioning to full-time roles focused on ML-driven search. Comfortable moving between research prototypes and scalable production systems, he brings a rare mix of algorithmic depth, data-science rigor, and hands-on product experience.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Rice University
English, Turkish
Github Skills (26)
django10
python9
wagtail9
jekyll8
nodejs8
cms8
javascript7
hugo7
js7
frontend6
gcc6
electron6
django-cms5
in-place4
cpp3
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
rice-eclipse/resfet-dashboard
Jan 2019 - Apr 2021
Mission control dashboard for hybrid rocket engine tests, written in JavaScript using Node.JS and Electron.
Contributions:1 release, 5 reviews, 94 commits in 2 years 3 months
electronjavascriptjsnodejs
openstax/2019-interns-team1
May 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:57 commits, 19 PRs, 46 pushes in 2 months
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