Summary
Emrah Gunduz is a self-taught software engineer and leader with 13 years of professional experience who has been coding since age 12 and now serves as Lead Engineer at Plum. His background blends full-stack web, desktop and mobile development with architecture and backend systems, informed by earlier work as a 3D artist and architect where he automated workflows with custom scripts and plugins. He co-founded and led technology at Synthesized Media, and has a track record of moving from hands-on engineering to technical leadership across startups and agencies. Emrah’s practical creativity shows in building tooling and optimizations for production efficiency—an oft-overlooked strength rooted in his early work on custom macros, voice compression tools and productivity plugins. Based in California with roots in Turkey, he pairs entrepreneurial instincts with deep delivery focus to turn complex requirements into maintainable, scalable products.
13 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Architecture, Bachelor of Science (BS), Architecture at Gazi Üniversitesi
English, Turkish