Emre Cakir is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building consumer-facing iOS products, currently shipping generative AI creative tooling for Instagram Direct at Meta. A Princeton CS graduate, he has moved from Objective-C roots on shopping and account-switching features to modern iOS and web work that bridges mobile UI and backend services. He helped take Community Chats in Facebook Messenger from concept to production and has internship experience building full-stack React/NestJS apps and cross-platform mobile solutions. Based in New York, Emre combines product-first thinking with low-level engineering chops and a track record of delivering 0-to-1 features within high-scale social platforms. An active TigerApps chair, he brings collegiate leadership experience that complements his technical footprint and product instincts.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Honor's Graduate STEM, Honor's Graduate STEM at River Bluff High School
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Princeton University
Contributions:35 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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