Erk Ekin
IOS Engineer at American Express
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolErk Ekin is an experienced iOS engineer with 12 years building production mobile apps, currently shaping features and architecture at American Express where he works across Swift, MVVM-inspired patterns, and functional/reactive approaches. He has led full-codebase ownership and migrations from Objective-C to Swift, introduced CI flows and testing disciplines at scale, and regularly collaborates with designers and large engineering teams. His background spans consumer apps, enterprise systems, and real-time features (WebRTC) as well as location-aware services, reflecting a practical blend of product thinking and low-level technical skill. Previously he led teams and education-focused projects—one of his accessibility-focused apps was highlighted by Apple—showing a consistent focus on inclusive, well-documented solutions. With advanced academic study alongside hands-on DevOps and microservices experience, he brings both research-minded rigor and delivery-focused execution to mobile engineering.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Geographic Information Science and Cartography, 3.84, Master's degree, Geographic Information Science and Cartography, 3.84 at Anadolu ÜniversitesiDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Settlement Architecture, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Settlement Architecture at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical UniversityBachelor's degree, Civil engineering, Bachelor's degree, Civil engineering at Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi
Turkish, English, French
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Github Skills (106)
menu10
swiftui10
swift10
scalability10
macos10
xcodebuild10
objective-c10
ios10
software-quality10
browser-automation9
browser9
danger9
scale9
csv9
beautifier9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
erkekin/InverseKinematics
Dec 2015 - Jan 2020
Two linked arm Inverse Kinematics with Swift.
Contributions:18 commits, 10 PRs, 26 pushes in 4 years 1 month
inverse-kinematicskinematicsswiftarminverse
swift-tree/MerkleTree
Mar 2021 - Jun 2022
Contributions:23 commits, 2 pushes, 2 tags in 1 year 3 months
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