Gökhan Karagöz
Senior Mobile Game Engineer at Zynga
Istanbul, Türkiye Turkey
Summary
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Top SchoolGökhan Karagöz is a Senior Mobile Game Engineer with nine years of experience and over six years focused on game and backend development, currently leading Unity work and Live Ops for Zynga’s top-ranked 101 Okey Plus. He blends full-stack backend expertise (Node.js, NestJS, .NET Core, MongoDB/Postgres) with real-time network programming (TCP/UDP, client prediction, reconciliation) and polished Unity client features like addressables, DOTween, and voice chat. Comfortable across React/Next.js and React Native, he designs APIs (REST/GraphQL) and CI/CD pipelines that keep seven-digit DAU titles stable and evolving. His background includes building custom game servers, analytics tooling, and teaching Unity—evidence of both hands-on engineering and mentorship. Based in Istanbul, he’s a MERN-stack enthusiast who quietly bridges live game operations and scalable backend systems to deliver engaging player experiences.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
30% English Baccalaureate Computer Engineering, 30% English Baccalaureate Computer Engineering at Sakarya University
Turkish, İngilizce
Github Skills (20)
twitter9
p5js8
javascript8
unity3d7
html7
canvas6
csharp5
sdk5
networking5
unity-networking5
transport5
multiplayer5
mmo2
udp2
tcp2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
gkaragoz/Unity3D-Network-with-Node-JS-and-Socket-IO
Feb 2017 - Feb 2017
Contributions:28 commits, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
gkaragoz/TrumpMexicanWave
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
Contributions:45 commits, 8 pushes, 1 issue in 4 days
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