Gorkem Yurtseven
Co-Founder at fal
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGorkem Yurtseven is a seasoned software engineer and entrepreneur with 12 years of experience building developer-focused platforms, currently co-founding fal.ai in San Francisco to advance generative media tools for developers. Before founding fal, he spent seven years at Amazon as a Senior Software Development Engineer, bringing experience with large-scale, production-grade systems to early-stage product and engineering challenges. His background in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania underpins a systems-first approach to building performant, scalable AI services. Gorkem blends hands-on engineering with product intuition, focusing on APIs and developer experiences that accelerate adoption of generative media. He is comfortable moving between founding roles and deep technical execution, often translating research-grade models into practical developer tooling. Based in the Bay Area, he pairs startup grit with enterprise-grade engineering discipline.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Systems Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Systems Engineering at University of Pennsylvania
Turkish
Github Skills (95)
python10
sql-query10
pandas10
sql10
rust10
database10
cross-platform10
alerts10
java10
android10
adapter10
ios10
react-native10
machine-learning-models10
data-modeling10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
turbo1912/arrow-datafusion
Aug 2022 - Sep 2022
Apache Arrow DataFusion SQL Query Engine
Contributions:16 pushes, 5 branches in 1 month
queryquery-enginedataframesarrow-datafusionsql
fal-ai/poe-fal-video-maker
Apr 2024 - Apr 2024
Contributions:8 pushes in 1 day
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