Ibrahim Ulukaya
Head Of Engineering, Platforms AI Developer Experience
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolIbrahim Ulukaya is a strategic engineering leader with 12+ years building AI developer experiences and 15+ years across AI, DevRel, and platform engineering. As Head of Engineering for Platforms AI Developer Experience at Google, he has driven measurable adoption and engagement—delivering 25% YoY platform growth, 50% uplift in developer engagement, and a 40% boost in developer productivity through AI-powered tooling and SDKs. He combines hands-on contributions to popular Google and Firebase open-source samples (including quickstart Android/iOS repos and YouTube API helpers) with scaling global DevRel programs that reach millions of developers. Known for bridging product, engineering, and community, he has grown open-source contributions by 40% and mentored multiple engineers into senior leadership. He balances frontier work in LLMs, RAG, and multimodal AI with pragmatic developer tooling and observability improvements. Based in New York, he brings a rare mix of platform-scale impact, product-driven advocacy, and creator-facing engineering.
12 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering at Columbia UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Valedictorian, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Valedictorian at Boğaziçi University
Turkish, English, German, French
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Github Skills (48)
apim10
objective-c10
uiwebview10
firebase-authentication10
javascript10
ios10
mobile-development10
firebaseui10
python10
apidoc10
youtube-api10
crashlytics10
user-authentication10
authentication10
azure-functions10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
googlearchive/friendlypix
Dec 2015 - Sep 2017
FriendlyPix is a cross-platform Firebase example app
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:43 commits, 9 PRs, 16 pushes in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Ibrahim appears to be focused on developing the iOS version of the FriendlyPix application. Their commits primarily involve implementing and modifying Swift code, with a focus on user interface elements and integrating Firebase services. The changes indicate ongoing work in several key areas, including photo timeline functionality, account management, and integrating features related to photo editing and sharing within the application. The commits showcase updates for integrating a new login experience.
firebase-examplefirestorefirebasecross-platformfirebase-auth
youtube/youtube-ios-player-helper
Jan 2015 - Mar 2016
Lightweight helper library that allows iOS developers to add inline playback of YouTube videos through a WebView
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:47 commits, 39 PRs, 38 pushes in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Ibrahim primarily contributed to the `youtube/youtube-ios-player-helper` repository by modifying the `YTPlayerView` class and related assets. These changes involved updating the HTML player for YouTube videos, including adjustments to the user interface and the underlying JavaScript. The contributions also encompassed modifications to the player's functionality and event handling, such as the implementation of pause, play, and state change notifications within the iOS context.
picture-in-picturevideosyoutube-videosyoutubehelper-library
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