Summary
Kaan Yalti is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building production software across gaming, search, and e-commerce domains, currently driving engineering work at Diagrid. A McGill-trained mechanical engineer who transitioned into software, he brings a systems-oriented mindset informed by early roles in design and manufacturing that emphasize practical problem-solving and prototyping. His recent positions at Unity and Elastic reflect experience with large-scale, performance-sensitive systems and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Comfortable moving between startup pace and established product teams, he has a track record of shipping features quickly while improving reliability. Colleagues would note his uncommon blend of mechanical design intuition and software engineering rigor, which helps him bridge hardware-adjacent thinking with scalable software architecture.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
International Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate at Koc school
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Mechanical Engineering at McGill University
Turkish, English