Kerem Yilmaz
Member Of Technical Staff at xAI
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKerem Yilmaz is a software engineer with 9 years of experience building high-scale backend systems, distributed architectures, and AI-integrated platforms. As a co-founder of Skyvern (YC S23) he led development of an AI-powered browser automation stack that amassed ~9–10k GitHub stars within a year and cut operational costs via custom caching by up to 90%. At Gopuff he architected real-time feature stores and search systems serving tens of millions of requests daily, delivering over $30M in business value and substantial latency reductions. He combines hands-on engineering with product thinking—designing BFF layers, ad-targeting systems, and ML platforms that materially improve user experience and operational efficiency. Currently a Member of Technical Staff at xAI, he continues to work at the intersection of AI and infrastructure for complex web-scale problems. Based in Los Angeles, he pairs startup grit with proven production impact and a knack for turning research-driven ideas into cost-effective, reliable systems.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science - MS Computer Software Engineering at Ahmet Yesevi ÜniversitesiBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Bilkent University
Turkish, İngilizce, German
Github Skills (58)
web-application10
python10
browser10
anki10
large-scale10
browser-automation10
llm10
design-patterns10
system10
automation10
scale10
rpa10
api10
webapp10
playwright10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mrkeremyilmaz/mrkeremyilmaz.github.io
Feb 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:58 PRs, 54 pushes, 9 branches in 7 months
mrkeremyilmaz/scripts
Jul 2018 - Apr 2020
An automated python script allows the user to login into Bilkent University's SRS system easily.
Contributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year 8 months
pythonsrspython-scriptbilkent-universityautomation
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