Mehmet Akın
Software Engineer at Google, Zurich
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolMehmet Akın is a seasoned Software Engineer with 13+ years of experience, currently based in Zurich and contributing at Google since 2009. He brings a rare mix of front-end polish and back-end performance tuning—evident from UI fixes in the Flutter engine and latency/histogram improvements in popular Go load generators like hey and boom. Mehmet has full‑stack experience adding Dart support to Google's Open Location Code and a background in research from TUBITAK UEKAE, reflecting strong foundations in both applied engineering and system-level thinking. His work emphasizes user-facing quality and measurable reliability, often simplifying complex implementations to improve maintainability and developer ergonomics.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Ms., Computer Science, Ms., Computer Science at Istanbul Technical UniversityBs., Computer Science, Bs., Computer Science at Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi
Github Skills (26)
javascript10
flutter-apps10
testing10
loadtest10
http10
geo10
go10
performance-optimization10
cplus10
flutter-game10
dart10
cpp10
load-testing10
flutter10
command-line-interface9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rakyll/boom
Jan 2014 - Feb 2014
HTTP(S) load generator, ApacheBench (ab) replacement, written in Go
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 1 PR, 9 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Mehmet primarily contributed to the `boom` project's core functionality by enhancing its output and overall performance. They introduced latency percentile calculations and added a response time histogram to the output, offering improved load testing insights. Furthermore, they refactored the code to include rate limiting, timeout, and added other performance optimizations. These contributions showcase the user's focus on enhancing the project's reporting and reliability.
apachebenchgoload-generator
rakyll/hey
Dec 2017 - Dec 2017
HTTP load generator, ApacheBench (ab) replacement
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 15 PRs, 21 pushes in 5 days
Contributions summary:Mehmet primarily contributed to the development of the hey HTTP load generator tool. Their work included adding latency information for percentiles, implementing a response time histogram, and refactoring code for improved performance. They also addressed code formatting using `gofmt` and fixed import orders, which improved code readability and maintainability. The user also refactored the code related to concurrency and request handling.
apachebenchload-generator
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