Summary
Mehmet Demirel is a Software Engineer III at Google with nine years of experience blending research-grade machine learning with production software engineering. He holds a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science and an M.S. in Computer Science, and spent five years in a PhD program focusing on graph representation learning and neural networks with publications at top ML venues. Mehmet has applied his research to real-world products through internships and roles at Google and Meta, notably contributing to YouTube teams that improved discovery and live sports nomination systems. He is fluent in Python, Java, C++, and JavaScript, and comfortable shipping services using PyTorch, SQL, REST APIs, CI/CD and cloud platforms. Known for quick learning and cross-functional collaboration, he combines a researcher’s rigor with a builder’s focus on launch-ready systems. His GitHub motto, “only the paranoid survive,” hints at a security-conscious, detail-oriented approach to engineering.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics and Computer Science at DePaul University
Turkish, English