Mert Alper
Senior Software Engineer at Stripe
Dublin, Ireland
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Top SchoolMert Alper is a Senior Software Engineer based in Dublin with 12 years of experience building backend and full-stack systems, currently at Stripe after progressing from a software engineer role there. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2021 with first-class honours in Computer Science and has deep interests in compilers, operating systems, databases, networking, and applied cryptography. Mert has hands-on experience across Java, C, JavaScript, Python, and Go, and has contributed notable open-source projects such as Magnetico, an autonomous BitTorrent DHT search engine where he drove optimizations, refactors, and UX improvements. He also expanded cross-desktop support and improved robustness for Himawaripy, reflecting a practical focus on portability and maintainability. Colleagues describe him as both research-minded and product-focused, able to translate low-level systems thinking into production-ready services. Outside engineering he lists photography as a creative outlet, hinting at an eye for detail that surfaces in his code and documentation.
11 years of coding experience
BSc (Hons) Computer Science, Informatics, BSc (Hons) Computer Science, Informatics at The University of EdinburghBachelor's degree, IB Diploma Programme, Bachelor's degree, IB Diploma Programme at UWC Dilijan
Turkish, Russian, German, English
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3,709reputation
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Github Skills (22)
python10
linux10
subprocess10
dht10
bittorrent10
multiplatform9
cross-platform9
timer9
databases9
go9
database9
documentation9
configuration-management8
testing8
decision-tree6
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
boramalper/himawaripy
Feb 2016 - Nov 2020
Set near-realtime picture of Earth as your desktop background
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 92 commits, 50 PRs in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Mert primarily contributed to the development of the himawaripy project by expanding its functionality across different desktop environments. They added support for various desktop environments like GNOME, Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE4, LXDE, KDE, and I3, enhancing the project's usability across diverse Linux distributions. The user also refactored the codebase by replacing `os.system` with `subprocess.call` and added features such as time zone offset. This work included the addition of new dependencies.
realtimedesktop-backgroundbackground-imageearthpicture
boramalper/magnetico
Apr 2017 - Jan 2022
Autonomous (self-hosted) BitTorrent DHT search engine suite.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 releases, 249 commits, 58 PRs in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Mert primarily focused on maintaining and enhancing the functionality of the autonomous BitTorrent DHT search engine suite, "magnetico." Their contributions include fixing installation instructions and adding screenshots to the README files for improved user experience. Significant code changes were made to the underlying codebase, including the release of a new version which involved optimizations and bug fixes. Moreover, code refactoring and other performance optimizations were implemented.
autonomousdhthostedbittorrentbittorrent-dht
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