Utku Uçkun
Software Engineer at Apple
Mountain View, California, United States
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Top SchoolUtku Uçkun is a software engineer at Apple with nine years of experience blending academic research and practical engineering across HCI, accessibility, and systems. He holds a Computer Science bachelor’s from Bilkent and a PhD from Stony Brook, where he worked as a research assistant on Human-Computer Interaction under Professor IV. Ramakrishnan while also teaching networks and labs. His background includes internships applying efficient algorithms to domain-specific problems—from byte-level Java serialization for defense software to physics-driven simulation in Unity—demonstrating a knack for turning research ideas into performant implementations. Based in Mountain View, he brings both rigorous academic training and hands-on product experience to accessibility and user-facing engineering challenges.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, 3.73, Computer Science, 3.73 at Bilkent ÜniversitesiHigh School Diploma, High School Equivalence Certificate Program, 89.9/100, High School Diploma, High School Equivalence Certificate Program, 89.9/100 at Mehmet Emin Resulzade Anadolu LisesiDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Stony Brook University
Turkish, English
Github Skills (9)
safari10
linux10
macos10
gtk10
ios10
javascript10
browser10
webkit10
neural-network2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
figalit/CS319-Group25
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:5 commits, 31 pushes, 17 branches in 28 days
utkuuckun/WebKit
Nov 2024 - Apr 2025
Home of the WebKit project, the browser engine used by Safari, Mail, App Store and many other applications on macOS, iOS and Linux.
Contributions:21 pushes, 7 branches in 4 months
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