Akin Gundogdu - Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Akin Gundogdu

With 10+ years of experience, I'm a Software Engineer who loves building scalable, high-performance systems and driving innovation through modern technologies. I specialize in quickly delivering high-quality web and mobile applications by leveraging AI throughout the development process. I enjoy collaborating across teams and taking ownership of complex projects that push boundaries.

Tech stack

Experience

  • Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

    Kajabi

    Mar 2023 - Present

    Cost optimization: Migrated AWS RDS PostgreSQL instances to Reserved Instances during a hackathon, saving $180k/month in infrastructure costs. Build workflow for BMA: Built an end-to-end GitHub Actions + Fastlane pipeline (Ruby on Rails + Python) that automatically builds and publishes branded mobile apps for ~5M customers to the App Store and Play Store — reducing operational costs by 48% and release time by 80%. Payment for BMA: Implemented native Apple/Google payment and subscription flows for branded mobile apps (Ruby on Rails, 6 months), driving a 34% increase in product usage and a 12% uplift in creator sales. App Builder Studio: Designed and shipped a React + TypeScript studio letting creators design their own branded apps, lifting user retention by 26% and generating $5M GMV in 6 months. AI tooling: Actively contributing to all Kajabi mobile apps using Cursor, Swift and React Native — shipping large features quickly across iOS and Android.

  • Lead Full Stack Software Engineer

    Superpeer, Inc.

    Dec 2020 - Aug 2021

    High productivity: Analyzed competitors and delivered Course Management, 1:1 Meeting Infrastructure and Announcements in 2 months, driving a 17% revenue increase. Take ownership: Designed and rolled out a new full-stack architecture in 8 months, trained the whole team, improving engineering productivity by 30% and reducing production cost by 51%. Leadership: Led 4 engineers to ship every investment-critical web, backend and mobile item end-to-end — enabling a $2M funding round.

  • Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

    Epigra

    Jun 2020 - Dec 2020

    Architecture modernization: Converted 231 existing client projects to a Domain-Driven Design architecture, establishing a scalable and maintainable foundation across the portfolio. ULive: Designed and built the ULive product from scratch with 3 engineers, securing $3M in investment within 6 months. Provided hands-on architecture guidance, PR reviews and defined coding standards to keep code quality and maintainability consistent across projects.

  • Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

    Global Investment & Trading

    Aug 2019 - Jun 2020

    Real-time trading platform: Built core backend services, a real-time web trading dashboard and supporting mobile experiences for a global trading view and charting platform. Low-latency market data: Designed a high-throughput pipeline reliably handling 10M+ live market data requests, keeping chart updates smooth and delay-free. Reliability: Implemented unit and end-to-end tests and enforced solid code review practices to keep releases stable.

  • Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

    MyNextMatch

    Dec 2016 - Jul 2019

    Multi-platform product development: Core engineer across backend services, the main web application and mobile apps, ensuring a consistent experience for all users. Microservice architecture at scale: Designed and implemented a 256-service microservice architecture running smoothly in production, enabling teams to ship features independently and scale safely. Contributed to roadmap and sprint planning, reviewed critical pull requests and helped manage CI/CD pipelines to keep releases frequent and stable.

  • Software Engineer

    JTI (Japan Tobacco International) - Siskon

    Apr 2014 - Dec 2016

    Internal systems: Delivered multiple internal web applications for operations, sales and reporting — from requirements through to production deployment. Architecture and data design: Designed database schemas and backend architecture for both microservice-style and monolithic solutions. Full-stack delivery: Worked across client- and server-rendered frontends, performed code reviews and handled deployments to keep systems stable in production.

  • Software Engineer

    Narkonteks Tekstil A.Ş.

    Dec 2011 - Mar 2014

    Finance and stock systems migration: Migrated accounting and stock management processes out of SAP into in-house applications tailored to the company's workflows. Accounting and inventory domain expertise: Built deep hands-on experience in finance and inventory flows (invoicing, payments, stock movements, costing), aligning software with real-world business rules. Internal tools: Developed and maintained business and reporting tools used daily by finance and operations teams to track production, inventory and costs more accurately.

  • Mid Level Software Engineer

    Shift Technic - MSE Computer and Software

    Jul 2010 - Jun 2011

    Full-stack web development: Worked as a full-stack engineer on in-house web applications, implementing both backend logic and user-facing features used across the company.

  • Junior Software Engineer

    Nisa Ajans

    Mar 2008 - Jul 2009

    Order management systems: Worked as a full-stack engineer on print-house and order management software, helping digitize and streamline day-to-day order and production workflows.

Education

  • Computer Engineering

    Dokuz Eylul University · Izmir, Turkey

    2010 - 2014

    Undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering with a focus on software engineering, algorithms, data structures and distributed systems.

My Portfolio

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