Berker Acir
Senior Software Engineer at Capital One
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBerker Acir is a Senior Software Engineer based in Chicago with eight years of experience building high-performance applications and data infrastructure across startups and enterprise environments. He has a strong track record developing REST and WebSocket APIs, automating data pipelines, integrating third-party services, and tuning systems for scale—work recently applied at Capital One after roles in fintech, HFT, and full‑stack startups. Berker combines practical engineering with research rigor, holding an MS in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications and published work on privacy‑preserving AI for 5G networks. Comfortable across backend, trading systems, and R&D contexts, he moves between production delivery and experimental research, having built object-detection prototypes with TensorFlow during his academic internships. Known for tackling latency-sensitive problems, he blends systems-level thinking with hands-on coding to drive measurable performance gains.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Mezun MF, Mezun MF at Sakarya Cevat Ayhan Fen LisesiMaster of Science - MS Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Master of Science - MS Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
English, German, Turkish
Github Skills (7)
component-model8
distributed-computing7
event-driven-architecture7
algorithms6
asynchronous6
python5
event-driven5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
berkeracir/ceng519
Apr 2022 - Sep 2023
Contributions:2 releases, 23 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 4 months
berkeracir/ceng501
Apr 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:10 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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