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Hi, my name is

Arda Akman.

I am software developer and history buff.

I am a Software Engineer who has interests in backend development, infastructure and developer tooling. Currently trying to learn more about Golang and Docker.

About Me

Hello! My name is Arda and I enjoy creating working on projects that are meant for scale. My interest in backend development started during my time at Berkeley where I got to teach about Machine Structures and Low Level Programming. I have been hacking around projects every since then, and looking forward to learn more about software engineering every day.

Currently, I am working as a Software Engineer at Sigma Computing, the best BI tool in the market. I am glad to be part of a great team of engineers and people, and I always try to learn more about other people and what they are working on. My main focus currently is learning more about how to build the infastructure and business logic for large projects.

Most recently, I worked on an online shopping tool that helps you find the best product matches for you on the internet! This was done together with my friend Deniz Birlikci.

Here are a few technologies I’ve been working with and also learning more about recently:

  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • MySQL
  • GraphQL
  • Snowflake/Snowpark
  • React
  • Sentry
  • Datadog
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Golang
  • Node.js
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Where I’ve Worked

Backend Engineer @ Sigma Computing

June 2024 - Present

  • Leading projects within the Data-Governance team, regarding solutions around authentication, permission, auditing and security. Ensuring customer audit data pipelines are efficient using dbt, and working on authentication functionality like Oauth, Saml and more.
  • Working on the Sigma Computing public API to ensure the API is complete in every way and provides data in an efficient manner. Ensuring API security.
  • Collaborate with designers and product managers to create enterprise ready solutions for enterprise customers such as big banks and financial instutitons.
  • Using technologies such as AWS, MySql, Snowflake/Snowpark, Typecript, Golang, React and Kubernetes.

Some Things I’ve Built

Other Noteworthy Projects

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  • Obvious AI

    A website that allows you to find your styles easier and better! We understand what you might want, and find similar matches to it within differnt price brackets, and vibes! You can look at the code for the website from the github link, if you want details about the actual model for inference/training in the background please contact me.

    • Typescript
    • Python
    • Pytorch
    • BaseTen
    • EC2
    • RDS
    • Postgress
  • Folder

    Blueberry AI

    Tool that helps people with talking to customer agents. Instead of spending your time, use Blueberry, give it context, and watch it handle your calls for you!

    • Typescript
    • Twilio
    • Python
    • OpenAI
    • Postgress
  • Folder

    Integrated F1 Analysis

    Dashboard for analysis of formula 1 races. Scrapes the formula 1 endpoints to collect information such as radio messages and more!

    • Python
    • Javascript
    • React
  • Folder

    Product Accesibility Tool

    Product Accesibility tool that analyzed webpages from the company's product and created analysis dashboard on the accesibility limitation of the product, helping engineers make their pages more accesible.

    • Typescript
    • React
    • Axios
    • Pupeteer
  • Folder

    Lineage - Sigma Computing

    Graph dashboard to help visualize Sigma Computing's products data relatinoships in a understandable manner.

    • Typescript
    • GraphQL
    • React
    • React-flow-renderer
    • Zustand
  • Folder

    Owlo

    A web app that helped blue-collar employees with their employee training, helping middle managers deal better with turnover and time utilization.

    • React
    • Typescript
    • Python

What’s Next?

Get In Touch

At the current time, I'm not looking for new opportunities. However, my inbox is always open for questions or chatting. I will do my best to get back to you as soon as I can!