Mehmet Emre Aydinli
Android Engineer
About
Expert Android engineer with over 9 years of experience. Enjoys working in the complex lower layers, and building tools that enables engineers to achieve their goals. Loves learning new technology where the more esoteric the topic the better.
Work Experience
DoorDash
San Francisco Bay Area
August 2018 – November 2022
Android Engineer
Worked on the Dasher app contributing to all levels of the platform with a focus on improving user experience, code quality, and observability.
Highlights
- Built internal Android Maps and In-App Navigation framework on Google SDK.
- Performance optimization identification specializing in memory leaks.
- Mentored new hires and more junior engineers, and whoever pinged on Slack.
Tech Advisor
Technical advisor to projects
CSG International
Greater Chicago Area
September 2013 – November 2017
Android - User Interface Development Engineer II
Worked on white labeled Netflix-like solutions for individual top ten media companies.
Highlights
- Lead a team of four that took 1st place at the company's first ever "Cross-team Innovation Challenge" with more than 20 teams.
- Rebuilt the underlying feature and theme management system (with remote override support) with minimum interruption to the business.
- Developed the internal, third-party agnostic framework MVP for user tracking.
- Researched and developed "Advanced Closed Caption Manager". ACC is a FCC requirement.
- Developed the MVP for Live-Linear Experience
- Worked on content protected with DRM (PlayReady, Widevine).
- Worked on Chromecast (sender app).
- Implemented features through the Android NDK.
- Worked with clients to support patches/fixes/updates for their production apps.
- HackIllinois 2016 Android Mentor
Android Developer
Project: "LifeScribe Generations": A guided interview application for Android smartphones which enable families to more easily capture, organize, and share their family stories.
Istanbul Commerce University
Istanbul, Turkey
May 2009 – September 2009
IT Department Software Intern
Sanko Group/ISKO
Bursa, Turkey
September 2008 – September 2009
Customer Service and Support Management Department Intern
Internship
Garanti Teknoloji
Istanbul, Turkey
May 2008 – September 2008
Field Management Intern
Internship
Projects
- DoorDash - Dasher: Enjoy the freedom to be your own boss and earn money on your schedule.
- TalkTalk TV: TalkTalk's live TV and on-demand library on mobile devices.
- Cineplex Store: The Cineplex Store offers new releases and the largest selection of titles from every genre – for whatever your mood.
- DisneyLife: WATCH, stream and download Disney movies – including classic favourites
Contact
Education
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2010 2012
University of Cincinnati
Masters
Computer Science
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2006 2010
İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Computer Engineering
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2000 2004
VKV Koc High School
High School
N/A
Skills
Android
Senior
Kotlin
Mid-Senior
Java
Senior
MVVM
Android Studio
Git
References
Emre is a fantastic developer to work with. I was the user experience design lead while working with him at CSG International. He was very collaborative during the development of the product to make sure that the user experience and design turned out to be something we were both proud of. I hope to be able to work with him again in the future.
Picture Macgyver with a computer-- and that's Emre. He's selfless, passionate, an incredible problem solver and communicator. Emre approach us about a year ago because he wanted to intern as an Android developer with a startup. At the time we had no projects that he could work on, but he was persistent, so we decided to create a mobile app that made it fun and easy to capture your families oral history from your smartphone. Apart from wireframes and some general direction we provided Emre with little direction, some wireframes, and set him on his way. Somehow he pulled off the impossible. He learned design and xml so that we wouldn't have to hire someone else, developed the backend, and all the while encountered a myriad of complexities and problems that would have stopped others dead in their tracks. Still Emre delivered as he said he would-- a rare quality. If you're thinking of hiring Emre-- Just Do it. I wouldn't hesitate to be the first one to extend him an offer if we had the bandwidth to do so.
I've had the privilege of meeting Emre early in his life. Even in high school, he was creative, energetic and had many different areas of interest. He showed his talent for computer systems early on; and we've spent many lunch breaks working on computer science problems. We' still share many research interests and I'm still awed by his way of approaching complex problems. I believe someday he will change the way we do business. I'm quite looking forward to it.
Emre is an ambitious friend of mine who has already set his career path while he was studying. I believe that he will be successful in any business or project with his knowledge and personality.
I'm a non traditional student in the sense that I am typically forty years older than my fellow students in the University of Cincinnati's Computer Science Master's degree program. I have had several classes with Emre and am currently working on a project with him. I am very impressed with his knowledge, work ethic and maturity. He is fluent in two languages and has a very engaging personality. I'm sure he will prosper in any position he accepts. He has the qualities I value most in business associates and team members.