Ahmet Koylan
About Ahmet Koylan
Ahmet Koylan is a Lead Software Developer at Apple, specializing in frontend development and AI/ML initiatives. He has extensive experience in software engineering, having previously worked at companies such as Walmart Labs, Meta, and Techworld Trading Inc.
Work at Apple
Ahmet Koylan has been serving as the Lead Frontend Developer at Apple since 2022. In this role, he has contributed to various initiatives within the company, including the integration of Hugging Face datasets and NLP models into Apple's Data platform. This integration has streamlined processes by reducing the need for developing and training models from scratch. Additionally, he architected a Documentation site that syncs with over 10 repositories, improving content management for Apple's AI/ML initiatives. His work has also included the development of a Jupyter Co-Pilot integration within Apple's Internal LLM, enabling seamless code assistance access directly from Jupyter Notebooks.
Experience at Project Jupyter
Since 2022, Ahmet Koylan has held the position of Lead Software Developer at Project Jupyter. In this capacity, he has focused on enhancing the functionality and usability of Jupyter tools. His contributions are aimed at improving the overall user experience for developers and researchers who utilize Jupyter for data analysis and computational tasks.
Previous Roles in Software Development
Ahmet Koylan has a diverse background in software development, having worked in various capacities across multiple organizations. He was a Staff UI Engineer at Walmart Labs from 2019 to 2020, and prior to that, he served as a Lead User Interface Engineer at Meta from 2020 to 2022. His experience also includes co-founding Techworld Trading Inc., where he worked as the Lead Software Engineer from 2007 to 2018. Additionally, he held positions at U.S. Bank as a Staff Software Developer and at Amerturk, Inc. as a Solutions Engineering Manager.
Educational Background
Ahmet Koylan holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from San Francisco State University. He also studied at the University of California, Berkeley, focusing on Computer Science at the post-graduate level. Earlier in his education, he earned an Associate's Degree in Computer Science with a minor in English from the University of Science and Technology in Yemen. His educational background has provided him with a solid foundation in software development and engineering principles.
Achievements in Software Engineering
Throughout his career, Ahmet Koylan has achieved significant milestones in software engineering. He implemented a fully managed cloud-native service for running Apache Flink applications at Apple, which resulted in substantial cost savings of over 8 million dollars annually in subscription costs. He also designed a comprehensive Team Knowledge and Collaboration Portal for Apple's AI/ML organization, featuring a custom replicator for efficient content synchronization.