About
ABOUT
Director of Engineering at Zynga, leading client engineering for one of the company’s flagship mobile games. Responsible for technical direction, architecture, code quality, and team development across multiple engineering teams.
Software engineer by background, involved in all stages of the software development life cycle for over two decades. Experienced in building and evolving large-scale, highly concurrent, low-latency and highly transactional systems, particularly in gaming, finance, and digital platforms.
Experience
Currently working at Zynga as Director of Engineering. Previously held senior engineering, architecture, and leadership roles at companies including Peak Games, VISA, HSBC, Sainsbury's, Sony Europe, Turkcell, Veripark and OBSS. Some of the portfolio can be seen here.
With 20+ years of experience as an engineer, architect, consultant, and engineering leader, actively contributed to the design, development, and scaling of complex systems across gaming, financial services, e-commerce, and enterprise platforms.
Founder of Wisen, a technology consultancy company.
Education
Academic background in engineering and natural sciences. Studied Computer Science and hold an MSc degree in Machine Learning.
Tools, Architecture & Techniques
Extensive experience across both backend and client-side systems. Previously worked with technologies including Java, Spring, Kotlin, Node.js, and React, and currently focused on large-scale mobile game client architecture using Unity and C#.
Architecture and engineering practices include scalable system design, object-oriented design, design patterns, performance optimisation, DevOps culture, CI/CD, and agile development methodologies.
Personal
I am the drummer of Minor Royals, a London-based band writing and recording original music. Our music is available on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming platforms.
I am also interested in art, philosophy, psychology, and artificial intelligence.
You can contact me at: erkut@erkut.me