Mustafa Kaya
Senior Software Engineering Lead II at Akamai Technologies
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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Top SchoolMustafa Kaya is a seasoned software engineering leader with 13+ years of industry experience and 6+ years delivering hands-on software solutions, currently Senior Software Engineering Lead II at Akamai Technologies in Sunnyvale, California. He helps build the internet infrastructure to protect users from bad actors, blending hands-on development with scalable architecture and delivery leadership. His technical breadth spans Python, JavaScript, SQL, Flask, and Node.js, with deep experience in AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS), Docker, Elasticsearch/Kibana, OAuth 2.0 and JWT. He excels at end-to-end ownership and cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, QA, Product, and Customer Success, consistently delivering secure, reliable systems under deadlines. Earlier in his career, he architected event-driven microservices, enabled SOC 2 compliance, automated deployments, and led multi-tenant teams to deliver scalable platforms.
7 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Deutsche Schule Istanbul / Alman LisesiMaster of Science - MS, Sustainable Energy Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Sustainable Energy Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS, Industrial Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Industrial Engineering at Boğaziçi UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Information Technology, Master of Science - MS, Information Technology at University of the CumberlandsIstanbul Erkek LisesiMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at The City College of New York
Turkish, English, German, Swedish
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Github Skills (94)
databases10
java10
sql-query9
keyboard9
presto9
sql9
database9
input-method9
multiple-languages9
ime9
indexing9
jdbc9
gitter9
data-science9
analytics9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
MusKaya/algorithms
Sep 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
MusKaya/springer-spring-2020
Apr 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
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