Berkay Barlas
Software Engineer @ Apple
Software Engineer at Apple working on the Safari and Apple Intelligence Platform. M.Sc. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech.
Experience
Software Engineer @ Apple Intelligence Platform
Apple
Sept 2025 - PresentDeveloping iOS Apple Intelligence Platform components, system-level APIs, internal tooling, and on-device scheduler for LLM/multi-modal tasks.
Software Engineer @ Safari (iOS)
Apple
July 2023 - Sept 2025Developed and optimized Safari browser components using Objective-C and Swift. Key contributor to DMA-related projects and integrated AI/ML frameworks.
Software Engineering Intern
Developed a tool to track latency changes in Google Cloud products. Implemented TypeScript dashboard and Go back-end to aggregate billions of logs.
Software Engineering Intern
Apple
May 2022 - Aug 2022Collaborated on Safari team, solved Safari macOS and WebKit bugs. Designed and implemented new features for major Safari release.
Founding Frontend Lead
Vagon.io
Mar 2020 - Jan 2022Led Front End team to develop remote desktop controller application. Enhanced streaming performance 30% and reduced fraud cases 80%.
Early Engineer
Zeplin.io (Y Combinator 2015)
Jun 2019 - Aug 2020Designed React front-end and Electron applications. Led performance overhaul reducing code redundancy and increasing page loading speed by 30%.
Education
M.Sc. Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology • Aug 2021 - May 2023
B.S. Computer Engineering & Electrical Engineering (Double Major)
Koc University • Oct 2015 - May 2021
Skills
Programming Languages
Frameworks & Tools
Technologies
Patents
Awards
Hackathon Best Project Awards
Pixery Hackathon'19 & Ciceksepeti Hackathon'20 • 2019
Qualified 1st among 30 teams
Honors
Apple Swift Student Challenge Judge
Apple • 2025
Selected to evaluate global student submissions based on technical quality, creativity, and execution.
Stanford University Innovation Fellow
Stanford d.school • 2019 - 2021
Completed design thinking course at Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. Section leader for Stanford Java teaching program.
Turkish University Exam Top Performer
National Exam • 2015
Ranked 273th (top 0.01%) among more than 2 million students
