# Kaan Avci

> Software Engineer at Meta

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kaanavci

Interested in distributed systems, machine learning, VR/AR, and backend development.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2024 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area

### Software Engineer @ Grant Street Group
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024

### Software Engineering Intern @ Goldman Sachs
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York, United States
Developed a new system for Marcus Digital Bank that computes daily profit and loss across the firm’s small business loans using Java, enabling senior leadership to assess loan profitability and determine return on investment of Marcus.

Deployed system to a modern infrastructure with Apache Spark to process millions of calculations per minute.

Reduced the time to compute daily P&L by 80% compared to the legacy system via distributed computing.

Participated in scrum, code reviews, and daily standups in an Agile environment.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Columbia Build Lab
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
Developed an app with a Columbia e-commerce startup called Tooler that enables builders to efficiently order construction supplies and have them delivered to a construction site within the hour, similar to an “Uber Eats” for construction supplies.

Contributed to backend, infrastructure, and internal tooling development.

Developed a system that automatically onboards hardware stores to Tooler and populates Tooler's database/catalogue with information about new product additions, significantly reducing the time to onboard new hardware stores.

Implemented a system to automatically fulfill customer orders and deliveries using AWS Lambda and Postmates.

### Software Development Intern @ Almaworks Accelerator
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
Worked with a healthtech startup called Insightfil which seeks to revolutionize the way elderly patients take their medication.

Developed a website using React that allows doctors to visualize patient profiles and medication plans.

Analyzed patient adherence to their treatment plans using Pandas and NumPy to gain insights into patient behavior.

Built web services using a microservice-based architecture and used Google Cloud Platform to store patient data.

### Computer Science Instructor @ Juni Learning
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
Provided private lessons in Python/Java programming, data structures, and algorithms


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
Columbia University

### High School Diploma
West Essex High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kaan-avci-8b921b171

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Last updated: 2026-03-29