Gökhan Arkan

Software Engineer at GitHub

London, England, United Kingdom

About

I’m not using here at all nor interested any job opportunities. This profile is just a placeholder. There’s a slight chance I may respond after two months.

Experience

  • Software Engineer at GitHub
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

    Copilot & Agents & Ecosystem

  • Software Engineer at Microsoft
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

    GitHub & CoreAI

  • Founding Software Engineer at Surfe
    Aug 2021 - Aug 2025 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    Senior Full Stack Engineer - Contributed to backend and data architecture in Go, Python, and TypeScript during product growth from ~€100K MRR to €6M ARR over 4 years. - Supported cross-functional efforts in Customer Success, Sales, and Marketing, as the company scaled from a small core team (~4) to over 60 employees. - Designed and rolled out a centralised data warehouse from the ground up, streamlining ETL pipelines and improving access to business insights across teams; contributing to more informed decision-making and measurable revenue impact. - Helped develop a lightweight enterprise CRM using Google Sheets as a backend, which played a role in securing high-profile clients such as Google, contributing to €1.2M+ ARR alone. - Built and deployed an LLM-powered AI agent from 0 to 1 for outbound automation, which directly enabled profitable revenue growth through increased engagement and conversion. - Provided support on cloud infrastructure tasks (AWS, GCP) and helped implement monitoring with Datadog, aiding in achieving stable and reliable uptime.

  • Software Engineer at Stealth Startup
    May 2017 - Aug 2021 · 4 yrs 4 mos

    Two startups, Fintech & Ecommerce, one acquired