Yigit Emre Yilmaz

Game Developer

Unity & C#

Mobile · Live-Ops · AI Tooling

Istanbul, Türkiye

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About Me

Game Developer and Computer Engineer (ITU) with 5 years of mobile development experience. Currently building features for the live mobile game Adventure Bay at Gamegos and developing AI-powered tools for the Product team. Independently shipped 2 mobile games on the App Store & Google Play (Unity/C#, Flame), with a strong background in mobile performance optimization, cross-platform architecture, state management and cloud backends (Azure, Firebase).

Education

B.Sc. Computer Engineering
Istanbul Technical University · 2017 – 2022

GPA 3.1/4.0 · Thesis: AppCampus Social Media

Languages

Turkish — Native
English — C1 (Proficient)
Japanese — A2 (Elementary)

Experience

Game Developer — Gamegos

Sep 2026 – Present · Istanbul, Türkiye

  • Developing new features and improvements for Adventure Bay, a live mobile game on iOS & Android.
  • Building AI-powered internal tools tailored to the Product team's workflow needs.
  • Collaborating with the Product team to turn requirements into practical, time-saving tools.

Senior Mobile Developer — ICRON Technologies

Jan 2024 – Jun 2026 · Istanbul, Türkiye

  • Led the mobile engineering team in designing and architecting enterprise-grade flight turnaround & workforce management apps for Qatar Airways, FlyDubai and Pegasus Airlines.
  • Set up automated Azure CI/CD pipelines for multi-environment mobile deployments and release automation.
  • Architected serverless backends with Azure Cloud Functions and secure data transmission layers on .NET Core APIs (REST & ProtoBuf).
  • Ran load and stress tests with Apache JMeter, optimizing app performance and backend query handling under peak traffic.
  • Introduced AI-assisted development practices with Claude Code to streamline code reviews and refactoring, reducing feature delivery time by 30%.
  • Mentored junior developers on the BLoC pattern, clean architecture and advanced state management.

Mobile Developer — ICRON Technologies

Apr 2022 – Jan 2024 · Istanbul, Türkiye

  • Developed core modules of the Easie Flight Turnaround Management and ICRON WFM iOS/Android apps.
  • Improved telemetry, crash monitoring (Firebase Crashlytics) and distributed logging, maintaining 99.9% app stability.
  • Worked with cross-functional teams to integrate real-time tracking features backed by C# services.

Mobile Application Developer — Mimware Software

Sep 2021 – Apr 2022 · Istanbul, Türkiye

  • Engineered end-to-end mobile products including MimHelium, a Bluetooth-based IoT tracking system co-developed with Turkcell for municipal bus fleets.
  • Built MimFuel, a real-time fuel management and consumption visualization tool using Flutter with Flask and .NET backends.

Skills & Tech

Languages

C#, Dart, Swift, Kotlin, JavaScript, Python

Game Development

Unity, Flame, mobile performance optimization (draw calls, asset bundles, lighting), AdMob, Firebase Remote Config & Analytics, store publishing

Mobile

Flutter, SwiftUI, BLoC, clean architecture, state management

Backend & Cloud

Azure (Cloud Functions, Pipelines CI/CD), Firebase (Auth, Firestore, Storage, Realtime DB), .NET Core, Node.js, REST, ProtoBuf

AI & Tools

Claude Code, AI-assisted development, AI-powered internal tooling, Git, Apache JMeter, Firebase Crashlytics

Published Games

MazeNight: Into The Darkness

3D Action Runner · Nov 2025 – Present

Built a 3D mobile runner from scratch; optimized asset bundles, draw calls and dynamic lighting to hold a steady 60 FPS on lower-end devices. Owned end-to-end App Store & Google Play publishing, analytics and store performance tracking.

QuiGuesser

Trivia & Quiz

Designed a dynamic trivia/quiz game with real-time score syncing and cloud-based content delivery. Integrated the Firebase suite (Authentication, Firestore, Remote Config, Analytics) and AdMob monetization.

Professional Projects

Adventure Bay

Live mobile game at Gamegos — building new features and AI-powered internal tooling for the Product team.

Easie GH

Airfield Ground Handling mobile app for Qatar Airways and FlyDubai, backed by .NET Core REST APIs.

easie by ICRON

Flight Turnaround Management mobile application for Pegasus Airlines.

ICRON WFM

Mobile application for enterprise Workforce Management.

MimFuel

Real-time fuel management and consumption visualization tool built with Flutter, Flask and .NET backends.

MimHelium

Bluetooth-based mobile IoT application developed with Turkcell for real-time location tracking of municipal buses.

Contact

Location: Istanbul, Türkiye

Phone: +90 554 688 33 76

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yiğit-emre-yılmaz