January 2022 -September 2023
Mercoin, Inc. (Mercari, Inc.) / Engineer Manager, Software Engineer
As an engineering manager, I oversaw people management (1-on-1, goal setting, evaluation, etc.) of software engineers and product development management. Until the product’s release, I worked with teams of up to 20 people as Manager of Managers.
In developing the crypto asset sales office function, I was responsible for the overall Backend development. I managed the specification review, schedule management, and performance testing in cooperation with many stakeholders. As a result, the product was launched without any major incidents.
Jan 2022 -December 2021
Mercoin, Inc. (Mercari, Inc.) / Software Engineer, Backend
I transferred to Mercoin, a subsidiary of Mercari Group, as a Software Engineer. I went through the internal transfer selection process to work as a Software Engineer. After the transfer, I worked as a software engineer, designing and implementing microservices using Go and GCP. I also focused on recruiting to build up the development team.
July 2019 -June 2021
Mercari, Inc. / Mercari JP Engineer Hiring Manager
I was in charge of engineer recruitment for Mercari JP, developing strategies for new graduates and mid-career recruitment. I worked on improving the engineering selection process, new graduate engineering training, D&I, etc.
November 2018 - June 2019
Mercari, Inc. / Engineering Manager of Managers at Mobile Department
As the engineering manager for Mercari JP Mobile as a whole, I worked on people management and mobile development process improvement for about 40 people in total.
The main initiatives are as follows.
- Creating the team roadmaps and conducting the actions needed to make them a reality
- Two-way sharing/reporting of information between my team and the company’s management
- Setting goals, evaluating, and providing feedback to software engineers
- Training and mentoring software engineers
- Hiring software engineers
- Assigning engineers to projects
January 2015 - October 2018
Goodpatch, Inc. Chief Technology Officer
Immediately after joining Goodpatch, I was an engineering leader for the prototyping tool Prott, where I worked on project management, team building, programming (Ruby/Rails/JavaScript), and performance tuning. After assuming the position of CTO, I created the engineering organization, formulated the engineering evaluation system, developed the environment, and hired engineers. In addition, as Vice President of Products, he was also responsible for managing a cross-functional team of about 15 people to drive product development and achieve business goals.
August 2012 - December 2014
I worked as an engineer for a restaurant search service called Tabelog, where I developed an Internet reservation service. I coded programming with Ruby on Rails and JavaScript and developed Internet services.
2004/04 - 2012/07
NEC Nexsolutions / System Engineer
I worked as a system engineer. I coded programming with Java, Linux, and so on.
