Mercari - Senior Software Engineer
Tokyo, Japan - Aug 2022 - Present
Largest C2C Marketplace in Japan
Frontend lead for releasing Mercari globally
Architect projects in CrossBorder company as tech lead
Review company wide initiatives and projects
Develop critical features using React and Go
Frontend tech lead
Hire, onboard, and educate new and existing engineers
Improve Mercari web through initiatives such as i18n and daily releases
Linkers - Senior Web Developer
Tokyo (Remote), Japan - Nov 2020 - July 2022
Marketplace for Japanese banks and businesses (FinTech)
Architect the Frontend of a Server Side Rendered (SSR) app with Vue
Improved DX and reduced errors by introducing Typescript
Improved UI & UX by developing design system and component library using SCSS and Storybook
Speed up development by improving Webpack bundler
Lead Frontend team
Plan and deliver projects by working with business team to create and assign tasks in Japanese
Grow Frontend team by interviewing and onboarding new members
Facilitates learning by educating juniors and other members
Design APIs with Backend Engineer using Ruby on Rails
Develop responsive UI for mobile, tablet, and PC users with designer
Cadmus - Web Developer
Melbourne, Australia - Mar 2019 - Oct 2020
Online assessment platform for universities (EdTech)
Write maintainable and high performing Single Page App (SPA) using React and Redux in Typescript
Facilitates communication between designer and Backend developers using Elixir and Phoenix
Manager of our design system made with Styled Components and documented using Storybook
Manager of marketing website build with NextJS and Contentful CMS
Write tests to automatically catch errors using Testing-Library and Jest
Rome2Rio - Data Researcher
Remote - Dec 2017 - Mar 2019
Door-to-door travel information and booking engine, helping users to get to and from any location in the world.
Research route information in Japanese and translate data to English
Input, maintain and retrieve data using computer systems
Ensure information is collated and stored in an accurate and efficient manner
Various Companies - Virtual Assistant
Remote - Jan 2016 - Mar 2019
Worked with various companies remotely on mainly data-entry tasks.