Summary
Juan Tabares is a senior application architect with 15+ years of experience delivering scalable, secure software across fintech, enterprise platforms, and payment ecosystems. He is currently at Rakuten Payment in Osaka as Senior Application Architect, shaping architecture, guiding mid- and long-term product vision, and driving R&D into new technologies. At Staffbase, he built robust RESTful APIs with Node.js/Express and TypeScript, contributed to security initiatives, mentored teammates, and supported high-availability deployments on AWS ECS. Earlier roles include Senior Full Stack Developer at Moola Inc. where he delivered secure, scalable web and mobile apps and APIs, and time with Nikko Asset Management, working with C#, PHP, Python, and JavaScript and collaborating with English- and Japanese-speaking teams. He co-founded HeadUP.space, an online storytelling platform, showcasing entrepreneurial drive and product design sensibilities. Based in Osaka, Japan, he combines architectural leadership with hands-on delivery and a knack for translating complex business goals into practical, auditable solutions.
9 years of coding experience