Aaron Madlon-kay
Software Engineer at 株式会社RightTouch
Chiyoda, Japan
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Top SchoolAaron Madlon-kay is a multilingual software engineer with 13 years of experience building cross-platform apps and localization infrastructure, currently contributing at RightTouch in Tokyo’s Chiyoda ward. He specializes in internationalization and localization systems, having led localization direction, QA, and tooling across mobile, desktop, and backend stacks at companies like Ripplex, Wovn, and Havok. A polyglot in both human (English, Japanese, Chinese) and programming languages (Swift, Java, Kotlin, Dart, Python, Lisp, Ruby), he combines hands-on engineering with operational fluency to ship scalable iOS/Android apps and backend services. An active open-source contributor, he helps keep widely used projects like MacPorts healthy by fixing build issues and streamlining portgroups—work that quietly supports many macOS developers. Known for improving translation quality and automating complex workflows, he blends technical depth with a translator’s attention to nuance.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., Physics, Japanese, B.Sc., Physics, Japanese at University of Wisconsin-MadisonUniversity of Minnesota Twin CitiesKeio University
English, Japanese, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (11)
package-manager-tool10
macos10
package-manager10
tcl10
build-automation10
patch10
command-line9
git9
algorithm6
python6
closest6
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
macports/macports-ports
Nov 2016 - Jan 2023
The MacPorts ports tree
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:60 reviews, 1054 commits, 278 PRs in 6 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Aaron primarily contributes to the MacPorts project by fixing build errors, updating dependencies, and improving the build process. Their commits involve patching code, adapting to changes in macOS, and fixing build issues related to external dependencies. The user is also responsible for updating and refining portgroups which streamlines the build process for other packages.
macosxpackage-managermacports-portsportsmacports
amake/srx-languagetool-ruby
Feb 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:25 pushes, 1 branch, 14 tags in 4 years 2 months
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