Aki Shinagawa
Sr. Mobile Engineer II - IOS at Liftoff Mobile
Ladera Ranch, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAki Shinagawa is a senior iOS engineer with over 15 years in mobile software and game development, and nine years focused on professional mobile industry roles. He has deep expertise building fast, reliable SDKs and monetization tooling using Swift, Objective-C, C++, C#, and Java, and has driven SDK design, CI ownership, and cross-platform adapters at Vungle and Liftoff. His background spans game development (Cocos2d-x, Unity) to advertising integration and developer-facing tooling, giving him unusual fluency both in product engineering and in helping partners integrate complex SDKs. Aki frequently led automation and testing initiatives, mentored engineers, and supported Japanese clients—combining hands-on coding with cross-cultural communication. He pairs a film/media education with formal iOS and C++ training, which informs a pragmatic, UX-aware approach to technical problem solving. Based in Ladera Ranch, CA, he blends game-dev creativity with a strong operational focus on shipping robust SDKs at scale.
9 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Film/Cinema/Video Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Film/Cinema/Video Studies at San Francisco State UniversityNano Degree C++, Computer Programming, Nano Degree C++, Computer Programming at UdacityAssociate of Arts (AA), Film/Cinema/Video Studies, Associate of Arts (AA), Film/Cinema/Video Studies at City College of San FranciscoiOS for Engineers, iOS for Engineers at CodePath
Japanese, English
Github Skills (3)
hero7
ios3
react-native3
Github contributions (5)
Task-Hero/TaskHero-iOS
Nov 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:40 commits, 15 PRs, 42 pushes in 24 days
react-nativeiosheroios-app
akishinagawa/TipCalculator
Jul 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 2 months
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