Summary
Akira T is an experienced Data Engineer with eight years building metadata-first data platforms and agentic AI tooling for companies like Afterpay and Block, where he owns core metadata assets and builds agents that answer data questions in a few clicks. He specialises in context engineering, harness and prompt engineering, data governance, and observability, and has a track record of turning messy marketing and analytics pipelines into systems that saved millions annually. Akira also lectures and tutors in mathematics and data science, translating academic rigor into production-ready practices. He is actively experimenting with GPT Codex, Claude Sonnet, Goose and Nexus as part of his agent toolkit, blending practical engineering with cutting-edge LLM orchestration. Outside of tech he is a trained cathedral bass and festival performer, a background that surfaces in his collaborative, performance-oriented approach to engineering. Based in Australia, he brings a rare mix of production impact, teaching experience, and creative discipline to data and AI governance problems.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Trinity Grammar School, Kew
Balwyn High School
VCE (ATAR), VCE (ATAR) at Melbourne High School
The University of Melbourne
English, Japanese, python