Akira Takaki
Software Engineer II at Ripple
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAkira Takaki is a software engineer with 8 years of experience who blends a strong mathematics background with practical systems engineering, currently working on Accounts and Securities at Robinhood. He has built production features at scale—adding SIGv4-authenticated proxies to kubectl at AWS and improving protocol failover and analytics for Nasdaq—and has a track record of reducing operational friction for large user bases. Akira’s academic work includes NSERC-funded research and optimization of arithmetic circuits, reflecting a talent for turning mathematical insight into performant code. As a long-time TA across algorithms, numerical methods, and proofs, he pairs clear technical communication with mentorship. Outside work he documents life in photos and once identified as a “former ramen enthusiast,” hinting at a curious, detail-oriented personality.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Mathematics and Computer Science, MaCS Program, Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Mathematics and Computer Science, MaCS Program at William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate InstituteBachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Toronto
Github Skills (18)
expressjs8
script-engine7
mongodb6
nodejs5
nestjs5
nextjs5
forum4
react4
group-chat4
utm3
flask3
dialog2
chakra-ui2
graphql2
numerical-methods2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
DigestedLime/digestedlime.github.io
Dec 2017 - Apr 2026
Website for a bunch of side-projects
Contributions:172 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 5 months
side-projects
DigestedLime/DigestedLime
Jun 2021 - Jul 2025
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
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