Daniel Makiyama is a web solutions engineer and manager with nearly two decades of experience designing and delivering customer-centric global software solutions, currently leading Web Solutions Engineering at Google from Chicago. He has a proven track record managing distributed, multi-country teams and driving large transformation roadmaps for clients like McDonald’s, combining architecture, DevOps, and product-aligned delivery. As a former professor in microservices, PWA and Azure integration, he blends hands-on technical leadership with pedagogy, creating reusable teaching resources and code-first case studies. His career spans early technical consulting to senior engineering management roles where he modernized backend and frontend platforms and introduced Lean Kanban and automated SDLC practices. Known for coaching leaders and fostering cross-functional collaboration, he emphasizes measurable success criteria and reduces inter-team dependencies to accelerate delivery. Outside work he shares technical insights via a YouTube channel, signaling a commitment to public tech education and continuous outreach.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Universidade Federal do ABC
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Faculdade de Engenharia Industrial
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Daniel Makiyama - Web Solutions Engineer, Manager at Google