Summary
Fumitaka Yamada is a software architect with 13 years of experience and eight years focused on backend engineering, specializing in C# ASP.NET, Go, and Ruby on Rails. He has led and managed projects with teams up to 40 engineers and directed full-system rewrites, including a ground-up reimplementation of an ad delivery platform at Skyfall that encompassed architecture, DB design, API contracts, data and infra migrations to AWS. Comfortable shifting between hands-on development and stakeholder negotiation, he builds product roadmaps and prioritizes business needs while still coding core components. Past roles include designing cloud-native React/NodeJS pages on Cloud Run and translating Japanese requirements for multinational teams at MetLife. A competitive problem-solver, he achieved a top AtCoder rating of 1051, reflecting strong algorithmic skills that inform his architecture decisions. Based in Setagaya, Japan, he balances technical depth with practical delivery across startups and enterprise settings.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Keio University