Hayato Matsuura is an engineering manager based in Tokyo with 15 years of experience building and operating large-scale web services, SRE platforms, and enterprise infrastructure. He progressed at Autify from backend engineer to CTO and now leads engineering, combining hands-on technical insight with people-first leadership—his GitHub bio simply states "I support people," which underscores his focus on enabling teams. Prior roles at GitHub, CyberAgent, IBM Japan, and Digital Technologies gave him deep expertise in cloud migrations, SRE practices, enterprise support, and complex Windows/SQL/SAN environments. He has led cross-functional infrastructure projects, datacenter and cloud migrations, and an ISO27001 certification effort, showing a mix of operational rigor and compliance experience. Comfortable bridging product and ops, he excels at turning legacy architectures into maintainable, cloud-friendly systems while mentoring engineers. Fluent in navigating Japanese enterprise contexts, he brings pragmatic engineering judgment and a knack for making technical transitions less risky for organizations.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Commerce, Bachelor, Commerce at 日本大学 - Nihon University
Associate degree, Information Engineering, Associate degree, Information Engineering at Sendai National College of Technology
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