Summary
Hiro Obara is an Enterprise Solutions Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience optimizing CDN and edge cloud solutions for large enterprises, currently supporting customers at Persona after a multi-role tenure at Fastly. He specializes in VCL, CDN architecture (DNS, TLS, backend, load balancing), cache optimization, live streaming, and Terraform-driven CI/CD, and regularly acts as an extension of client teams to align technical work with business goals. Known for solving complex performance and security challenges at the edge, he has led technical strategy for some of Fastly’s largest accounts and mentored engineers across the org. Combining a background in international economics with formal software engineering training, he brings a pragmatic, customer-first perspective to distributed systems and operational automation.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA International Economics, Bachelor of Arts - BA International Economics at Tohoku University
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at App Academy
Japanese