Hiroto Kaku
Backend Developer at Movable Ink
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolHiroto Kaku is a backend developer with nine years of experience bridging UX research, front-end development, and backend engineering to build highly usable products. Trained in human factors and control engineering, he brings a data-driven, user-centered approach to backend work—previously cutting analytics reporting time from two days to four hours with Python and Google Analytics automation. Now at Movable Ink, he has progressed from associate developer to backend developer, blending product empathy with practical automation skills. He has a history of designing A/B tests, prototyping accessible interfaces, and contributing to open-source projects, making him comfortable across the full product lifecycle. Based in Old Toronto, he seeks cross-functional roles where he can influence design decisions as well as system architecture.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Masters of Science Industrial Engineering; Human Factors and Ergonomics, Masters of Science Industrial Engineering; Human Factors and Ergonomics at University at BuffaloBachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering; Control Engineering, Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering; Control Engineering at Sophia University
English, Japanese
Github Skills (43)
git10
fundamentals10
javascript10
github10
css10
http10
location-based10
html10
web-development10
music10
documentation10
patch9
musicbrainz9
mpd9
python9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
thekakkun/coding_challenges
Dec 2021 - Dec 2024
Contributions:83 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years
thekakkun/over-yonder
Oct 2022 - Mar 2023
This is a location-based geography game for smartphones. Try and guess the shortest-distance direction for each city.
Contributions:236 commits, 26 PRs, 197 pushes in 4 months
senseminecraftdirectionmercatord3
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