Hotaka Kanazawa
Senior Software Engineer at giffgaff
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolHotaka Kanazawa is a Senior Software Engineer based in Edinburgh with 10 years’ experience building scalable data processing pipelines and backend systems across cloud environments. He combines strong backend expertise with fast, maintainable mobile development using Flutter and front-end work in React.js and Angular, enabling end-to-end delivery. Currently at giffgaff after senior roles at Sophos and Learning Pool/HT2 Labs, he’s comfortable in both product and security-conscious enterprise contexts. Trained originally in biophysics and medical science at The University of Tokyo, he brings analytical rigor and a data-driven mindset to engineering problems. Eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship until December 2024, he pairs practical deployment experience with a knack for translating complex data flows into reliable production services. An inclination toward cross-disciplinary systems design sets him apart from purely front- or back-end specialists.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of Tokyo
Japanese, Chinese
Github Skills (23)
xapi10
locker10
lrs10
react-component10
nodejs9
react9
javascript8
github-api7
api6
typescript6
github-bot6
python6
server4
github4
redux2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
h-kanazawa/react-detectable-overflow
Mar 2018 - Jan 2023
A React hook and component detecting overflow state.
Contributions:7 releases, 18 reviews, 140 commits in 4 years 10 months
react-componentreactdetectreactjscontents
h-kanazawa/introduction-to-algorithms
Mar 2018 - Jan 2019
Note: Introduction to Algorighms
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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