Kaito Yamada
シニアソフトウェアエンジニア at Hitachi Data Systems
Yokohama, Japan
Summary
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RockstarKaito Yamada is a senior software engineer based in Yokohama, Japan, with 14 years of professional experience focused on backend systems and low-level networking. At Hitachi and Hitachi Data Systems he has delivered robust, production-grade software while evolving into a technical leader on complex engineering teams. He is an active open-source contributor to pcap4j, a Java library for packet capture and crafting, where his work added ICMPv6 support, improved IPv4/UDP/TCP packet handling, and created utilities like a pcap merge tool. That hands-on packet-level expertise underscores a deep understanding of network protocols, performance trade-offs, and pragmatic tooling. Colleagues rely on him for reliable, maintainable implementations of protocol logic that bridge research-grade networking into enterprise products. He combines steady long-term delivery with a penchant for improving the developer toolchain around networking stacks.
14 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (15)
javas10
packet10
network-programming10
java10
data-structure9
software-design9
data-structures9
packet-analysis9
git6
version-control6
pcap6
pcap4j6
packet-capture6
git-branch6
winpcap6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
kaitoy/pcap4j
Dec 2011 - Nov 2019
A Java library for capturing, crafting, and sending packets.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1001 commits, 33 PRs, 434 pushes in 8 years
Contributions summary:Kaito's commits focused on adding and modifying various parts of the Java library pcap4j for capturing, crafting, and sending packets. The contributions include implementing new packets for ICMPv6 protocols, improving the functionality of existing packets such as UdpPacket and IpV4Packet, and adding a tool for merging pcap files. Furthermore, the commits showcase the addition of features for TCP timestamps and enhancements to the internal logic of various components, indicating a focus on extending and refining the packet processing capabilities of the library.
capturingpacketsnpcapjava-librarynetwork-tools
kaitoy/japanese-word-selection
Aug 2015 - Jan 2018
Contributions:25 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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