Summary
Kei Fukutani is an M.S. Computer Science graduate and versatile software engineer with 11 years of professional experience spanning backend, mobile, QA, and AI chatbot development. He combines practical product delivery—founding an app company in San Francisco and contributing to enterprise systems at Rakuten and Keisho—with strong technical depth in Python, Java, C#, SQL, PyTorch, and cloud tooling. A competitive problem-solver, he has solved 300+ LeetCode problems and earned a Kaggle bronze, reflecting hands-on ML and algorithmic skills beyond routine engineering. Unusually for engineers, Kei is also a licensed Japanese Patent Attorney, giving him a rare blend of technical, legal, and client-facing expertise for software and systems IP. Based in Tokyo, he actively maintains projects on GitHub and pursues cutting-edge technologies, focusing on production-ready ML and backend solutions.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s in Computer Science, Master’s in Computer Science at University of San Francisco
Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree (Flask, SQLAlchemy, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS), Computer Science, Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree (Flask, SQLAlchemy, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS), Computer Science at Udacity
Coursework towards degree in Electrical Engineering, Coursework towards degree in Electrical Engineering at Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Architecture, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Architecture at Kyoto University
Java (SE/EE) Programming / Android App Programming Certificate, Computer Science, GPA: 3.94, Java (SE/EE) Programming / Android App Programming Certificate, Computer Science, GPA: 3.94 at City College of San Francisco
Computer Science, CS109, Computer Science, CS109 at Stanford University
Japanese, english (toeic: 920, toefl ibt: 84)