Ken Kaizu
Backend Engineer At FOLIO Https Folio-sec.com
Chiyoda, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolKen Kaizu is a backend engineer with 13 years of experience, currently building secure backend systems at FOLIO in Tokyo's Chiyoda district. He holds a Master's in Computer Science from Kyoto University and has production experience at LINE, where he worked on APIs, CMS and ad delivery systems and earned a LINE Developer Award. Ken contributes to notable open-source projects such as Atlantis (Terraform PR automation) and Argo Workflows, improving backend automation and enhancing workflow UIs—demonstrating fluency across backend, DevOps, and full-stack tasks. He combines practical operational improvements (e.g., repo locking and VCS comment handling) with user-facing UI polish, making him effective at bridging developer experience and reliability.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Computer Science, Master's Degree, Computer Science at Kyoto University
Japanese, English
Github Skills (23)
javascript10
workflow-engine10
ui-design10
terraform10
uid10
automation10
terraformer10
go10
front-end-development10
golang10
automations10
devops10
react10
kubernetes9
github9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
runatlantis/atlantis
Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
Terraform Pull Request Automation
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:201 reviews, 33 commits, 41 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Ken primarily focused on improving the backend functionality and automation aspects of the Atlantis project. They implemented changes to handle GitLab server comments, and fixed issues related to GitHub app user names. Additionally, they contributed to enabling or disabling repository locking, and worked on customizing the VCS comment command executable name. These contributions suggest a focus on the core functionality and operational aspects of the project.
atlantisgolangdevopsgopull-request
argoproj/argo-workflows
Feb 2021 - Feb 2022
Workflow Engine for Kubernetes
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 10 commits, 16 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Ken primarily contributed to the UI of the Argo Workflows project, implementing features and fixing bugs related to the user interface. They worked on the submit workflow panel, cron workflow UI, and the workflow node information display, enhancing usability and user experience. The user also upgraded the argo-ui dependency and added a feature to customize the navigation bar color and added claims.Email into gatekeeper audit log entry. These contributions demonstrate a focus on both front-end and back-end changes.
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