Kenji Yamamoto
Head Of Technology at PicPay
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolKenji Yamamoto is a seasoned technology leader based in Rio de Janeiro with over two decades of experience shaping fintech, payments, and large-scale digital products. Currently Head of Technology at PicPay, he blends hands-on engineering roots with strategic oversight to align technology investments, cybersecurity, and infrastructure with business goals. His background spans data engineering, growth-focused product leadership at Globo, and early-career front-end and UX work, giving him a rare fluency across data, product and user-facing systems. Known for building resilient, scalable platforms and scaling engineering teams, he also focuses on removing organizational impediments so squads can deliver predictable value. Kenji pairs formal training in data science, agile coaching and UX with practical experience in broadcasting-grade systems and high-traffic consumer products. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic architect who translates complex technical trade-offs into actionable product decisions.
13 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Agile, O treinamento de CSM da K21 é composto por atividades práticas, instrução direta, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Agile, O treinamento de CSM da K21 é composto por atividades práticas, instrução direta at K21Master of Technology (M.Tech.), Advertising, Master of Technology (M.Tech.), Advertising at Escola Tecnica de Comunicação - ETECBacharel, Comunicação Social, Publicidade e Propaganda, Bacharel, Comunicação Social, Publicidade e Propaganda at Escola Superior de Propaganda e MarketingAGP Middle, Business Administration and Management, General, AGP Middle, Business Administration and Management, General at Amana-KeyLean UX, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design, Lean UX, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design at ArtifactModern Agile, workshop, Modern Agile, workshop at Industrial Logic Inc.Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de JaneiroECMAScript 6, Computer Software Engineering, ECMAScript 6, Computer Software Engineering at Udemy Alumni
English, Spanish, Portuguese
Github Skills (19)
controlled9
typescript8
microsoft7
electron7
vscode-extension7
vscode7
aws7
editor7
infrastructure6
azure6
dbaas6
database6
visual-studio6
terraform6
visual-studio-code6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kenjiyamamoto/dotfiles
Jan 2013 - Jun 2018
Contributions:10 commits, 8 pushes in 5 years 5 months
kenjiyamamoto/kenjiyamamoto.github.io
Jul 2015 - Aug 2023
Contributions:52 pushes, 1 branch, 1 tag in 8 years 2 months
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