Kentaro Takiguchi
Search Engineer at Mercari, Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
Summary
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RockstarKentaro Takiguchi is a Search Engineer based in Tokyo with 13 years of software engineering experience, currently working at Mercari and previously contributing at Cookpad. He blends backend search expertise with hands-on mobile development experience, having implemented user-facing settings and refactored storage schemas for the widely used DroidKaigi 2016 Android app. Comfortable across product domains, he focuses on improving discoverability and relevance in large consumer platforms. An active GitHub and Kaggle presence suggests a curiosity for open data and experimentation beyond core search systems. Known for pragmatic refactors that improve user experience, he brings a mix of production-grade engineering and attention to detail.
13 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (10)
user-preferences10
javas10
system-preferences10
sharedpreferences10
android10
preference10
java10
ui-design9
databinding8
kotlin7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
konifar/droidkaigi2016
Feb 2016 - May 2016
DroidKaigi 2016 official Android conference app in Tokyo.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:6 commits, 3 PRs, 7 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Kentaro primarily worked on implementing and modifying settings-related features within the DroidKaigi 2016 Android application. This involved creating and utilizing preference schemas to manage user settings, such as notification preferences, heads-up display settings, and language selection. Additionally, the user refactored code to use updated KVS schema and default values, impacting the application's overall functionality and user experience.
androiddroidkaigikotlinandroid-applicationtokyo
rejasupotaro/AsyncRssClient
Nov 2013 - Nov 2014
Contributions:28 commits in 1 year
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