Summary
Masahiro Higuchi is a senior software engineer based in Greater Tokyo with over two decades of experience building server-side systems, APIs, and infrastructure across major Japanese tech firms. He has deep expertise in PHP, Go, Scala, C/C++, and machine learning–backed services, and has led migrations such as PHP-to-Go (presented at PHP Conference Tokyo 2019). His recent focus is on recommender systems for personalized lists and push notifications, while historically he has designed CDN, ad delivery, and moderation APIs using Bayesian models. Masahiro blends hands-on coding with architecture and product-facing specification work, having introduced DDD and Agile practices in past roles. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic system design that balances scalability with operational simplicity.
6 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Master of Engineering, Industrial Engineering at Kanagawa University