Summary
Masahiro Y is a software engineer with 14–15 years of experience building production web services, currently developing Web APIs in Golang at Mercari. His background spans large consumer platforms and real-time media — from Yahoo and CyberAgent to KDDI payment systems and AR/VR live streaming at SHOWROOM. He has hands-on experience launching internal engineering organizations and operating high-throughput video and payment services at scale. Outside work he co-led a team that won the ICRC Grand Prize at Japan XR Hackathon 2017, reflecting a practical interest in XR and creative problem solving. Colocated in Chiyoda, Tokyo, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a calm, risk-aware approach to system design.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS, ACMS/CS/Math, BS, ACMS/CS/Math at University of Washington
Chinese, Japanese, English