Mikito Takada
Engineering Manager at Stripe
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMikito Takada is an engineering manager at Stripe with 14 years of hands-on experience building backend infrastructure and real-time systems, primarily using Node.js. He progressed through senior and staff engineering roles at Stripe after earlier stints at Trifacta and Zendesk, bringing deep expertise in distributed systems and real-time notification stacks. An author of several technical books on CSS, distributed systems, single-page apps and Node.js, he pairs practical engineering with clear technical communication. Mikito is an active open-source contributor, with notable fixes to socket.io and tools for publishing technical content (markdown-styles and a distributed-systems book site). His background in cognitive science and doctoral research in information systems gives him a rare blend of human-centered thinking and systems-level technical rigor. Based in Las Vegas, he enjoys solving cross-stack problems from frontend UX to robust backend transports.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Doctoral student Business Technology / Information Systems Science, Doctoral student Business Technology / Information Systems Science at Aalto UniversityDoctoral student Business Technology / Information Systems Science, Doctoral student Business Technology / Information Systems Science at Helsingin kauppakorkeakouluLi Po Chun United World CollegeMaster's degree Cognitive Science (minor in Computer Science), Master's degree Cognitive Science (minor in Computer Science) at University of Helsinki
Github Skills (17)
socket-io10
markdown10
compatible10
javascript10
integrate10
css10
http10
websocket10
integrations10
browser-support10
markdown-it10
html10
social-media10
nodejs10
web-development10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mixu/markdown-styles
Feb 2013 - Mar 2022
Markdown to static HTML generator and multiple CSS themes for Markdown
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:175 commits, 14 PRs, 99 pushes in 9 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Mikito contributed to the development of a Markdown to HTML generator, including the generation process. They worked on the core functionality, implemented enhancements, and refactored code. They also added new layouts and made improvements to the CSS styling for responsive design and better handling of different screen resolutions.
themes-csscssstatic-htmlthemesto-markdown
mixu/distsysbook
Sep 2013 - Mar 2018
The book Distributed systems: for fun and profit
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:36 commits, 15 PRs, 14 pushes in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Mikito primarily contributed to the front-end of the book's website, adding social media integrations and links to alternative formats. They modified the HTML and CSS to include Twitter and Facebook share buttons, and implemented Disqus for comments. The user also added links to download the book in different formats like EPUB, MOBI, and PDF. Additionally, they included acknowledgments to contributors and added a book cover image.
for-funprofitdistributed-computingdistributed-systemsjava
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