Summary
Mitsuo Hangai is a seasoned software engineering manager based in Sendai, Japan, with 11 years of experience leading product-focused engineering organizations at Rakuten, Deloitte, and Accenture. He blends hands-on technical skills in Python, Java, Hadoop and data warehousing with certified Scrum expertise to run teams that span customer-facing APIs, data analytics platforms, and customer success services. Mitsuo regularly wears both Engineering Manager and Product Manager hats—defining vision, roadmaps, and hiring while coaching Product Owners and Scrum teams to adopt discovery-driven product practices. His background includes operating large-scale data warehouse and email/webhook systems and translating customer needs into measurable engineering outcomes. Active in the local Scrum community, he brings a rare combination of people-first leadership and deep data/architecture fluency informed by real-world operational experience.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Asaka highschool
Bachelor's degree, Japanese Language and Literature, Bachelor's degree, Japanese Language and Literature at 二松学舎大学 / Nishogakusha University
English, Chinese, Japanese