Motohiro Takayama
Director Of Engineering at LayerX
Tokyo, Japan
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Top SchoolMotohiro Takayama is a seasoned engineering leader with 18 years building high-scale mobile and middleware systems, now serving as Director of Engineering in Tokyo. He combines hands-on expertise across iOS/Android clients, game engines and graphics libraries with product-focused management—recently leading AI workforce engineering at LayerX after roles at Fastly and Mercari. Known for quickly prototyping solutions, diving into complex systems to resolve performance bottlenecks, and driving company-wide design systems, he prefers small, high-impact teams. His background spans device-level work (Cell/Intel multicore, streaming modules at Toshiba) to consumer mobile ecosystems and mobility products like taxi-driver tablet apps. He mentors engineers, shapes technical hiring and cross-cultural teams, and brings a practical research mindset from a Master’s in Informatics at Kyoto University. A pragmatic technologist, he often bridges deep systems know-how with applied product delivery rather than just headline features.
18 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Informatics, Computer Architecture, Programming Language, Master, Informatics, Computer Architecture, Programming Language at Kyoto University
Japanese, English
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Github Skills (13)
vim10
google-closure-compiler10
javascript10
vim-plugin10
lint9
audio6
avaudioplayer6
android-ndk6
ios6
google-cast6
android6
iphone6
receiver6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
mootoh/milpon
Jan 2009 - May 2014
Contributions:555 commits in 5 years 5 months
praveenvh/milpon
Oct 2008 - Dec 2008
Contributions:128 commits in 1 month
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