Summary
Shota Kono is a Tokyo-based engineering leader with 11 years of experience building backend systems for consumer platforms, currently serving as VP of Engineering at 株式会社SOUHL. He spent recent years developing the backend of a social e-commerce platform at カウシェ and held engineering roles at Mercari, Recruit, and LayerX, showing a pattern of fast-paced contributions across notable Japanese tech companies. Comfortable shipping production services, he blends hands-on backend engineering with strategic team leadership and product-focused delivery. A Tokyo Institute of Technology computer science graduate, he pairs academic grounding with practical startup and scale-up experience, often stepping into short-term, impact-driven roles to accelerate product roadmaps.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Tokyo Institute of Technology