Shoya Yoshida
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning at Instagram
Hokkaido Prefecture, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShoya Yoshida is a machine learning-focused senior software engineer with five years of experience building production ML systems at Peloton and Instagram in New York. He combines applied research roots from Columbia University with hands-on engineering, moving from research assistant and internships into ML engineering roles that emphasize robustness and data-driven product features. Comfortable across the stack, he has also contributed database schema design and transactional logic in open-source projects, reflecting a practical attention to data integrity and operational tooling. Based in Hokkaido but working in the U.S., he brings a cross-cultural perspective and a long-standing interest in Linux/Android systems that informs his engineering instincts. Colleagues describe him as someone who bridges research and production, turning experimental models into scalable services.
4 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Finance Major Computer Science Minor, Bachelor's degree Finance Major Computer Science Minor at Georgetown UniversityCranbrook Kingswood High SchoolBachelor of Science* Computer Science, Bachelor of Science* Computer Science at Columbia University
Japanese, English
Github Skills (10)
stored-procedures10
schema-design10
database-administration10
postgresql10
sql10
schema10
database-design10
db-schema10
database-schema10
data-modeling9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
zanfranceschi/rinha-de-backend-2024-q1
Feb 2024 - Mar 2024
Repositório da 2ª edição da Rinha de Backend
Role in this project:
Database Engineer / Database Administrator
Database Engineer / Database AdministratorContributions:4 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Shoya's commits focus on database schema design and implementation for a backend service. The code changes primarily involve defining database tables, including `clientes`, `transacoes`, and `saldos`, along with their respective columns, data types, and relationships, using SQL. Furthermore, the commits incorporate the creation of stored procedures and functions for managing transactions, retrieving balances, and generating extracts, demonstrating a focus on database logic and data management within the application. Seed data for the database is included, populating the tables with initial values.
MoeKernel/build
Oct 2023 - Mar 2025
CI for MoeKernel
Contributions:2 PRs, 411 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 5 months
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