Summary
Shunsuke Sotobayashi is a Research Development Software Engineer with a decade of experience blending software engineering, deep learning research, and typographic expertise. Based in Hyogo, Japan, he drives R&D at Morisawa, applying PyTorch and AWS to image and text recognition, generative models, and workflow automation. Earlier in his career he led CJK and Latin font development, designing complex GSUB features and building font tooling and plugins for RoboFont and Glyphs. His background in mathematics (Kyoto University) informs a methodical approach to model design and tooling reliability. He brings a rare combination of artistic sensitivity and engineering rigor, turning typographic complexity into reproducible software pipelines. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic researcher who moves prototypes into production-ready workflows.
9 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Mathematics, Master of Science - MS, Mathematics at Kyoto University
Japanese, English