Sora Morimoto is a CTO and Principal Software Engineer based in Tokyo with eight years of experience building production-grade systems and bridging low-level code with high-level product strategy. He combines hands-on expertise in OCaml and JavaScript/TypeScript—contributing to projects like js_of_ocaml (CI/CD automation) and Strapi (dependency upgrades and media player integration)—with standards work at TC39 and Ecma International. His background spans research roles at Cambridge and Ocsigen, leadership in education tech as VP of Engineering, and current AI startup and product initiatives, giving him a rare mix of research, infrastructure, and go-to-market experience. Notably, he maintains developer infrastructure for language standardization bodies while also shipping pragmatic features in widely used open-source platforms.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
AI Startup School, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, AI Startup School, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Y Combinator
🚀 Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. It’s 100% JavaScript/TypeScript, fully customizable, and developer-first.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:17 reviews, 17 PRs, 70 comments in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Sora primarily focused on updating dependencies and improving the codebase of the Strapi project. They updated the Yarn versions to the latest versions, ensuring compatibility and performance. Furthermore, the user implemented a feature that incorporated the use of Mux player for video assets. They also made some changes to core Strapi modules and configurations related to content management and settings pages.
Contributions:55 pushes, 30 branches, 7 tags in 4 years 2 months
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Sora Morimoto - Chief Technology Officer at Ocsigen