Sora Morimoto
Tokyo, Japan
Summary
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RockstarSora 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
Github Skills (25)
github-ci10
javascript10
cicd10
automation10
dune10
headless-cms10
yarnpkg10
automations10
githubaction-workflow10
cms9
content-management-system9
ocaml9
typescript9
typescript-types9
content-management9
Programming languages (39)
Github contributions (5)
ocsigen/js_of_ocaml
Feb 2021 - Mar 2022
Compiler from OCaml to Javascript.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:80 reviews, 27 commits, 50 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Sora's contributions primarily revolve around setting up and configuring the CI/CD pipeline. They transitioned the project to GitHub Actions, modifying the build processes across multiple opam files. They introduced automation by adding OCaml versions to the CI workflow and updating build configurations to improve the development lifecycle.
compilerjavascriptocamlocsigenjsoo
strapi/strapi
Feb 2023 - Nov 2024
🚀 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
Full-stack DeveloperContributions: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.
headless-cmsjavascriptstrapitypescriptnodejs
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