Summary
Tadashi Jokagi is a seasoned DevOps and web engineer with over 20 years specializing in building and operating high-traffic web services, and more than 30 years in IT overall. Based in Auckland, he combines hands-on infrastructure work (AWS, GCP, Docker, Ansible, MySQL) with application development in PHP and Python, having delivered RESTful APIs, OAuth providers, and internationalisation systems. He has repeatedly transformed legacy platforms into containerised, maintainable environments and built large-scale monitoring and MySQL management tooling for fleets of hundreds of instances. Tadashi’s background includes game- and systems-level engineering from early roles at Sega and Capcom, which contributes to his deep understanding of performance and low-level systems. A self-taught programmer and enthusiastic open-source supporter, he enjoys bridging developer and operations teams to ship resilient services.
21 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Diploma, Information Technology, Postgraduate Diploma, Information Technology at Auckland Institute of Studies (AIS)
Information Technorogy, Information Technorogy at Kobe Computer School Melon
English, English at New Zealand Institute of Studies
English, English at Edenz College
Nozaki high school
Japanese, English