Taiki Kawakami
Software Engineer at Timeleap Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
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Top SchoolTaiki Kawakami is a software engineer based in Tokyo with 13 years of experience building high-traffic backend systems and full-stack platforms. He has driven server-side development at LINE and advanced IoT and cloud services at SORACOM, later advising as CTO Technical Advisor and continuing engineering leadership at SmartBank and Timeleap. Proficient in Java and PHP, he contributes to notable open-source projects such as eclipse-leshan (LWM2M) and LINE's PHP SDK, focusing on robust lifecycle handling, dependency improvements, and lightweight SDK design. Taiki combines production-grade engineering with protocol-level expertise in IoT, having refactored core library components to improve resilience across client and server modules. His background includes a Master of Engineering in Computer Science from Tokyo Metropolitan University, and he often bridges product needs with low-level reliability improvements that aren’t obvious from surface feature work.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science, Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science at Tokyo Metropolitan University
Github Skills (10)
javas10
iot10
php10
java10
lwm2m10
googlebot9
phpunit9
sdk9
bots9
eclipseiot8
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
line/line-bot-sdk-php
Apr 2016 - Aug 2017
LINE Messaging API SDK for PHP
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 releases, 103 commits, 35 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Taiki primarily focused on the PHP SDK's functionality and dependencies. They made adjustments to argument orders in the `SignatureValidator.php` file. Additionally, they fixed dependencies related to the test files. The user also added a tiny SDK to provide a lighter version. Finally, they refactored response header handling.
apiapi-sdkbotphpline-messaging-api
eclipse-leshan/leshan
Nov 2020 - Dec 2020
Java Library for LWM2M
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 reviews, 13 commits, 5 PRs in 13 days
Contributions summary:Taiki primarily focused on refactoring and improving the core Java library for LWM2M in the eclipse-leshan/leshan repository. Their contributions involved moving interfaces like `Destroyable`, `Startable`, and `Stoppable` to the `leshan-core` package and integrating them with existing components. They also updated several classes in the `leshan-client` and `leshan-server` modules to handle lifecycle events and unexpected errors more robustly. The user demonstrates expertise in Java and the LWM2M protocol, with modifications across multiple sub-modules within the project.
java-librarydevice-managementeclipseiotlwm2m-protocollwm2m-client
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