Summary
Tatsuya Kawano is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of professional experience currently based in Shanghai and developing at Fairy Devices. His career spans long-term engineering roles at Cloudian and prior senior development and leadership positions across finance and tech firms, reflecting deep expertise in building and operating production systems. He brings a rare blend of early-career systems and network engineering experience with a creative design background from Pratt Institute, which informs pragmatic, user-aware technical solutions. Comfortable in both startup and enterprise contexts, he has repeatedly moved between hands-on engineering and technical leadership roles, including a CTO post, indicating strong product and delivery instincts. Living and working across Japan, New York and China, he combines global perspective with a track record of sustaining long-term platform development.
13 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Graphic Design, Graphic Design at Pratt Institute
Japanese, English