Summary
Tsubasa Furukawa is a backend software engineer with nine years of experience building production systems for startups through Fortune 500 companies, currently contributing to Adobe from Los Angeles. He specializes in Elixir and Phoenix alongside Ruby, PHP, and modern JavaScript frameworks, and has shipped systems backed by PostgreSQL and MySQL across diverse stacks. Comfortable in both fast-moving startup environments and large engineering organizations, he brings a practical, curiosity-driven approach to learning and adopting new technologies. A UCLA-trained engineer with a mechanical engineering background, he combines strong fundamentals with an appetite for elegant backend design—he also mentions enjoying direct community contact via Discord, reflecting an approachable, collaborative working style.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering, 3.73, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering, 3.73 at University of California, Los Angeles
English, Japanese