Wilson Higashino
Software Engineer at Google
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolWilson Higashino is a software engineer and Big Data specialist with 11+ years of experience building high-performance, cloud-native data systems across industry and academia. He has led teams as Scrum Master and architected scalable pipelines using Google Cloud (BigQuery, Dataflow, Datastore) to support ad targeting and foot-traffic attribution, while also holding a Software Engineer role at Google. His research background (PhD and postdoc) produced novel multi-cloud CEP architectures and simulators that reduced query latency by ~60% and validated system behavior within 10% error, reflecting a strong blend of experimental rigor and production-grade engineering. Comfortable switching between research and delivery, he’s skilled at cost-optimization for rapidly growing data volumes and translating technical roadmaps into client-facing products. Based in Kitchener, Ontario, he brings rare cross-pollination of academic publishing and enterprise-scale system design that fuels practical innovation.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Software Engineering, 3.76/4.00, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Software Engineering, 3.76/4.00 at Western UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, 4.0 / 4.0, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, 4.0 / 4.0 at Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Github Skills (26)
streaming10
reactive9
concurrent9
kubernetes9
java9
akka9
distributed-systems9
docker9
go9
concurrency9
high-performance9
actor-model8
cloud-native8
scheduling8
akka-streams8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
virsox/cepsim
Sep 2014 - Nov 2015
Contributions:96 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
virsox/scalexpr
Aug 2016 - Aug 2016
Simple expression parser / evaluator
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
evaluatorexpression-parserparser
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