Summary
Yu Kobayashi is a product-focused engineering leader with 11 years’ experience building developer tools and consumer apps, currently managing Product and Customer Success at Skydisc. He began his career developing system tools and HCI research at Aoyama Gakuin University, then shipped automated code review and portfolio-generation products (SideCI, bearfruits) and led engineering for manufacturing quoting software (TerminalQ). At mixi he moved from server-side and machine learning engineering into app design and product direction, demonstrating a rare blend of hands-on coding, ML experience, and product strategy. He has international operational experience dating back to working as an ASIMO operator in Shanghai and New York, reflecting comfort in cross-cultural settings. Known for founding lightweight developer-facing services and steadily translating research insights into shipped products, he combines academic curiosity with practical delivery.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
情報テクノロジー, 情報テクノロジー at 青山学院大学
なし, なし at 世田谷学園高等学校
Japanese, Chinese