Summary
Yuta Okazaki is a founder and software engineer with 14 years of experience building production-grade systems and leading teams across startups and enterprise clients from Tokyo. He specializes in architecting AI-embedded solutions—delivering GenAI applications, RAG/SOP knowledge systems, evaluation frameworks, and OCR workflows—and partners closely with business and engineering stakeholders to integrate them into cloud and enterprise environments. A pragmatic leader, he emphasizes ownership delegation, clear empathetic communication, and shipping clean, testable code. His background spans hands-on roles at ChartMogul and Shopify through tech lead positions and freelancing, giving him deep experience in scalability and async messaging patterns. Influenced by SICP, he brings a curiosity for programming paradigms and language design, evidenced by past projects like implementing a Lisp/Scheme interpreter. He combines entrepreneurial drive with a preference for practical, evaluable AI solutions that fit real operational constraints.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Media and Governance, Master's degree, Media and Governance at Keio University
English, Japanese