Yuzuki Sado
Senior Software Engineer at GitHub
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolYuzuki Sado is a Senior Software Engineer based in Melbourne with 10 years of experience building full‑stack web and mobile applications, and a strong focus on cloud-native architectures using AWS. They bridge frontend polish (React, Ember, TypeScript) and backend services (Node.js, Python, DynamoDB, Lambda), with hands-on experience shipping secure systems from feature UI tweaks to serverless pipelines. A former security engineer at Xero who progressed into senior roles at GitHub, Yuzuki pairs product-minded UX improvements—demonstrated by contributions to the open-source Misskey microblogging UI—with practical security and CI/CD expertise. Known as a TypeScript enthusiast, they combine linguistics and media studies background with Dev Academy training to communicate complex technical tradeoffs clearly across teams.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Linguistics and Media Studies, Bachelor of Arts - BA Linguistics and Media Studies at Victoria University of WellingtonDev Academy Aotearoa
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Github Skills (9)
microblogging10
javascript10
front-end-development10
vue10
vue-jsx10
html9
css9
responsive-design9
federation8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
misskey-dev/misskey
Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
🌎 A completely free and open interplanetary microblogging platform 🚀
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 7 PRs, 4 comments in 2 days
Contributions summary:Yuzuki's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the user interface of the Misskey platform. They modified components related to post visibility, including the visibility button's appearance in both desktop and mobile views. Furthermore, they updated the display of user-related information such as follow buttons and profile views, improving the overall user experience. Additionally, the user addressed a minor margin issue in the mobile view.
reactfediversejavascriptfederationnodejs
nzws/knzklive2
Jun 2022 - Dec 2022
Open source, federated, unlimited live-streaming service
Contributions:7 releases, 73 reviews, 187 commits in 5 months
unlimitedstreaming-servicestreamingbroadcastcustomizable
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