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Work Experience

• Software Development Engineer, 

  Mar, 2022 - Present

  • Currently working with F100 client (Client A) on the Customer XP (Customer Experience/CXE) Engineering team.

  • Utilize Python, Shell Scripting (Bash), AWS SDK and CLI, Hadoop, Terraform, and various external and internal tools and AWS services to perform programming and maintenance tasks in the cloud.

  • Developed back-end features on the reverse sync team for the Central Ledger technology for a separate F100 client (Client B) which included updates to their ledger database schema and new features such as a Google Cloud SQL archival strategy, unit tests, modifications for error handling, improved UI and other existing features.

  • Utilized the Scala programming language, Apache Spark, PySpark, and MySQL to fix and resolve issue tickets, fixing a total of 5 Jira issues and making 45 Github code contributions to the Central Ledger development branch during my stay at Client B.

  • Participated in Miro-based developer sync meetings and sprint retrospectives to describe both the features I added to the codebase and gave feedback regarding the development process, planning poker and thoughtful code reviews to other members of the team.

  • Completed 10 week training course on “big data” related technologies such as Scala, Apache Spark, SQL, Hadoop, HIVE, and Kafka, on the job AWS Associate level SecOps training via Percipio, as well as Client Data Protection and Ethics and Compliance trainings.

• Lead Design Engineer VR, Unity (Contractor), 

  Jul, 2020 - Nov, 20211 year 4 months

  Developed features for virtual reality (VR) based telehealth and therapy platform utilizing the Unity XR Plugin/XR Interaction toolkit.

  • Worked with University of La Verne researchers, psychologists and doctors on clinical trials for VR app building immersive, interactive and therapeutic experiences for Pico 2 Neo, Oculus Quest, Android, PC and Mac with the Unity 3D game engine and C#.

  • Managed a team of 2 interns assisting with coding, pair programming, organizing project milestones, facilitating meetings and project management / leadership and gave guidance, support with pair programming and PM recommendations.

  • Wrote code for integrated environments, avatar rigs, animations and contextual UI components for interactive interfaces via hand gestures, gaze and virtual keyboard. Also helped port the project from the OVR framework to the Unity XR Interaction toolkit for multi-platform compatibility.

  • Utilized OVR metrics tool and Android simulator to test and debug performance / framerate issues from within virtual environments and maintain HIPAA compliance where applicable.

• Technical Web Developer Expert at Thinkful, 

  Nov, 2019 - Aug, 20211 year 9 months

  Provided tutoring, mentorship, and technical coaching for future Software Developers, and Data Analytics professionals using JavaScript, React, Node, HTML/CSS, and PostgreSQL.

  • Delivered and facilitated bi-weekly mentorship and pair-programming sessions to over 40 students and alumni working through the Thinkful and Bloc Web Development Engineering Immersion, Flex, Nights and Weekends, and Data Analytics programs.

  • Performed critical responsibility of over 500+ 1 hour long technical assessments and mock interviews for students at key checkpoints in their respective programs assessing their programming skill in JavaScript, Web APIs, Web Apps, React, Node.js and PostgreSQL and made hire/no hire decision to determine if students' work and interview performance met quality standard to continue the program.

  • Performed ad hoc technical coaching via Zendesk-based “ThinkChat” platform for all web development students and data analytics students at Thinkful and Bloc, helping to answer questions, pair program via Zoom and debug / fix coding issues on-the-fly ifor all materials and at at all levels in the web development Flex, Immersion and Nights/Weekends curricula at Thinkful/Bloc.io, along with top ~30 of ~300 TWDEs at Thinkful/Bloc.

• Software Engineer at Palmie K.K., 

  Feb, 2019 - Apr, 20193 months

  Built internal financial tools, tracking, security, and free trial functionality for Palmie, an e-learning service working to educate and uplift the skills of artists in the Japanese animation industry.

  • Developed customer management system for user metrics and subscription data supporting over 10,000 users, and $10 - 15M per year operation utilizing Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, AWS S3, and MySQL.

  • Created internal tool and windowing system for aggregating customer metrics and calculating LTV ratios monthly of Palmie members following TDD workflow using Ruby on Rails, RSpec, Active Record and JavaScript.

  • Added 7 day trial (無料お試し期間 / Muryou Otameshi Kikan) and additional payments functionality and IP based user tracking and auto-reporting features with Active Record, AWS S3 and Ruby via the Slack API.

  • Directly reported to CTO daily and collaborated in person in Tokyo office and remotely via Slack and Github.

• Software Engineer at Stroly Inc., 

  May, 2018 - Dec, 20187 months

  Built Geolocation, internationalization, and cloud-based image processing services with AWS Batch and Lambda at Stroly, a startup in Kyoto, Japan.

  • Developed sorting, searching, and geocoding algorithms utilizing forward and reverse geocoding with Mapbox and Mapquest APIs in JavaScript/ReactJS to increase the relevance of Stroly map homepage search results.

  • Improved both client-facing and server-side code utilizing JavaScript, Backbone.js, Django, and Leaflet.js, releasing over 30 patches including pinch zoom, rotation, tiling, off by 1 errors, client-side rendering, and a11y/i18n features.

  • Produced complete site-map state transition design diagram for StrolyCom website tree β version which assisted in optimizing product workflow and user stories by at least 1 month.

  • Developed custom email template using Django and HTML5 and configured DKIM settings for AWS SES, implementing feature into production on Stroly.com.

  • Reported to CTO directly for daily standups and contributed to regular team meetings and OKRs guiding decisions related to the product.

  • Contributed fixes for linting errors and warnings by refactoring and improving TypeScript/JavaScript code quality.

• Software Engineer at Sunverge Energy Inc., 

  Oct, 2016 - Apr, 20176 months

  Developed firmware internal tools for Bay Area renewable energy company.

  • Created aggregation tool to read log data from database and store to AWS and Redis cache using Java, Spring MVC, JSP and JavaScript, displaying unit metrics and auto-generated Log4j data between a given date range for the tech ops team.

  • Created tool for logging and uploading 80+ key metrics on SIS units to AWS S3 storage within specified date range utilizing the Java AWS API for obtaining unit data from local and cloud data stores.

  • Pair programmed with a team member to create packet data reduction algorithm for mobile app utilizing Java, which successfully reduced average monthly mobile bandwidth rates from 750MB to approx. 40MB per month per user.

  • Wrote shell scripts to automate and optimize local build and release process, creating 5 scripts to implement tooling for performing staging for releases, build automation, and code reviews.

• Founder at Studio Triome LLC, 

  Jan, 2021 - Present

  Working my personal independent video game and freelancing/consulting projects.

  • Working on my personal video game and freelancing/consulting projects.

• Summer Immersion Program Instructor at Girls who Code Inc., 

  Apr, 2016 - Jul, 20163 months

  Full-time teaching position at Girls who Code Summer Immersion program for 3 months in Menlo Park, California.

  • Facilitated 6 hours of daily lessons and activities, games and programming labs while managing a classroom of 20+ students and 2 teacher assistants, teaching them Computer Science fundamentals using Python and Scratch.

  • Followed up with students via email Canvas, Piazza, and in-person while closely supervising and assessing their individual progress.

  • Created lesson plans and delivered daily presentations from lesson templates.

  • Had a positive impact on the motivations and aspirations of future women programmers, Software Engineers, and Computer Scientists.

• Software Engineering Intern, 

  Feb, 2015 - Aug, 20156 months

  Assisted developers at housecare.tokyo, an early-stage startup with a website & mobile app-based Housecare sharing service.

  • Collaborated with engineering team in Series A startup to develop a scheduling system for “Uber-for-home-cleaning” platform utilizing Ruby on Rails and Sass.

Projects Experience

• Node.js | Open Source Contributor, Self

  Jan, 2018 - Dec, 201811 months

  Contributed features and code clean up in Node core using C++ to edit V8 macros and added tests to V8 to support DCHECK.

  • URL: https://github.com/kiyomizumia/node

• Mozilla Foundation / AMP | OSC, Self

  Jan, 2017 - Dec, 201711 months

  Implemented screen reader functionality into AMP Project using JavaScript and Node.js to improve functionality for visually impaired users, and created bug fix for the addLoadReplace functionality in Firefox Fennec nightly builds.

  • URL: https://github.com/ampproject

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