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About @takp
About me
My name is Takayoshi Nishida. Call me Taka or Tony :)
I’m a Japanese Software Engineer based in Osaka, Japan and Bangkok, Thailand. I run my own company, but basically I’m working same as a freelance engineer.
I develop various web applications and softwares for the global start-ups located in Japan and South East Asia. I specialize in back-end development – including server-side development, API development, infrastructure and so on. Currently I develop the execution platform of AI algorithms for London-based AI startup.
Also, I am a graduate student at Georgia Tech - Online Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science from 2019 Jan. Though sometimes it’s tough to study while working, I enjoy to learn and gain new knowledge.
How I work
I develop softwares for clients as an external team member. Most of my clients manage projects with agile/scrum development. So I have a daily or weekly meeting with team members and I clear my tickets.
What I do
I usually write a code in Ruby and Python, and sometimes Go (Golang), JavaScript or PHP.
- Back-end development / Software Development
- API development
- Database design
- TDD (Test Driven Development)
- DevOps, Infrastructure
- Cloud (AWS, GCP, etc)
I’m going to explain with some more detail with actual projects as follows.
Recent Projects
(1) Execution platform for AI system
As an R&D team member, I build task management system using Apache Airflow to process ML/ AI algorithms. This project is still new and the development plan changes very quickly. It is very exciting to research new solutions and discuss with team members.
Tech stack: Python, Apache Airflow, Kubernetes, Docker, gRPC
(2) Video Converter Software (Backend)
Another project is the video converter system that generates video from various photos, music, and short videos. To support many kinds of videos, I added new options to it. Furthermore, I made a new API and new feature to support the new type of videos.
Tech stack: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, FFmpeg, Docker, Azure
(3) Worldwide Real Estate Web Platform (Back-end, Infra)
This is the web platform where people can find their real estates over the borders. I joined this project from scratch so that I built all of the foundations of the back-end system and the infrastructure. It is made using Ruby on Rails and React for front-end. To interact with the frontend, we build the API and separate the implementation between backend and frontend.
Tech stack: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, React, AWS (EC2, ElasticSearch, ElasticBeanstalk, RDS etc), MySQL, Redis, NginX
Skills
- Ruby (Ruby on Rails)
- Python
- Go (Golang)
- JavaScript
- PHP
- Database: MySQL, Redis
- AWS (EC2, RDS, ElasticBeanstalk, ELB, ElastiCache, CloudSearch etc.)
- Kubernetes, Docker
Education
Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology – Georgia, USA (Jan 2019 - 2022 Expected )
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Physics, Kwansei Gakuin University – Hyogo, Japan
Certification
- CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer by CNCF(2019 Jan)
- Algorithms, a 4-course specialization by Stanford University (Coursera, 2018 Jul)
- TOEFL iBT Score 104 / 120 (on 2018 May)
- Machine Learning Engineer Nanodegree (Udacity, 2017 Nov)
- Machine Learning by Stanford University (Coursera, 2017 May)
Contact
You can find me at…
Contact me by Twitter or by email to takayoshi.nishida (at) gmail.com.
The requests for work are always welcome 🚀