Akira Nakao

I’m a results-driven Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing and developing high-quality software solutions across multiple industries. I lead cross-functional teams, collaborate with stakeholders, and focus on delivering projects on time and within budget.

At WandAI (Lead Software Engineer), I generated 10+ AI workflow types in 8 months and improved backend maintainability by restructuring workflow logic into clear service layers. I reduced manual workflow handling with automated task execution workflows (Jinja templating, dynamic parameter resolution, heartbeat timeouts, human-in-the-loop signals, and trace ID propagation), and integrated 6+ AI agent types using LangChain, LangGraph, and LiteLLM.

At Mintable (Senior Software Engineer), I designed blockchain infrastructure and AWS serverless architecture using CDK and CloudFormation. I unified multiple AppSync and API Gateway configurations into one backend system, integrated Elasticsearch for ERC-721 and ERC-1155 indexing, and built AI-powered chat and discovery features connecting agents to NFT data.

Earlier roles strengthened my breadth: at ArtisseAI, I built distributed backend services for AI-powered mobile apps, delivered REST/GraphQL APIs with Swagger documentation, and integrated multiple LLM providers (including Google Gemini and GPT-4). At SOLARR, I supported secure Web3 product development across Ethereum and Solana, implemented cross-chain flows, and migrated legacy systems to serverless and microservice architecture—reducing operational costs by 10%.