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Akira Nakao

@akiranakao1

Senior software engineer building scalable backends, AI workflows, and Web3 systems with cross-functional leadership and quality focus.

Japan

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a team where I can lead backend and AI orchestration work, own scalable architectures, and collaborate with product and stakeholders to ship reliable features with strong CI/CD and observability.

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 to deliver on time and within budget, and focus on scalable, efficient code—backed by a proven record of architecting and implementing complex systems that meet and exceed customer requirements.

In recent roles, I’ve built AI workflow and orchestration capabilities (including LangChain/LangGraph/LiteLLM integrations), production REST APIs, and event-driven integrations with strong observability. I’ve also delivered blockchain infrastructure and Web3 backends (AWS/CDK, serverless, Elasticsearch-backed discovery, and smart contract work), while investing in reliability through Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, automated testing, and performance tuning.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Lead Software Engineer

Wandai

Mar 2025 - Mar 2026 (1 year)

Generated 10+ AI workflow types in 8 months for case workflows, sub-workflows, agent calls, notifications, and human-in-the-loop actions. Improved backend maintainability by restructuring workflow logic into four service layers and reduced manual workflow handling via automated execution with Jinja templating and dynamic parameter resolution.

LangGraph LiteLLM REST APIs Kafka Elasticsearch Redis Neo4j

Senior Software Engineer

Mintable

Jan 2024 - Feb 2025 (1 year 1 month)

Designed and maintained blockchain infrastructure and AWS cloud architecture using CDK/CloudFormation and serverless orchestration. Built NFT marketplace backend services (REST/GraphQL) and integrated Elasticsearch for improved NFT discovery, while enhancing reliability with Docker, Kubernetes, Argo CD, and observability tooling.

AWS CDK AWS Lambda Step Functions GraphQL REST APIs Elasticsearch NestJS Solidity Docker Kubernetes

AI Backend Engineer

ArtisseAI

May 2023 - Oct 2023 (5 months)

Designed distributed backend servers and database architecture for global regions. Built AI image training/generation workflows using prompt engineering, fine-tuning, ML algorithms, LLMs, and RAG, integrating providers such as Google Gemini and GPT-4, and delivered REST/GraphQL APIs with Swagger documentation.

Google Gemini LLM RAG Prompt Engineering REST APIs GraphQL APIs AWS Lambda Kafka PostgreSQL

Fullstack Developer

Solarr

Mar 2022 - Apr 2023 (1 year 1 month)

Developed NFT marketplace and DeFi products with full-stack development and TDD, including smart contracts across Ethereum and Solana. Implemented cross-chain purchase and swap functionality using CCIP and CCTP, and migrated legacy systems to serverless and microservices to reduce operational costs by 10%.

React Next.js TDD Solidity CCIP Serverless Architecture Microservices Smart Contract Development