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Kenji Nakamura

@kenjinakamura

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Mobile and product systems engineer focused on reliable, maintainable production systems.

Japan

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for senior or founding-level roles where I can design and operate production backend and mobile systems, improve system reliability, optimize low-latency AI workflows, and contribute to scalable distributed architectures in remote-first teams.

I am a mobile and product systems engineer with seven years delivering production mobile applications and backend services, spanning Android (Kotlin), iOS (Swift), Golang backends, and Python-based ML pipelines. I prioritize operational readiness, correctness, failure handling, and long-term maintainability while owning features end to end from design through release and iteration.

I have shipped mobile features supporting tens of thousands of active users, integrated AI-assisted services and blockchain wallet flows, and reduced incident frequency through improved error handling and monitoring. I work effectively in distributed, async teams and emphasize reliable, observable systems that meet enterprise reliability and compliance standards.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Mobile and Product Systems Engineer

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Independent Projects

Jan 2023 - Present (3 years 1 month)

Designed and delivered AI-assisted messaging and blockchain-connected mobile products, owning end-to-end architecture, implementation, and operations while supporting real-time low-latency workflows.

Kotlin Golang Python NLP

Senior Software Engineer

Global Technology Company

Jan 2019 - Dec 2023 (4 years 11 months)

Developed and maintained Android and iOS features for large international user bases, integrating AI-backed services and improving reliability to reduce incidents and modernize legacy mobile components.

Kotlin Swift Golang Mobile Architecture Integration Observability Performance Tuning & Security

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of California, San Diego

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Activities and societies: Continued professional development through production work and self-directed learning.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with coursework in software engineering fundamentals, distributed systems, and applied computing; graduated in 2017.