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Ken Kishino

@kenkishino

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I build enterprise web systems and reliable testable software for international remote teams.

Japan

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking for fully remote work with teams outside Japan in software engineering or AI data annotation, evaluation, and quality review. I value asynchronous, written-first collaboration and opportunities to apply Japanese-language and code-related expertise.

I've built and maintained enterprise web systems through Kraken Soft for energy, retail, manufacturing, and IT clients, including an LNG vessel-scheduling platform, LINE Pay payment-integration API, retail sales and inventory system, and export-control system.

I work across detailed design, implementation, and unit and integration testing, using Java, Spring Boot, React, TypeScript, SQL databases, Docker, Git, and Linux. I’ve also delivered C# and ASP.NET Core work, improved talent-platform list performance through a pagination redesign, and contributed on teams of 2 to 20 engineers.

Before engineering, I ran my own e-commerce business for eight years and built inventory and order-processing tools that led me into software development. As a native Japanese speaker, I’m pursuing fully remote international work in software engineering and AI data annotation, evaluation, and quality review.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Software Engineer

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Kraken Soft

Aug 2020 - Present (6 years)

Independent software engineering practice. Full-stack development on enterprise systems for clients in energy, retail, manufacturing and IT, contracted primarily through Exrise Inc.

• Vessel-scheduling system for an LNG energy company, plus a LINE Pay payment-integration API. Owned detailed design, implementation, and unit and integration test specifications. Java 8, Spring Boot, React, TypeScrip

MySQL Git SQL Server Jenkins C#ASP.NET Core Angular Nginx React TypeScript Java SQL Spring Boot Full Stack Developer PostgreSQL Docker JavaScript Software Testing

Founder & Owner

Kurakendo

Sep 2011 - Dec 2019 (8 years 3 months)

Founded and ran a mail-order and online retail business as a sole proprietor for eight years, handling sourcing, listings, pricing, fulfilment, customer service and accounts.

• Wrote my own software to automate inventory tracking and order processing, which cut manual handling time significantly and led directly to my career change into software engineering.
• Managed the full operation solo, inc

Inventory Management Order Processing Automation Java

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

The Open University of Japan

Bachelor of Arts, Information Science/Studies

2021 - 2025

Completed a second bachelor's degree part-time via distance learning while working full-time as a software engineer. Coursework covered computer science fundamentals, information systems, data processing and statistics.

Polytech Center Chiba

Vocational Training Certificate, Software Engineering (Java

2020 - 2020

Six-month full-time government vocational training programme in Java, networking and Android development. Completed a team capstone project with eight members, covering requirements definition through to integration testing. Career-change programme that led directly into professional software engineering.