Iffy (Tokyo, Japan)

• solo developer creating language-learning tools
• launched Real Kana, Real Kanji, Real Hangul
• Real Kana receives 4 million monthly page views
• native Android (under development) and iOS versions
• September 2025 – present

Klarity (San Francisco, CA)

• frontend lead (React) on an AI-driven enterprise workflow platform
• Next.js, GraphQL, TypeScript, CRA, AWS, GCP
• customers include Cloudflare, DoorDash, Instacart, MongoDB, OpenAI, Stripe, Uber, Zoom
• Y Combinator Spring 2018 Batch
• June 2022 – August 2025

Unity (Tokyo, Japan)

• frontend lead (React) on a web translation system
• prototype development with Apollo, GraphQL, MUI, TypeScript
• product development with React Query, REST, JavaScript
• July 2019 – September 2021

Groupon (Palo Alto, CA)

• frontend lead on the US mobile website: global search, local deals, hotel bookings, etc.
• lead on mobile migration from Rails to Node.js
• lead on migration of legacy, country-specific mobile websites (France, Germany, Italy, UK, etc.) to Groupon’s global API
• August 2011 – June 2015

Xoom (San Francisco, CA)

• frontend lead on an international remittance platform
• built the content management system (editor, publisher, and translation system integration)
• acquired by PayPal in 2015
• July 2004 – July 2011

University of Waterloo

• Systems Design Engineering

Addenda

• I’m smart, collaborative, pragmatic, and have a strong track record as a remote developer
• I appreciate good design, and enjoy being part of a team working on something worthwhile
• I have a sense of humor and love my work