Basic Information
Name
Taisuke Okamoto
Date of Birth
1996/12/02
Education and Work History
2015
Osaka Institute of Technology, Dept. of Information Network - Entered
2019
Osaka Institute of Technology - Graduated
2019
Joined Video Market Co., Ltd.
2021
Joined MONOC, Inc.
2021
Joined IDC Frontier Inc.
2025
Joined PLAID, Inc.
Technical Stack
Languages

Infrastructure

CI/CD

Observability

Database

Service Mesh

Job Responsibilities
PLAID, Inc. Jul 2025 - Present
① Developer Experience & Performance Engineer
Jul 2025 - Present
- Company-wide Development Infrastructure
- Maintenance, improvement, and release management of a Go-based API gateway
- Building and operating GitOps-based Kubernetes deployment pipelines using ArgoCD and Kustomize
- Automating Google Cloud/AWS infrastructure with Terraform and planning/executing GKE cluster version upgrades
- Developer Experience Improvement
- Standardizing Docker images and unifying versions across multiple services in a monorepo
- Improving and automating CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
- Automating component version management and formulating upgrade plans
- Evaluating and introducing AI-assisted workflows using Claude Code and Gemini
- Performance and Quality Improvement
- Building E2E test infrastructure and automating test workflows on GKE
- Operating Kubernetes manifest policy validation using conftest/OPA
- Driving Go runtime and Kustomize version upgrades
② Software Engineer
Nov 2025 - Present
- OLAP Database Development
- Development and operation of an OLAP database
- Maintaining and improving multi-component architecture on GKE
- Integration with Google Cloud services including BigQuery, Cloud Storage, and Spanner
- E2E Test Infrastructure Design and Implementation
- Designed and implemented automated E2E test environments on GKE
- Achieved parallel test execution through PR-based namespace isolation
- Implemented multi-stage cleanup processing including Config Connector edge cases
- Built secure CI/CD pipelines using Workload Identity Federation
- Infrastructure and Operations
- Codifying GKE clusters, Artifact Registry, and IAM with Terraform
- Implementing Kubernetes Operator version management and auto-update mechanisms
- Developing E2E test suites including BigQuery integration verification
IDC Frontier Inc. Sep 2021 - Jun 2025
① Container & Kubernetes Evangelist / Education Leader
Jan 2023 - Jun 2025
- In-house education programs
- Designed and conducted a 3-month container and Kubernetes learning program
- Maintained over 90% satisfaction rate
- Technical migration support
- Led containerization and migration to Kubernetes environments
- Internal and external technical support
- Technical support for SE and sales teams
- Container/Kubernetes adoption support for clients
② Kubernetes as a Service (KaaS) Development
Sep 2022 - Jun 2025
- Kubernetes integration with CloudStack
- CSI Driver, Cloud Controller Manager, and Ingress Controller implementation
- Custom Kubernetes implementation for company security requirements
- Custom Kubernetes components
- In-house addon-manager for automatic updates
- Custom Migration and Cluster Autoscaler implementation
- Multi-platform support and CI/CD
- Kubernetes setup on private cloud (vSphere)
- CI/CD environment for managing multiple Kubernetes versions
MONOC, Inc. Jan 2021 - Aug 2021
① Product Order Management System
Feb 2021 - Aug 2021
- Go API development (standard packages only), Shopify integration
- CloudBuild + CloudRun CI/CD on Google Cloud
② International EC Integration System
Feb 2021 - Aug 2021
- Go + Goroutine for 20,000-30,000 daily product registrations
- BigQuery data integration and GUI visualization for non-engineers
Video Market Co., Ltd. Apr 2019 - Jan 2021
① Streaming Infrastructure Renewal
Oct 2019 - Jan 2021
- Led PHP to Go rewrite with Kubernetes-based microservices
- Istio service mesh, Grafana/Prometheus monitoring infrastructure
② DRM Implementation Engineer
Jul 2020 - Oct 2020
- Multi-DRM system (Widevine, PlayReady, FairPlay) design and implementation
- HLS/DASH streaming protocol and DRM integration
Side Jobs
Geears Inc. Dec 2024 - Jun 2025
- AWS Infrastructure — S3, ECS, ECR, VPC, RDS, ElastiCache cloud infrastructure
- Data Analytics — Redshift Spectrum build and operations
- Containerization & CI/CD — ECS + GitHub Actions pipeline
Relie inc. Sep 2021 - Oct 2024
- Backend and infrastructure support
- Engineer training and learning content for non-engineers
- Container/Kubernetes technical support for FinTech companies
Other Activities
Tech Conference Management
- Committee member of CloudNative Days, Japan’s largest cloud-native tech conference, since 2022
- Observability team leader for conference metrics visualization
- Co-chair since 2024, leading overall conference management
- Co-Organizer of Grafana Meetup Japan, promoting observability with LGTM stack
Activities as DJ and VJ
- Active as ‘BigBaBy’ at Tokyo nightclubs since 2021, VJ for international artists
- Genre-transcending VJ style creating immersive “five-senses stimulating” spaces
Performance Experience
- CLUBS
- FESTIVALS
Activity Balance
pie title 2026 Activity Areas and Time Allocation
"Main Job" : 50
"Community Management" : 25
"Tech Education & Mentoring" : 5
"Side Jobs & Tech Support" : 10
"DJ/VJ Activities" : 10