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
Go Python Java PHP C C++
Infrastructure
Google Cloud AWS Kubernetes Docker Terraform
CI/CD
GitHub Actions ArgoCD Cloud Build CircleCI Fleet
Observability
Grafana Prometheus OpenTelemetry Splunk
Database
MySQL PostgreSQL Redis BigQuery Clickhouse
Service Mesh
Istio Linkerd


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

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
2026 Activity Distribution