Engineering Director · Tokyo, Japan

YOSHIORI
SHOJI

Software engineer with 20+ years of experience. Building and leading global engineering teams. Recognized voice in Japan's developer community — speaker, author, organizer.

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Experience

Jul 2024 – Present
CloudBees Inc.
Engineering Director
  • Leading global engineering teams across Japan, US, Canada, India, and Australia
  • Architecting and building AI-powered test optimization platform while leading global teams
  • InfoWorld AI Impact Awards winner — achieved 80% reduction in test execution time
May 2020 – Aug 2024
Launchable Inc.
Principal Software Engineer
  • Built AI/ML-driven test intelligence platform from 0→1 at Silicon Valley startup
  • Core architect of predictive test selection engine (now "CloudBees Smart Tests" after acquisition)
  • Daily collaboration with global teams across 5+ countries in English
Nov 2012 – May 2020
Cookpad Japan
Head of CTO Office
  • Drove cross-cutting initiatives for all engineers — hackathons, workplace reforms, and development culture
Head of Tech Department / Engineering General Manager
  • Managed the shared platform engineering division serving all product teams
Head of HR
  • Led all HR functions including recruiting, performance reviews, and compensation
  • Established hiring standards: "never lower team average"
Head of Recipe Posting
  • Managed the recipe posting service development team as department head
Software Engineer
  • Recipe posting platform development and led microservices migration
  • Built company-wide video streaming infrastructure
Mar 2009 – Oct 2012
DWANGO Co., Ltd.
Engineer / System Leader
  • Built internal mobile revenue and expense aggregation system
  • Developed Niconico Seiga (e-book platform)
Feb 2008 – Mar 2009
Growth Xpartners Inc.
Software Engineer
  • Performance tuning for municipal regional services
  • Developed in-store visualization service
Feb 2006 – Feb 2008
BrainPad Inc.
Software Engineer
  • Developed recommendation engine product "Rtoaster"
Dec 2003 – Jan 2006
KBMJ, Inc.
Web Engineer
  • Built blog/RSS Japanese keyword tagging application
  • Developed job-hunting support site using Google Maps API and Ajax
  • Web application development for job listing platforms
Aug 2001 – Dec 2003
Zentech Technology Japan, Inc.
Software Engineer
  • DoCoMo mobile phone emulator development
  • Built disaster prevention information system prototype for Hokkaido government
QA Engineer
  • DoCoMo mobile phone quality assurance
  • Java VM quality assurance
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Skills

JavaRubyPythonSpring BootRuby on RailsAWSDockerKubernetesBazelCI/CD
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Talks

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Publications

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Recognition

2025 InfoWorld AI Impact Awards — CloudBees Smart Tests
2014 Developers Summit Best Speaker Award — 1st Place
2010 Developers Summit Best Speaker Award — 2nd Place
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