Japanese Literature major turned AI-Native Software Engineer (JLPT N1). I ship enterprise systems, ML models and cloud infrastructure with a spec-driven, AI-agent workflow; I write Claude Skills, built an MCP Gateway, and teach the workflow internally. In the AI era an engineer's value is judgment and process design, not typing speed.
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Act 1: An unusual start
Japanese Literature degree, JLPT N1. My career began with language; a six-month AI/cloud bootcamp moved me into engineering. I built AI applications at a startup (content-to-video, LINE avatars and voice cloning) and now work as a Senior Systems Analyst at a retail group's IT subsidiary, spanning data engineering, DevOps and cloud architecture.
Act 2: AI changed how I work
Over the past year I moved my workflow to spec-driven development with AI agents: I adopted the open-source superpowers workflow (brainstorm → design spec → implementation plan → TDD), where AI executes and I review and decide, then tuned it for real projects — one shared AGENTS.md driving two agents, an automated AI code-review loop, and project-specific skills added to the flow (e.g. an Azure DevOps PR skill). With it I independently delivered an enterprise allocation platform (2.5 months), the AI service of a Customer Data Platform, demand-forecasting ML models, a company MCP Gateway in 3 days, and a full app with 62 tests in one day. Every number is in the git history.
Act 3: From user to builder
I don't just use AI tools — I package team domain knowledge as Claude Skills with evals, built the gateway that lets every AI tool in the company reach internal APIs safely, and teach the workflow in internal talks. Next: build something that actually matters.
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How I work
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Ship products with AI
Enterprise retail allocation platform, delivered solo in 2.5 months
Career Agent, an AI job-search assistant, live in 3 days with real users
A Flask daily-log system in one day, 62 tests
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Manage how AI works
Spec-driven (superpowers workflow): brainstorm → spec → plan → TDD, plus project-specific skills
One shared AGENTS.md driving Claude Code and Copilot CLI
Automated AI code-review loop until it converges
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Build tools for AI
Self-built MCP Gateway wrapping internal APIs as MCP tools
Domain knowledge packaged as Claude Skills with evals
Internal talks on prototype-driven requirement alignment
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Featured projects
Career Agent
AI job-search assistant: upload résumé → AI diagnosis → auto-crawl listings → fit ranking → tailored cover letters
FastAPI
MongoDB
Playwright
Claude API
React
TypeScript
3 daysto launch
73commits
10K+post views
Built so others could solve their own problem with a tool. The launch post on Threads passed 10K views and it has real users.
Threads AI roast generator: enter a handle → four roast styles as share cards → share to unlock hidden styles
Cloudflare Workers
Hono
KV
React
npm workspaces
1 dayto launch
67commits
4packages, each tested
Product thinking and a lesson in failure: Threads' anti-scraping returned 200 with gutted content, so the AI fabricated personalities. "Never fabricate" became a product rule. It spread less than Career Agent — tools that solve real problems travel further than entertainment.
MCP Gateway
Wraps internal enterprise APIs as MCP tools so any AI coding agent reaches them safely through one entry point
Python
MCP SDK
Starlette
SQLAlchemy
pytest
3 daysto v1
20+test files
Design focus: per-client auth, SSRF protection, encrypted upstream credentials, audit logs with sensitive-parameter masking. Tool catalog lives in a DB — approved tools go live without code changes or restarts.
Enterprise delivery
Retail allocation platform, CDP AI service, demand-forecasting ML, Azure IaC
FastAPI
React 19
.NET 8
Google ADK
Azure
Bicep
LightGBM
2.5 moallocation platform
1,100+files
6CDP repos
Delivered solo with AI collaboration at a retail group's IT subsidiary: a 2.5-month allocation platform (FastAPI + React 19), a CDP AI service on a Google ADK pipeline, LightGBM/CatBoost allocation models, and modular Bicep infrastructure.