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Kitsuya Azuma

Software Engineer / Engineering Student

ABOUT ME

Kitsuya Azuma
I am a second-year master's student based in the Tokyo metropolitan area.Inspired by competitive programming, I became interested in personal projects and was gradually drawn to the field of software engineering.At university and in graduate school, I developed a background in Computer Vision and conducted research primarily on knowledge distillation-based Federated Learning.Through my experience as a student intern at multiple companies, I plan to begin my career as a platform engineer.My hobbies are reading technical books and managing the lab's servers.My goals for 2026 are to contribute and present in multiple technical communities and to develop a habit of exercise.

NEWS

  • 2026.02

    Started internship at Mercari as Platform Engineer. So excited!

SKILLS

Frontend
Backend
DevOps

EXPERIENCE

  • Mercari, Inc.

    Feb 2026 - Mar 2026, Intern (Platform Engineer)

    TypeScriptTerraformKubernetes
  • CloudNative Kaigi

    Dec 2025 - Present, Core Member (Website and CFP)

    AstroGitHub ActionsAWS
  • Institute of Science Tokyo (former Tokyo Institute of Technology)

    Apr 2024 - Present, School of Engineering, Department of Information and Communications Engineering

    Apr 2024 - Present, Nishio Laboratory

    Machine LearningFederated Learning
  • Platform Engineering Kaigi 2025

    May 2025 - Oct 2025, Core Member (CFP, Website, and Catering)

    AstroCloudflare
  • Mercari, Inc.

    Jan 2025 - Mar 2025, Intern (Platform Engineer)

    Google CloudTerraformTypeScriptGitHub Actions
    Turborepo Remote Cache: Accelerating CI to "Move Fast"

    Turborepo Remote Cache: Accelerating CI to "Move Fast"

    https://engineering.mercari.com/en/blog/entry/20260216-turborepo-remote-cache-accelerating-ci-to-move-fast/

  • Mirrativ, Inc.

    Feb 2024 - Jun 2024, Intern (Infrastructure Engineer)

    GoLinuxFluentdFluent Bit
    Migrating the Log Infrastructure from Fluentd to Fluent Bit and Implementing a Monitoring Tool

    Migrating the Log Infrastructure from Fluentd to Fluent Bit and Implementing a Monitoring Tool

    https://tech.mirrativ.stream/entry/log-fluent-bit-monitor

  • M3, Inc.

    Mar 2024, Intern (MLOps Engineer)

    GoKubernetesGoogle Cloud
    Increasing the Memory Limit of OOMed CronJobs 'Just Right' to Reduce Unnecessary Billing and Incident Response

    Increasing the Memory Limit of OOMed CronJobs 'Just Right' to Reduce Unnecessary Billing and Incident Response

    https://www.m3tech.blog/entry/2024/04/12/110000

  • Tohoku University

    Apr 2020 - Mar 2024, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical, Information and Physics Engineering

    Apr 2023 - Mar 2024, Omachi Laboratory

    Machine LearningComputer Vision
  • CyberAgent, Inc.

    Sep 2023, Intern (Hackathon)

    TypeScriptMySQLGraphQLAWS
  • Yahoo Japan Corporation

    Aug 2023, Intern (Infrastructure Engineer)

    LinuxOpenStackObservability
  • CyberAgent, Inc.

    Jul 2023, Intern (Platform Engineer)

    GoGoogle CloudAWSTerraform
    Development of a Resource Label Monitoring Tool for Cost Management in the Cloud

    Development of a Resource Label Monitoring Tool for Cost Management in the Cloud

    https://developers.cyberagent.co.jp/blog/archives/43627/

  • Be Doctor Consulting Inc.

    Nov 2022 - Apr 2023, Intern (Software Engineer)

    ReactGraphQLAWSTerraform
  • Langsmith Inc.

    Apr 2022 - Apr 2023, Intern (Software Engineer)

    ReactTypeScriptNext.jsTailwind CSS
  • Kadokawa Dwango Gakuen

    Apr 2021 - Nov 2022, Intern (Programming TA)

    Premiere ProPhotoshopIllustratorJavaScript
  • Rakuten, Inc.

    Aug 2022, Intern (Summer Camp 2022 New Prototype Development Course)

    Ruby on RailsRubyDocker
  • Maebashi High School

    Apr 2017 - Mar 2020

  • International Science School 2019 - The University of Sydney

    Jul 2019, Scholarship Student

Kitsuya Azuma