About

Software Engineer at Rakuten Group, Inc. I am driven by a desire to contribute to breakthroughs in the field of AI research and ML engineering to make the world a better place.

Work Experience

Rakuten Group, Inc.
Full-time

Apr 2024 - Present

Software Engineer

  • • Currently undergoing a brand new UI revamp for the checkout webpages of Ichiba — the largest e-commerce shopping site in Japan — as a front-end developer.
  • Toolkit: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Git.

Best Path Research
Internship

Jul 2023 - Jul 2023

Machine Learning Intern

  • • Delivered a Python script to streamline the conversion of digital text into handwritten images from a directory with 1+ million images of handwritten characters, and OCR-based character recognition.
  • • Advanced the development of an application to correct distortions in Japanese receipts by synthesizing a dataset of artificially altered images and training an advanced open-source model to rectify these distortions.
  • Skills: Python, NLP, Pattern Recognition, OCR, Computer Vision.

Mitsubishi Fuso
Internship

Feb 2023 - Jun 2023

Data Analytics Intern

  • • Leveraged Python and Excel to extract, clean, and analyze market prices from 5+ online parts trader websites to support competitor price analysis.
  • • Analyzed response data from over 600 employees on company-wide e-learning practices using Excel & PowerBI and presented findings and strategic recommendations to company executives, influencing executive strategies on learning platforms.
  • Skills: Python, Excel, PowerBI.

Education

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

2019 - 2023
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, CGPA 3.65

Skills

Python
PyTorch
Japanese (N2)
JavaScript
TypeScript
React
Git

Projects

Mini AutoGrad

Learning about the PyTorch autograd engine by writing my own.

Machine Learning
Python
NumPy
Linear Algebra
PyTorch

GPT-2 from Scratch

My attempt at learning about large language models by building a gpt-2 architecture from scratch.

Machine Learning
Python
PyTorch

Chat with Gemini

A full-stack chat application built with Next.js, FastAPI, and Gemini 2.0 Flash model; features a modern UI, conversation history, and customizable AI settings.

Gemini
Next.js
Python

Personal Website

My terminal-themed personal website where I write about my learnings and experiences.

React
TypeScript
Next.js