Kaito Kinjo

Software Engineer based in Kyoto, Japan

I'm a software engineer with experience in platform engineering, front-end architecture, and geospatial web applications.

Over the years, I've worked on enterprise systems, mapping and spatial analysis tools, 3D maps for autonomous vehicles, and software for automated warehouses.

Work Experience

2025 — Present

Senior Platform Engineer at ROMS

Tokyo, Japan · Remote

  • Designed and implemented an OAuth 2.0–compliant authentication platform enabling unified and secure access across internal and external applications and APIs.
  • Architected a schema-driven platform using gRPC and domain-driven design, spanning frontend, backend, and infrastructure layers.
  • Led the migration of frontend architecture from Remix to React Router v7 to improve scalability, maintainability, and platform consistency.
  • Developed high-performance gRPC services in Go and defined shared schemas for type-safe communication across teams.
  • Managed cloud infrastructure using Terraform, implementing Infrastructure as Code to support reproducible, multi-environment SaaS deployments.

React, Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript, React Native, Expo, Remix, React Router

2025 — Present

Frontend Consultant (Web & GIS) at kettle

California, USA · Remote

  • Developed geospatial web applications from the ground up using Next.js and Mapbox GL JS, focusing on scalable frontend architecture and rendering performance.
  • Implemented static vector tile delivery with PMTiles for fast access to large-scale analytical geospatial datasets.
  • Built and deployed dynamic vector tile infrastructure with Martin to support scalable real-time geospatial data distribution.

2023 — 2024

Platform Engineer at ROMS

Tokyo, Japan · Remote

  • Developed an automated warehouse management dashboard using Next.js.
  • Integration project to renew existing dashboards, adoption of Next.js App router with RSC support, migration from SPA with GraphQL.
  • Design and implementation of authentication and authorization features for multi-tenancy.
  • Created a KIOSK app for small unmanned shops and developed a Picking Android app for retailers by Expo, managing over 100 client devices with Android Management API.
  • Adopting schema-based and test-driven development.

React, Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript, React Native, Expo, Remix

2018 — 2023

Lead Engineer at yodayoda

Kyoto, Japan

  • Developed 3D map maintenance service for self-driving cars, product design, data pipeline development.
  • Experienced project management of global teams of researchers and engineers.
  • Design and development of a drive recorder and navigation applications using Swift and the Mapbox Navigation SDK, including user testing conducted in San Francisco, US.
  • Development of 3D visualisation tools using three.js, automated driving simulation of 3D maps using Autoware, pose estimation and 3D creation from lidar scan using Cartographer SLAM.
  • Selected by Alchemist X as BtoB startups in 2021.

React, TypeScript, Three.js, Swift, Python, Ruby, PostgreSQL, Firebase, Mapbox, QGIS

2015 — 2018

Software Engineer at Nightley

Tokyo, Japan

  • Developed geospatial analysis web application.(inbound insight)
  • Manage large-scale data analysis platform, estimation of tourists' nationality and place of stay from SNS data. Collaboration project with the CSIS(Center for Spatial Information Science) of Tokyo University.
  • Developed a web application from scratch in one month. Within three months we got 1,000 enterprise users.
  • Visualisation of statistics data on maps using Mapbox GL JS, integration of client data and own location data.
  • Front-end developping for managing complex map states using Vue.js, Vuex.

Vue.js, Vuex, PHP, Laravel, Python, Redis, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, MySQL, Mapbox

2013 — 2015

Software Engineer, Project Manager at Station P

Okinawa, Japan

  • Enterprise software development at StationP, working as a development partner in collaboration with NEC.
  • Contributed to project management and development of an ERP system for satellite manufacturing and development operations.

Java, C#, PHP, JS, Oracle, PostgreSQL

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