Tokyo · Software Engineer

Keishi Hirade 平出 景詩

Software engineer building AI-powered products from zero to production.

Experience

Engineering across production infrastructure, AI robotics, and product teams.

Apr 2025 — Present

SRE Engineer

Rakuten Travel

Managing production infrastructure for one of Japan's largest travel platforms, with site reliability engineering work for high-availability systems.

Internship

Solutions Engineer Intern

Osaro, Inc.

Worked on AI-powered robotic systems for warehouse automation, collaborating across engineering and customer-facing teams to deploy AI solutions in real-world environments.

Projects

Products shipped beyond the prototype stage.

iOS · Live on App Store

BuddhaChat

AI Buddhist Counselor

An iOS app providing compassionate, Buddhist-inspired guidance powered by Google's Gemini API. Built with SwiftUI, GCP Cloud Run, Firebase, Stripe subscriptions, and Meta SDK campaign integration.

Swift, SwiftUI, Gemini API, GCP Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Firebase, Stripe

SaaS · Revenue generating

ReportAI

AI Writing Assistant for Students

A full-stack SaaS product that helps university students draft academic reports with AI, including user authentication and payment processing.

React, Next.js, Node.js, Firebase, Stripe

Web · Service paused

tsukusuta

Custom LINE Sticker Maker

A web app that turned user-uploaded images into LINE-ready sticker sets. AI-driven image processing handled background removal and per-sticker formatting, with Cloud Functions automating the upload-to-publish pipeline on Firebase.

Next.js, TypeScript, Firebase Auth, Firestore, Cloud Functions, AI image processing

About

I bridge cutting-edge AI and real-world product experiences.

Tokyo-based software engineer working at the intersection of AI and product. Graduated from Meiji University, Faculty of Science and Technology, and published a paper at an international conference as an undergraduate.

SRE at Rakuten Travel by day, indie maker of AI apps by night. Previously worked on AI-powered robotics at Osaro, Inc. in the U.S. Bilingual in Japanese and English.

Skills

A stack shaped by shipping AI products end to end.

Languages

Swift, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, SQL

Frontend

SwiftUI, React, Next.js

Backend & Infra

GCP Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Firebase, Firestore, Docker, Nginx

Data & APIs

Gemini API, OpenAI API, Stripe API, X API, Meta SDK

DevOps & Tools

Git, Linux, Ubuntu, tmux, FFmpeg, MySQL

Contact

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