# Koji Kanao > 🧑‍💻Product Engineer | Software Engineer in🏙️ | Passionate about building innovative solutions 🔧 #WebTechnologies | Open to new opportunities and collaborations 🤝 Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kojikanao Experienced Software Engineer | Machine Learning & IoT Enthusiast | Passionate About Building Products That Make a Difference I’m Koji, a dedicated software engineer with a knack for creating cutting-edge solutions that positively impact people’s lives. With a degree from New York University and a diverse skill set including TypeScript, React, and Python, I thrive in fast-paced environments where I can tackle complex challenges and drive innovative product development. A bit about my journey: At Opentrons, I am developing desktop applications using Electron and touch panel applications for our new robot, Flex. Our main tech stack is React.js and TypeScript. At Ubiquiti, I played a key role in developing a sophisticated web application using React.js, TypeScript, Redux, Node.js, and PostgreSQL. I also explored the exciting intersection of hardware and software, training machine learning models in Python while researching 3D camera possibilities. As a Resident Researcher at NYU ITP (2018-2019), I combined Raspberry Pi and machine learning to prototype creative solutions. I even built a generative art application with openFrameworks and Python, blending my technical expertise with a love for creative expression. Prior to that, I co-founded NGEMS, a web application development company recognized by NYC Media Lab's Combine 2018 cohort. As the lead engineer, I guided the team through the development of innovative applications, earning several awards along the way. Beyond these roles, I’ve always been passionate about blending machine learning, IoT, and art to push boundaries in tech. What’s next? I’m actively seeking my next challenge in software engineering, where I can continue to fuse creativity and technology. If you’re looking for someone who brings a unique mix of technical proficiency, creative problem-solving, and a drive to make meaningful impact, let’s connect! Feel free to reach out to me here on LinkedIn—I’m always open to new opportunities and collaborations! ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Opentrons Labworks Inc. Jan 2022 – Present | New York, United States working on the frontend (Desktop app and on-device display app), Protocol Designer, and Opentrons AI frontend(prototype) ### Corporate System Engineer @ Pivotal Advisors Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | New York City Metropolitan Area Conducting research about technology such as 5G, machine learning, IoT, and cryptocurrency. Create a pilot scheme to distribute money via cryptocurrency for NPO. Maintain and build websites. ### Technology Specialist @ Momentum Advisors Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York City Metropolitan Area ### Software Engineer @ Ubiquiti Networks Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area -Web application Working on a special project(R&D team) that offers new user experience for existing customers. Developing a web app with Reactjs, Redux, and own API with Typescript. react/redux/rollupjs/nodejs/webpack Made a react stand-alone app into an npm package and improved the dev environment performance that is speeding up the build duration from 2 minutes to 15 seconds with webpack. -Unifi AR application Worked on AR application and it was profiled on the company's top page. ### Researcher @ ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program) Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area He researched about Raspberry Pi and machine learning and built prototypes. He also supported/helped ITP students to solve technical issues for their projects xStory organizer Selected some projects from students' applications and supported them to bring it to the real, especially the technical side. Also supported them to manage their projects. ### Researcher @ ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program) Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area Research resident at NYU Develop CLI tools with python 1. image classifier creator for Keras 2. word art generator ### Co-Founder/CSO/Lead engineer @ NGEMS Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area He worked as CSO and spent the most time to build a prototype that could be track people in specific spaces such as school and office. In addition, he did research on possible solutions for the project. In terms of prototyping, he tried Bluetooth, WiFi, and RFID to track the number of people. In addition, he developed a web application to decode the data from the RFID tags. Tech stack Raspberry Pi, RFID reader, python, and nodejs ### CTO @ Amicus.io Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | New York, New York Worked on building a web application that matches people who need help from attorney, but cannot spend much money and attorney who is looking for a pro bono case. Tech stack Ruby &Rails, mysql and javascript ### IT Director @ NY de Volunteer Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Greater New York City Area Manage the technology to support the operation of NYdV including the front-end maintenance of NYdV website as well as the back-end development and maintenance of the organizational database. Key projects include redesigning the NYdV website, building a membership database, developing a log-in system for tracking volunteer activities and managing SNS communities. ### SE @ Japanese SIer Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 | Tokyo, Japan July 2010- December 2010 Develop and maintenance of a control system of electronic power station development environment: C, Solaris January 2011 - February 2011 Support for creating of system diagram of drawing tool development environment: VBA February 2011 - April 2011 Support for designing of Supplying electricity system April 2011-June 2011 Design,code and test(unit test) for operation test of solar power generation development environment: C++, Solaris, eclipse July 2011 - September 2011 Add functions of system of planning of supply and demand This was the hardest project after that I got the best evaluation. development environment:C, visual studio October 2011 - January 2012 Add functions of system of planning of supply and demand development environment:VB, visual studio role: research of previous system and detailed design position:member/sub leader February 2012 - March 2012 Renewal system of observation of management of supply and demand development environment:Java, eclipse, Javascript role:detailed design, coding and unit test position:member April 2012 - September 2012 Support for creating documents which required to request to translate to a Japanese sentences which display on the screen into English and an English sentences which display on the screen into many languages. development environment:VBA, C#, Excel October 2012 - December 2012 Renew call center system which is used to inquire of medicines develop environment:VB, visual studio January 2013 - February 2013 Renew documents which are operation manual for colleague are information systems department development environment:VBA July 2013 - October 2013 Support for testing about system of publish code to manage client(company) for accounting development environment:Oracle July 2013 - October 2013 Support for planing about Company's information platform, which is SharePoint and role:create documents, manage member’s schedule, set up server and skill transfer about this project ### Intern @ Mynet Inc. Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 | Tokyo, Japan Service operation assistant in mobile service that everyone who doesn’t have knowledge of HTML, CSS, and javascript can create a website for mobile. Customer service, register user and create documents about this service for a colleague. Then research CMS to publish mobile service’s information and create article and demo site for a customer. ### Intern @ Ubiqitus Exchange Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 | Tokyo, Japan Sales Assistant: make an appointment, accompany sales staff and support to manage other interns. ## Education ### Master’s Degree in ITP New York University ### Master's degree in Econometrics Kobe University ### Bachelor's degree in Weather derivatives, Operations Research Tokyo University of Science ### Master's degree Kobe University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kojikanao - Portfolio: https://kojikoji.ga - GitHub: https://github.com/koji - Portfolio: https://dev.to/kojikanao --- Source: https://flows.cv/kojikanao JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kojikanao/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31