RESUME

Taiga Asazu

Software Engineer

Summary

Software engineer with experience since 2018, specializing in web frontend development with React, Next.js, and TypeScript. I also work across backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and data platforms as needed to deliver and operate products.

Currently developing Amethyst at JADE Inc., a product that works with Google Search Console and GA4 data. My recent focus includes Amethyst AI. Since December 2025, I have served as TLM, responsible for technical decisions, project delivery, development processes, and engineering team operations.

Core Experience and Skills

Product Development
End-to-end ownership from requirements and UI design through frontend, backend, and operational improvements
Data Products
Design and implementation of user-facing features for understanding and exploring large-scale search and analytics data
Technical Leadership
PRDs, Design Docs, technical decisions, code review, CI/CD, AI agent workflows, on-call systems, and observability
Team Management
Project management, hiring interviews, goal setting, performance reviews, 1:1s, member support, and team operations

Professional Experience

JADE Inc.

Full-time

Jan 2023 — Present

Product Amethyst

Developing Amethyst, a search marketing SaaS product.

Jan 2023 — Sep 2025
Software Engineer
Oct 2025 — Nov 2025
Tech Lead
Dec 2025 — Present
TLM
  • Drove the development of key Amethyst AI capabilities, including the chat UI, file attachments, support for multiple AI models, and improvements to conversation reliability
  • Drove a new analytics capability for large-scale GA4 behavioral data from planning and design through launch; also improved and stabilized Google Search data analysis and website crawling systems
  • Introduced and practiced agent-based development workflows with Codex and Claude, improving processes including code review and CI/CD
  • Built an on-call platform and response process with PagerDuty, improved observability with Bugsnag, and developed an infrastructure cost monitoring dashboard
  • As TLM, responsible for PRDs and Design Docs, project management, technical decisions, hiring interviews, performance reviews, 1:1s, and team operations

TechnologiesReact / Next.js / TypeScript / GraphQL / Go / Google Cloud / Astro

JADE Inc.

Part-time

Apr 2022 — Jan 2023

Product Amethyst Public Beta

Contributed to frontend development for the launch of Amethyst Public Beta.

  • Implemented the dashboard UI
  • Developed data fetching and chart visualization features

TechnologiesReact / Next.js / Apollo Client / Recharts / Chakra UI

toridori Inc.

Full-time

Oct 2020 — Nov 2022

Product toridori marketing

Developed an influencer marketing platform and an internal administration system.

  • Took ownership of frontend development for an existing product
  • Proposed, documented, and delivered new features
  • Developed an internal administration system

TechnologiesReact / TypeScript / Web Frontend

Sky Corporation

Full-time

Apr 2018 — Sep 2020

Joined as a new graduate and developed Android applications and web frontends.

TechnologiesAndroid / Web Frontend