About

About Me

Sakae Shunsuke

Bio

An AI governance architect who designs and drives company-wide generative-AI adoption — controls included — under financial-grade governance (FISC security guidelines, J-SOX IT general controls, and Japan's APPI). As Head of Systems at a fintech company, I lead a team of four and own technology selection, hiring and mentoring, and internal-audit response. The foundation is end-to-end engineering, from requirements through operations, in Ruby on Rails, Python, React/Next.js, and AWS. I also write actively about technology: in 2025 alone, my Qiita articles drew 1.74M views and 1,555 likes (252 articles total).

Languages

Ruby5+ yearsJavaScript5+ yearsPython5+ yearsTypeScript1–3 yearsDart<1 yearGo<1 year

Frameworks

Ruby on Rails5+ yearsReact3–5 yearsNext.js<1 yearFlutter<1 yearOpenCV1–3 years

Infrastructure / DB

MySQL5+ yearsAWS5+ years

Values

End-to-End Development

Leading the full system lifecycle — requirements, design, implementation, and operations

Sharing Knowledge

1.74M views and 1,555 likes on Qiita in 2025 alone (252 articles total). Committed to sharing what I learn

AI in Practice

Focused on generative-AI-powered system development and efficient engineering workflows

Control × Adoption

Turning generative AI into business leverage, safely, under financial-grade governance (J-SOX, FISC, APPI)

Expertise

Management / Engineering Organization

Lead a four-person systems department: delegation design for technical decisions, hiring, mentoring and evaluation, roadmap planning, and alignment with executives

Backend Development

API design and implementation in Ruby on Rails (5+ years) and Python. Systems built to comply with financial regulation

Frontend Development

UI implementation with React/Next.js and JavaScript. Responsive and accessibility-minded

Cloud Infrastructure

AWS (5+ years). Robust infrastructure built on EC2, RDS, Lambda, IoT Core, and many other services

AI/ML & Generative AI

AI system development with the OpenAI API, Claude, and Amazon Bedrock/SageMaker. Led company-wide generative-AI adoption, automating and streamlining operations

Security, Governance & Compliance

J-SOX IT general controls (ITGC), FISC security-guideline assessments, internal-audit response and remediation, alignment with Japan's APPI and internal policy, and confidential-data handling design. Generative-AI adoption with controls in place

Timeline

May 2024 – present

HiJoJo Partners, Inc. — Head of Systems

Lead a four-person systems department, owning hiring, mentoring, technology selection, and the roadmap. Drive company-wide generative-AI adoption and governance: FISC security guidelines, J-SOX IT general controls, and internal-audit response

Nov 2022 – Apr 2024

HiJoJo Partners, Inc. — Solutions Architect

Led development, maintenance, and operations of HiJoJo.com, the online fund-distribution system that serves as the company's revenue channel. Contributed channel-expanding features such as a partner site for distribution partners

Aug 2019 – Nov 2022

PDC Inc. — Full-Stack Engineer

Led the technical launch of an IoT×AI audience-measurement business from zero in-house ML knowledge (self-taught model development; led validation for a seven-person team). Also built content-delivery and maintenance-management systems

Apr 2015 – Jul 2019

Isuzu Motors Ltd. — Production Division

Production planning for new-vehicle programs. Automated 37% of data-entry work with RPA, saving 775 hours per year, and shortened document circulation from 17.5 days to 7.5 business days

Apr 2013 – Mar 2015

Okayama University — Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology

Presented at an IEEE international conference. Researched energy-management systems for residential solar generation and fuel-cell vehicles

AWS Services

Core

EC2RDSCloudFrontS3IAMRoute 53ElastiCacheCloudFormationECRECSWAF

Integration

IoT CoreIoT GreengrassIoT EventsEventBridgeStep FunctionsCognitoSESAmplifyCodePipelineCloud9

AI/ML & Analytics

BedrockSageMakerTranscribeConnectKinesis FirehoseAthenaQuickSightRedshift

Certifications

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – AssociateApr 2021
  • AWS Certified Developer – AssociateMay 2021
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – AssociateJun 2021
  • AWS Certified Machine Learning – SpecialtyFeb 2022
  • AWS Certified Cloud PractitionerMar 2021
  • Ruby Association Certified Ruby Programmer GoldDec 2019
  • Chief Electrical Engineer, Class 3 (Japan)Oct 2019
  • Type 1 Securities Sales Representative (JSDA)Dec 2024

Let's Work Together

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