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Kent Kawahara
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Senior Software EngineerSlackApr 2022 - May 2026 (4 years 2 months)Owned and supported 50+ user-facing and platform services across Slack and Quip, handling 1M+ requests/day per service in revenue-critical production systems
• Led Tier-1, revenue-critical incident response for Quip, resolving escalated production issues and implementing permanent fixes
• Architected and optimized core NestJS backend infrastructure (Redis, RDS, REST APIs, async job queues), reducing p95/p99 write latency by over 50% and improving throughput and reliability
• Integrated Slack-related applications with AWS Bedrock-powered LLM services (Claude, Titan), enabling real-time interaction with AI models while optimizing latency, cost, and user experience
• Led architecture for Slackbot AI, including agentic searc- Senior Software EngineerWeedmapsApr 2019 - Mar 2022 (3 years)Coordinated with the analytics team to design and roll-out feature tests for the consumer-facing side of Weedmaps.com
• Led Android feature launches using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, applying MVVM patterns and modern best practices to ensure maintainable and scalable implementations
• Co-led React Native feature development as one of the early Android contributors to the initiative, partnering closely with iOS engineers to migrate native functionality while preserving performance and platform integrity
• Drove efforts to reduce Android application size by analyzing APK artifacts and implementing structural optimizations, improving eff - VTeam Lead, Senior Frontend EngineerVerysOct 2017 - Apr 2019 (1 year 7 months)• Extended and optimized existing backend services using Java, Spring boot and Node.js microservices architecture
• Built and deployed serverless applications leveraging Azure Functions and AWS Lambda to reduce operational overhead
• Utilized AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) to deploy infrastructure as code, improving reproducibility and deployment speed
• Implemented TypeScript services specifically for AWS Lambda, ensuring consistency and type safety
• Automated frontend testing using Cypress and backend testing with Mockito/JUnit, reducing production bugs
• Maintained and enhanced React front-end features with Axios and Formik, ensuring smooth user interactions
• Drove technical excellence via enterprise-scal - TFrontend EngineerTicketGuardianAug 2016 - Oct 2017 (1 year 3 months)• Launched Hike Aloha, a mobile and web application using Angular, Ionic for hikers on the island of Oahu, delivering GPS navigation, picture coordinate tracking, and emergency SMS functionality to improve outdoor safety
• Developed native Android and iOS application features, integrating real-time geolocation services and offline-aware workflows to ensure reliability in low-connectivity environments
• Collaborated closely with external partners including ZeniMax Media, Blue Star Sports, and Esports Arena to support ticketing platform integrations and customer-facing event services
• Built and maintained scalable web services handling ticket validation, user authentication using OAuth2 and JWT, and transaction workflows for h
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- Bachelor’s Degree, Computer ScienceUniversity of Hawaii at ManoaMay 2012 - Aug 2016 (4 years 4 months)Activities and societies: GreyHats Hacking Club
Association of Computing Machinery at Manoa
Awards
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- 11st Place at AT&T Mobile Hackathon EventJan 2015