# Soma Takata (高田颯真)

> Soma Takata — full-stack software engineer in Japan (Shibaura Institute of Technology). Built production features at Recruit, Mercari, SORACOM, LayerX and more; 1st place & MVP at IBM Japan's AI hackathon; founder of ShibaYoko, a 540-member design × engineering community.

## Key highlights

- IBM Japan AI Innovator Hackathon (Aug 2026): placed 1st of 10 teams and was named team MVP.
- SORACOM (summer 2026 intern): designed and implemented eUICC search for Connectivity Hypervisor across 5 layers (API definition, index building, search API, eUICC management service, UI) using Go, Java, TypeScript, DynamoDB, Amazon OpenSearch Service and Lambda; featured on the SORACOM engineering blog.
- Recruit (10-month intern): built an LLM-powered feature for a business proposal review system that reduced reviewer workload by 40%.
- Internships and contract work at 12 companies, including Mercari, LayerX, Medley, NOT A HOTEL, Recruit, SORACOM and IBM Japan.
- Founded ShibaYoko, a design x engineering community at Shibaura Institute of Technology: 360 members within 3 months, 540 members today.
- How Television: replatformed Gaishishukatsu.com from PHP to Next.js.

## Pages

- [Home](https://somatakata.com/en): Overview and navigation (English)
- [Experience](https://somatakata.com/en/experience): Timeline of work experience
- [Works](https://somatakata.com/en/works): Selected projects
- [News](https://somatakata.com/en/news): Awards, articles and updates
- [Skills](https://somatakata.com/en/skills): Technical skills
- [Home (Japanese)](https://somatakata.com/ja): Japanese version of the site
- [Resume (English PDF)](https://somatakata.com/resume/soma-takata-cv-en.pdf): CV
- [Resume (Japanese PDF)](https://somatakata.com/resume/soma-takata-resume-ja.pdf): 履歴書

## Links

- [GitHub](https://github.com/SomaTakata)
- [X (Japanese)](https://x.com/soma_takata)
- [X (English)](https://x.com/soma_takata_en)
- [Zenn (technical articles)](https://zenn.dev/soma_takata)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/somatakata/)

## Contact

- Email: somatakata.job@gmail.com

## Full profile

- [Full profile in Markdown (English and Japanese)](https://somatakata.com/llms-full.txt)