Anthony Ng
Principal Engineer Engineering Manager - Rakuten Ichiba Checkout
Tokyo, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolAnthony Ng is a Principal Frontend Engineer and seasoned engineering leader with 11 years of experience building high-performance, production-grade web experiences for large-scale marketplaces. Currently leading checkout architecture at Rakuten, he designs AI-first, highly scalable frontend systems that handle millions of daily transactions and drives goals like Core Web Vitals and performance at scale. He has led zero-to-production launches—most notably building the entire frontend organization and infrastructure for Rakuten 24 Express—and has held senior frontend roles at Airbnb and MongoDB. Anthony pairs hands-on technical design and mentorship with organizational leadership, establishing standards, hiring practices, and team culture across global, cross-functional teams. Fluent in English, Japanese, Mandarin, and Cantonese and Berkeley-trained in statistics and computer science, he uniquely bridges product, AI/ML, and diverse market needs to translate complex visions into measurable business outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Statistics, Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Statistics, Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley
Chinese, Chinese, English, Japanese
Github Skills (36)
mongodb8
sinatra8
angularjs8
docker-image8
nodejs7
javascript7
npm7
connect-four7
react7
html7
rack6
rpc6
meteor6
build-system6
reactive-programming5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
anthony-ng/Connect-Four
Jan 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:39 commits, 2 PRs, 18 pushes in 16 days
javascriptconnect-fourfour
anthony-ng/anthony-ng.github.io
Sep 2014 - Sep 2018
Contributions:474 commits, 6 PRs, 145 pushes in 4 years
python
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