Kenji Yamamoto
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Summary
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SeniorKenji Yamamoto is a seasoned technology leader based in Rio de Janeiro with over two decades of experience shaping fintech, payments, and large-scale digital products. Currently Head of Technology at PicPay, he blends hands-on engineering roots with strategic oversight to align technology investments, cybersecurity, and infrastructure with business goals. His background spans data engineering, growth-focused product leadership at Globo, and early-career front-end and UX work, giving him a rare fluency across data, product and user-facing systems. Known for building resilient, scalable platforms and scaling engineering teams, he also focuses on removing organizational impediments so squads can deliver predictable value. Kenji pairs formal training in data science, agile coaching and UX with practical experience in broadcasting-grade systems and high-traffic consumer products. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic architect who translates complex technical trade-offs into actionable product decisions.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (11)
controlled8
dbaas7
electron7
database7
typescript7
cloud-infrastructure6
editor5
microsoft5
visual-studio-code5
django1
python1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kenjiyamamoto/kenjiyamamoto.github.io
Jul 2015 - Jul 2026
Contributions:53 pushes, 1 branch, 1 tag in 11 years 1 month
kenjiyamamoto/dotfiles
Jan 2013 - Jun 2018
Contributions:10 commits, 8 pushes in 5 years 5 months
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