Resume - Daiki Mawatari

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2026-05-24

Daiki Mawatari

Data Engineering Manager / MLOps Engineer

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1. Professional Summary

Data Engineering Manager and MLOps Engineer with 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years in data engineering and machine-learning operations. Currently Data Engineering Team Manager at GENDA, leading cross-company data utilization, data-mart and dashboard delivery, MLOps, stakeholder alignment, and data-team operations. I translate business, sales, data-science, and engineering requirements into reliable data platforms, analytics workflows, and developer experience that can be operated continuously. My recent work combines Databricks, dbt, Snowflake, BigQuery, AWS, Google Cloud, AI-enabled workflows, notebook tooling, permissions, governance, and team practices to support data utilization and ML operations.

2. Core Skills

  • Data and analytics platforms: Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, dbt Core / Cloud, Airflow / MWAA, data marts, dashboards
  • Cloud and infrastructure: AWS, Google Cloud, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Docker
  • MLOps and AI enablement: CI/CD, DataRobot, Snowpark ML, Databricks notebooks, notebook tooling, MCP tooling, AI coding agent workflows
  • Developer productivity and governance: Nix / mise, Ruff, review-backed deployment, permission design, data governance, documentation
  • Data-team operations: team management, code review, hiring, 1:1s, technical handoff, and operating rhythms
  • Engineering foundation: Python, SQL, Shell Script, C, C++

3. Professional Experience

3.1. GENDA Inc. | Data Engineer / MLOps Engineer; Data Engineering Team Manager

Nov 2024 - Present | Full-time

  • Lead data utilization work for group companies, connecting management, sales, and field requirements in an M&A-expanding business to data platforms, data marts, dashboards, and analytics workflows.
  • Became Data Engineering Team Manager in 2026/04; manage progress, code reviews, 1:1s, hiring activity, and technical handoff practices.
  • For karaoke business data utilization, organized 9 management and sales reports, 13 ingestion DAGs, and 37 dashboards into a roadmap with dependencies and migration priorities.
  • Reduced shop-analysis report generation from roughly 1-2 days to about 20 minutes by improving the generation process.
  • Improved MLOps by introducing CI/CD, Ruff, mise, review-backed deployment, and Databricks-based scoring migration where appropriate.
  • Improved AI-ready notebook and development workflows so data scientists and data engineers can validate business value faster with safer developer experience.

3.2. PIVOT Inc. | Freelance Data Engineer

Jun 2025 - Present | Contract

  • Build and optimize BigQuery and dbt models for KPI reporting, referral analytics, GA4 / ULIZA tracking, and model performance.
  • Reworked OOM-prone window-function-heavy logic into a JOIN-based design and reduced a major model runtime from 51-90 minutes to a few minutes.
  • Implemented incremental all-period user tracking with GA4 identity resolution from anonymous visit through login.
  • Improved BigQuery MERGE efficiency through stable merge keys, partitioning, and clustering.

3.3. hacomono Inc. | Data Engineer

Apr 2024 - Oct 2024 | Full-time

  • Served as solo data engineer owning customer and internal DWH transfer operations, infrastructure / IaC changes, and delivery support across BigQuery, Embulk, AWS, Google Cloud, Terraform, and Terragrunt.
  • Improved batch transfer stability using RDS metrics, transfer logs, and Embulk tuning.
  • Moved BigQuery permissions from manual grants toward Terraform-managed dataset-level access control.
  • Validated RDS MySQL to BigQuery real-time transfer with Google Cloud Datastream and documented failure / recovery behavior.

3.4. CNS HOKKAIDO Co., Ltd. | Data Engineer / MLOps Engineer

Apr 2022 - Mar 2024 | Full-time

  • Migrated 50 customer-behavior prediction workflows from on-premises infrastructure to AWS, Snowflake, and DataRobot.
  • Led dbt Core migration from Snowflake Python API and Jupyter Notebook workflows to improve dependency visibility, readability, and maintainability.
  • Investigated migration from DataRobot to Snowpark ML for cost, performance, and security; led a small validation team.
  • Improved parallel execution for Bayesian retail customer-count prediction across roughly 200 stores, completing processing in about 2 days against a 4-day requirement.

3.5. Shinko Shoji LSI Design Center Co., Ltd. | Embedded Software Engineer

Aug 2018 - Mar 2022 | Full-time

  • Developed automotive and industrial embedded firmware for traction-control updates, sprayer inverter control, and operation controllers across requirements, design, implementation, and testing.
  • Worked with C / assembler, Renesas and GHS embedded toolchains, RH850 / RL78 microcontrollers, QAC, and winAMS.
  • Automated formatting for 30+ test specification documents across 5 engineers; used Python for customer-facing analysis materials and delivered CAN communication lectures.

3.6. Okuma Corporation | Windows Application Engineer

Apr 2016 - Jul 2018 | Full-time

  • Worked on Windows CAD / CAM applications for CNC machine tools, including UI requirements, testing, user inquiries, defect handling, and performance tuning.
  • Built a foundation in quality assurance, domain understanding, and user-facing software maintenance.

4. Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Hokkaido University

5. Certifications

  • Apr 2023: Japan Statistical Society Certificate Grade 2
  • Mar 2015: TOEIC 805

6. Speaking and Writing

6.1. Talks

6.2. Writing

6.3. Awards