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Shunsuke Hioki

Full-Stack Engineer & Event Streaming Architect & Cloud Infrastructure Specialist

Based in Vancouver, BC · Previously Yokohama, Kanagawa, JP

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About

Hi, I'm Shunsuke Hioki. I'm a full-stack engineer, event streaming architect, and cloud infrastructure specialist. This site is where I share long-form blog posts and notes as I explore distributed systems, data platforms, and developer tooling.

What I'm working on​

  • Designing event-driven architectures that scale gracefully.
  • Helping teams adopt cloud-native patterns with an emphasis on reliability.
  • Capturing pragmatic lessons from real-world systems in my notes and talks.

Outside of work​

Away from the keyboard, I recharge by watching films, hiking through new landscapes, and planning the next passport stamp—I've already visited more than 20 countries.

If you'd like to connect, reach out on X or GitHub. I'm always happy to talk shop about streaming, infrastructure, or the next side project.

Experience​

Sun* Inc. - Lead Engineer, Full-stack Developer, Architect

  • Recognized with Sun*'s 2022 'Be Professional' award for driving the flagship IoT initiative.
  • Architected Azure IoT streaming platforms processing 1,000+ device messages per second via IoT Hub, Event Hub, Stream Analytics, and Service Bus.
  • Optimized cloud spend by $10k per month while mentoring engineers through complex IoT migrations.

Spakona Inc. - Full-stack Developer

  • Redesigned relational schemas to meet new specs without disrupting production data.
  • Deployed the Genesis physics simulator to provide synthetic scenarios for ML experimentation.

Sagri Co., Ltd - Full-stack Developer

  • Delivered Mapbox and Google Maps apps that visualise machine-learning predictions for abandoned farmland programs.
  • Built crawlers and ingestion pipelines that turn open geographic data into ML-ready datasets and map overlays.
  • Shipped TypeScript/Next.js frontends with Django/Python services, backed by Jest and Cypress test suites.

Fringe81 Inc. - Front-end Developer

  • Implemented Elm and TypeScript components that powered a rewards platform across web and PDF touchpoints.
  • Co-created a Scala/TypeScript advertising system with reliable admin tooling and relational data pipelines.