Curriculum Vitae

ALVI KAZI

Software & Infrastructure Engineer

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Languages

🇬🇧 English Native
🇯🇵 Japanese Native
🇧🇩 Bengali Fluent
🇫🇷 French Conversational

Education

2021 - 2023

Master's Degree in Astrophysics

Kagoshima University

Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Physics & Space Program

Graduate Thesis

Optimisation of Radiative Transfer Calculations using Genetic Algorithms

2017 - 2021

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Toyo University

Faculty of Information Networking, Innovation, and Design
Computer Science and Engineering Course

Undergraduate Thesis

Optimisation of Epidemic Routing using Genetic Algorithms

Work Experience

2023 - Present

SAKURA Internet Inc.

Tokyo, Japan・Remote
2025.02 - Present
Software & Infrastructure Engineer

STAC Indexing Platform

Designed and built a STAC (SpatioTemporal Asset Catalogs) based indexing platform the Tellus DataTraveler, enabling efficient search and retrieval of satellite data for partner organizations including JAXA.

Python FastAPI Django PostgreSQL Elasticsearch Keycloak

Satellite Image Processing GPU Container Pipeline

Designed and implemented a GPU container pipeline for the Japanese Ministry of Economy's Stardust Program, creating a system for on-demand satellite image processing for partner satellite providers including JAXA.

Python Django Docker Swarm Redis Celery

Sakura Cloud Terraform Provider

Development and maintenance of the official Terraform provider for Sakura Cloud, enabling infrastructure as code for users of Sakura's cloud services.

Golang Terraform GitHub Actions

Sakura Cloud API Clients

Development and maintenance of open-source tools and API clients for Sakura Cloud platform, focusing on bug fixes and feature additions to enhance developer experience.

Golang Python GitHub Actions

Engineering Recruitment

Participated in engineering recruitment events, conducted technical interviews for new graduates, and developed training curriculum for new engineers to ensure smooth onboarding.

Mentoring Training Recruitment
2023.04 - 2025.02
Site Reliability Engineer

NVIDIA GPU Server Infrastructure

Built, managed, and maintained H100 GPU servers with Proxmox virtualization environment, implementing GPU passthrough to create multiple independent development environments for satellite data providers.

Proxmox NVIDIA Terraform Ansible QEMU KVM VFIO

Satellite Image Processing GPU Container Pipeline

Designed and implemented a GPU container pipeline for the Japanese Ministry of Economy's Stardust Program, creating a system for on-demand satellite image processing for partner satellite providers including JAXA.

Python Django Docker Swarm Redis Celery

Sakura Cloud Terraform Provider

Development and maintenance of the official Terraform provider for Sakura Cloud, enabling infrastructure as code for users of Sakura's cloud services.

Golang Terraform GitHub Actions

Sakura Cloud API Clients

Development and maintenance of open-source tools and API clients for Sakura Cloud platform, focusing on bug fixes and feature additions to enhance developer experience.

Golang Python GitHub Actions

GPU Cloud Infrastructure R&D

Conducted research for GPU infrastructure leveraging MIG (Multi-Instance GPU) and SR-IOV technologies to enable efficient resource sharing across virtual machines for Sakura Cloud platform.

NVIDIA QEMU KVM VFIO SR-IOV Docker

LLM & AI Services R&D

Conducted proof-of-concept development for AI services using large language models (LLM) and image generation models to evaluate potential product offerings on Sakura Cloud GPU platform.

NVIDIA Python Ollama Stable Diffusion

Cloud Resource Manager

Part of OJT period. Fixed bugs in Sakura Cloud's core resource management system, improving understanding of cloud infrastructure through code analysis and debugging.

Perl Golang
2021 - 2023

Laboc Inc.

Tokyo, Japan・Remote
2021.02 - 2023.03
Part-Time Software Engineer

Construction Attendance App

Designed and developed a comprehensive attendance tracking app for a small-mid level construction company, featuring mobile check-in/out system with Google Sheets integration for real-time attendance monitoring.

Flutter Dart React TypeScript Firebase

Fitness Mobile App

Contributed to development of a fitness app for a major sports gym chain with features for calorie tracking via image recognition and integration with gym equipment and weight scales for comprehensive fitness data management.

Kotlin Java Golang Firebase

Technical Documentation Translation

Translated a 200-page technical manual for a major retail chain's management system from English to Japanese, ensuring accuracy of technical terms while maintaining natural Japanese phrasing.

Translation Technical Writing Documentation
2018 - 2021

SoftBank Robotics Corp.

Tokyo, Japan
2018.09 - 2021.02
Software Engineer Intern

Marketing Automation Scripts

Developed scripts to automate digital marketing operations for Salesforce, Pardot, Google Analytics, Kintone, and Backlog, streamlining task management, lead tracking, and report generation.

JavaScript TypeScript

Robot Doorkeeper Application

Designed and implemented a doorkeeper application for Pepper robot that scans QR codes from visitors and verifies them against Connpass database for automated reception services.

Kotlin Java

Robot SDK Documentation

Created documentation and sample code for the Pepper SDK Official Documentation.

Kotlin Java

Official Website Maintenance

Maintained SoftBank Robotics' official website using WordPress and custom HTML/CSS/JavaScript/PHP.

WordPress HTML CSS JavaScript PHP Photoshop

Robot Application Migration

Migrated existing Pepper robot applications from the old Python-based SDK to the new Java-based SDK, ensuring feature parity while adapting to new API specifications.

Python Java
2018.08 - 2018.09
Part-Time Technical Translator

Engineering Training Interpretation

Provided English-Japanese (and occassional French) interpretation for Pepper robot engineering training sessions conducted by the French counterpart of SoftBank Robotics, ensuring accurate translation of technical concepts for Japanese engineers and external developers.

Interpretation Training Java

Technical Skills

Languages

Python Golang Dart Kotlin TypeScript JavaScript Julia OCaml Java C

Infrastructure & Tools

Linux sh Proxmox QEMU KVM Terraform Ansible Docker Docker Swarm Podman Kubernetes NVIDIA Toolkit AMD ROCm OpenCL ollama

Frameworks

Django Flutter React Hugo Jekyll

Other

Photoshop Illustrator Figma

Certifications

TOEIC

990
Test of English for International Communication
ETS (Educational Testing Service)
April 2018

JLPT

N1
Japanese Language Proficiency Test
Japan Foundation and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services
January 2018

IELTS

8.0
International English Language Testing System
British Council, IDP Education, Cambridge Assessment English
March 2016

星空案内人

準案内人
Associate Astronomy Guide
六本木天文クラブ (Roppongi Astronomy Club)
November 2019