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Ryu Yamada

San Marcos

Summary

Systems-oriented Software Developer with a proven track record at Morgan Stanley, delivering performance-focused engineering solutions that reduce costs and improve data processing efficiency. A clear and proactive communicator who strengthens global collaboration and mentors peers through structured knowledge‑sharing, debugging support, and end-to-end problem solving. Brings an ownership mindset, reliability, and a disciplined approach to navigating both structured and ambiguous problem spaces. Driven to expand beyond finance and apply my strengths to embedded systems, hardware–software integration, and emerging technology areas where performance and reliability are critical.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Java / Scala Application Developer

Morgan Stanley (Consultant - Pride Technologies)
New York, NY
05.2023 - Current
  • Contributed to the decommissioning of 1,300–1,500 Mainframe jobs, eliminating over $1.8M in annual operating costs
  • Supported the Front‑to‑Back modernization initiative, transitioning critical processes from the mainframe to a new accounting engine
  • Built high‑performance data pipelines and automation frameworks, leveraging Spark, caching layers, and DevOps tooling to support CI/CD and large‑scale deployments
  • Demonstrated strong communication skills through cross‑training, documentation, and collaboration with global teams

Java / Scala Application Developer

Morgan Stanley (Consultant - FDM Group)
New York, NY
07.2020 - 05.2023
  • Developed a comprehensive system that processes over 2.5 billion accounting records daily
  • Achieved data delivery improvements of up to 5 hours, enhancing year-end processing speed
  • Reduced annual mainframe operational costs from $15 million to $500,000 through Hadoop Distributed File System infrastructure
  • Follow Agile practices working on the full development lifecycle from requirements capture/analysis, development, testing, implementation, and support

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
06-2020

Skills

    Programming and Scripting:

  • Python, SQL, Java, Scala, Bash/Ksh/Zsh, YAML, C, C, MIPS/x86 Assembly
  • Tools and DevOps:

  • GitHub/Copilot, Atlassian BitBucket/Jira, Jenkins CI/CD, SonarQube, JUnit, PyTest, Splunk, Sourcegraph, JFrog Artifactory, AutoSys
  • Databases and Distributed Systems:

  • SQL Server, Sybase, DB2, Apache Spark/Hadoop

Timeline

Java / Scala Application Developer

Morgan Stanley (Consultant - Pride Technologies)
05.2023 - Current

Java / Scala Application Developer

Morgan Stanley (Consultant - FDM Group)
07.2020 - 05.2023

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of California, Irvine
Ryu Yamada