Daniel I. Azuma

Software engineer with deep experience in cloud platforms, developer relations, and the Ruby and Elixir language ecosystems.

email: dazuma@gmail.com
web: https://daniel-azuma.com/
location: Seattle, WA area or remote

Skills

• Deep experience with public cloud platforms including cloud service and application architecture, compute and serverless platforms, and SDK development
• Deep experience with Ruby and Elixir language ecosystems
• Developer relations and advocacy experience

Portfolio

• Selected Open Source
  • https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby
    Ruby SDK for Google Cloud (lead developer, 2016-2025)
  • https://github.com/dazuma/toys
    Ruby command line and workflow management framework (personal project, 2018-present)
  • https://github.com/rgeo/rgeo
    Geospatial data types for Ruby (original developer, 2011-2013)
• Selected Conference Talks
  • Docker and OTP: Friends or Foes? (ElixirConf 2018)
  • Ruby Ate my DSL! (RubyConf 2019)
  • Serverless Rails: Understanding the Pros and Cons (RailsConf 2021)

Work History

• Google, 2013-2025

  Staff Engineer in the Cloud SDK group, the lead engineer responsible for Ruby programming language support across Google Cloud. Designed and implemented Ruby serverless runtimes, led teams implementing Ruby API clients, application telemetry agents, and other cloud integrations for Ruby, and led Ruby advocacy, developer relations, and documentation/support efforts. Also served as lead Elixir engineer for Google Cloud, and various other senior engineering roles on cloud systems and internal developer tools. Ruby, Elixir, Java, Go, Protobuf, gRPC, Kubernetes, and numerous open source and internal Google technologies.

• Pirq, 2011-2013

  Co-founder and Chief Architect for a mobile discounts, loyalty, and CRM platform. Led all engineering design, technical processes, and production operations. Web services, mobile, and custom hardware. Ruby, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, AWS, and numerous other open source and in-house developed technologies.

• GeoPage, 2006-2010

  Co-founder and Chief Architect for a web 2.0 startup providing social networking and location-based B2B products. Led all engineering design, technical processes, and production operations. Ruby, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, Solr, and numerous other open source and in-house developed technologies.

• Amazon, 2004-2005

  Software Development Engineer on the front-end extensibility platform, used for search/browse pages and third-party storefronts. Perl, Mason, C++.

• Consystant Design Technologies, 2001-2003

  GUI/Visualization Developer. User interface design and development for high-performance distributed development and debugging tools. Java, Swing.

Education

• Master of Arts in Theology, 2009

  Regent College, a theological school in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Resesarch in the philosophy, ethics, and theology of information technology and engineering.

• Master of Science, Computer Science, 1999

  University of Washington in Seattle, WA. Research in multiresolution geometry, 3-D photography, and image-based rendering.

• Batchelor of Science with Honor, Engineering, 1997

  California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, CA. Focus on computer science.

Other Interests

• Avid campervan traveler. Owner of a heavily modified Winnebago EKKO. Bicycling, skiing, standup paddleboarding, hiking, and other outdoors activities.
• Classically trained pianist, also educated in music history, theory, and composition. Served on the Board of Directors of Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra, 2013-2017.
• Studies in the philosophy and ethics of technology. Biblical and theological studies.