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Jorge Chato Astrain

Senior Backend Engineer at Mercari

Jorge Chato Astrain is a Senior Backend Engineer at Mercari, Inc. since September 2023, specializing in Identity Platforms. Prior to this position, Jorge worked as a Backend Engineer at Virtusize from March 2021 to September 2023, where significant contributions included developing a Terraform provider for Clickhouse and leading a microservice migration that dramatically improved performance metrics. Jorge's earlier experience includes a role as a Platform Developer at adidas from July 2017 to March 2021, focusing on API and monitoring platforms, and as CEO of Insulinum from January 2016 to April 2017, creating a diabetes management application. Jorge also led a team in the NASA International Space Apps Challenge, winning multiple regional awards. Educational credentials include a Multiplatform Computer Science degree from Montessori and a Microservices with Kubernetes course from Container Solutions.

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Tokyo, Japan

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Mercari

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Mercari Group is a Japan-based corporate group operating in both Japan and the US under a mission of “create value in a global marketplace where anyone can buy & sell.” Mercari Group operates several businesses. The first is Mercari, Japan’s largest marketplace app allowing anyone to enjoy easily buying and selling items from their smartphone. Additionally, the Group offers Merpay, a simple, entirely in-app payment service, and Mercari Shops (Souzoh), an e-commerce platform for small businesses. Most recently, the Group established Merlogi as well, as a new company to bring greater innovation to the logistics industry going forward.


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Minato City, Japan

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1,001-5,000

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