Arata Urabayashi
Forward Deployed Engineer | Software, Data & AI Engineer
About
I build software and data systems that turn ambiguous business requirements into practical, scalable workflows.
My experience spans consulting, data engineering, full-stack development, cloud infrastructure, and customer-facing engineering. I work from problem framing and requirements through architecture, implementation, and deployment.
Career through-line
Consulting → Data Engineering → Full-stack Software Development → Business & Data at Amazon → Forward Deployed Engineering → AI Deployment
Selected Projects
Customer problem → requirements → architecture → implementation → deployment
Healthcare Data Platform
Automated multi-source reporting workflows for clinics, reducing executive reporting preparation from five hours to 30 minutes.
B2B SaaS for Dental Clinics
A reusable performance-management platform shaped from recurring needs across dental-clinic client projects.
Tech Stack
Core
Data platforms
Delivery & AI
Also worked with: JavaScript, Django, GraphQL, Redux, Redux Saga, Redshift, DuckDB, dbt, Redis, Apache Spark, Jupyter, QuickSight, Power BI, Linux, VS Code
Experience
Tailor(YC S22)
Forward Deployed Engineer
Developed an internal contract management application using Tailor Platform and its TypeScript SDK.
Supported a major retail client during the testing phase as a PMO, organizing requirements, issues, and stakeholder communication.
Use AI coding tools including Claude and Codex to move from business requirements to application functionality.
Freelance | Self-employed
Data Platform Engineer / Technical Consultant
🚀 Built data ingestion and transformation workflows for Japanese clinics to replace manual reporting and improve decision speed.
🚀 Developed a healthcare data platform PoC using Apache Spark, dbt, DuckDB, and modern orchestration tools.
🚀 Standardized local analytics environments and delivery patterns to accelerate iteration from prototype to production use.
Amazon Japan
Amazon Business Sales Ops Manager Ⅱ
🚀 Led Sales Planning initiatives for Amazon Business, aligning KPI definitions and reporting logic with global Sales Planning and BI stakeholders.
🚀 Built dashboards and data workflows for 100+ Account Executives using SQL, Python, Amazon ETL, and QuickSight.
🚀 Used DuckDB for rapid local prototyping and improved insight turnaround, contributing to 20% year-over-year revenue growth.
Funai Consulting Incorporated
Software & Data Engineer / DX Consultant (Mainly Dental Clinics)
🚀 Built an internal analytics foundation with Python, Airflow, JupyterLab, and GCP, integrated with Looker Studio, and validated extensions with BigQuery/Snowflake.
🚀 Reduced executive reporting lead time by 90% (5h to 30min), improving seminar conversion and consultant throughput.
🚀 Identified recurring needs across client projects and translated them into reusable software and product requirements.
🚀 Led architecture, implementation, security design, vendor coordination, and pilot delivery for a B2B SaaS platform for dental-clinic performance management (React, Django REST Framework, AWS, Terraform).
🚀 Implemented automated reservation and billing pipelines for 40+ clinics, replacing manual collection workflows.
🚀 Built unified KPI dashboards across appointment, operational, and advertising data; one client case scaled revenue from 600M to 800M JPY.
🚀 Delivered DX keynote sessions for 100+ SME executives using real deployment case studies.
Business & Management Consultant (Mainly Chiropractic and Osteopathy Industry)
🚀 Provided end-to-end growth consulting for around 15 clinics across strategy, acquisition, and operational execution.
🚀 Drove a 175% year-over-year monthly revenue increase in one flagship client engagement.
🚀 Introduced Python/Jupyter-based tracking for performance management, supporting sustained monthly revenue in the 2M-5.5M JPY range.