Dale Sakamoto

About Dale Sakamoto

From the very first time I copied a CSS code snippet into my Myspace HTML to render animated colors in my background, I have been enthralled with code. As an undergraduate I built my own gaming computer and later took a beginning class in C++ when completing my Doctorate. The architecture of composing a piece of music reminds me of working from the backend to the frontend in an application, where each developer can use the same tools and formatting in a million different ways. I love following the stack trace to uncover bugs and weaving my own creativity into every line of code.

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer

   Paciolan

   Apr 2024 — Present · Irvine, CA, US

   Trained Claude AI Agents based on multiple current code bases and learning sessions to build the architecture, utilize similar style patterns and reusable components, and write tests to cover different scenarios- Managed a group of contractors by organizing architecture meetings and working with individuals separately for help with SQL queries and understanding API requirements and data contracts- Developed documentation for business logic and overall architecture using sequence diagrams and database design schemas- Collaborated with other teams within the business to develop caching strategies and long term architectural designs for consuming data from our API’s

Education

• Arizona State University

  Doctor, Music Theory and Composition

  2015 — 2018

• Baylor University

  Masters of Music, Music Composition

  2013 — 2015

• App Academy

  Software developer

  2020 — 2021

• Vanguard University of Southern California

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English and Music Composition

  2008 — 2012