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Hideyuki — Software Engineer at Salesforce, Vancouver/Seattle

Commerce student turned CS transfer to University of Washington who interned and returned full-time at Salesforce; working from Vancouver on ICT after H-1B lottery misses.

ソフトウェアエンジニア · Vancouver · Salesforce

Profile

Hideyuki is a software engineer at Salesforce (Vancouver branch at interview; planned return to Seattle). Career changer into engineering (未経験 for professional SE before US degree path). Mid-20s. Frog interview by Tomoki.

Current role

Software engineer at Salesforce; ~3 years tenure with senior title at interview, leading projects and mentoring. Interned on a security-related team; return offer converted to full-time. After multiple H-1B lottery misses and OPT end, company placed him abroad; using Canada ICT (intra-company transfer) while remaining tied to a US team. Fully remote historically; targeting US permanent residence.

Japan experience

Career changer (未経験) relative to professional software engineering employment. Japanese schools through university; commerce faculty. Self-taught programming and interned at a machine-learning/AI company before/during exchange. Exchange year CS credits largely rejected on return (risk of repeating a year), prompting UW transfer. Exact years of paid Japan SE employment are not stated as a primary career track.

Path to Canada / North America

Exchange to UW as a junior (business plan shifted to CS). Transfer after credit failure: Bellevue College two quarters for writing/science prerequisites, then UW CS (entered 2019 after a one-year gap). Career fair → Salesforce internship offer (security team). Also admitted to UBC CS but with almost no credit transfer.

Outcome

Salesforce full-time via internship return offer; senior-level scope; temporary Canada posting for visa continuity while pursuing a path back to US work/PR.

Based on Frog’s Japanese-language interview. English summary for scanning (partners / employers). Original interview (Japanese)

Path is primarily US (UW/Salesforce); Canada is ICT posting.

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