Ryosuke — AI engineer in Vancouver (Japan manufacturer → Deloitte → AWS)
6+ years Japan engineering across manufacturer, Deloitte, and AWS; Douglas College + PGWP; landed an emerging AI engineer role with a self-built portfolio after ~150 applications.
AIエンジニア · Vancouver
Profile
Ryosuke is an AI engineer who recently started working in Vancouver after more than six years of engineering in Japan and a two-year Douglas College program.
Current role
AI engineer in Vancouver (employer name not stated in the article). Targeted a then-new AI engineer role using a self-built app portfolio (including RAG / LangSmith-style keywords) rather than only résumé polishing.
Japan experience
Prior experience (経験者). Three Japan employers: started as an engineer at a manufacturer (including internship, over three years there, narrow domain focus); moved to Deloitte as a full-stack engineer on DX / digital-asset POC and product work for consultants’ clients; then ~two years as a business intelligence engineer at AWS Japan (build + analyze tools for sales on company-wide data). Overall Japan engineering tenure stated as a bit over six years / nearly six years. Chose to stay on the engineering track rather than pure consulting.
Path to Canada / North America
College route: aimed at a UBC master’s IELTS bar but prioritized faster Canada career start; Douglas College accepted first (also applied Langara). Little spoken English at Japan work; TOEIC-driven reading/listening plus DMM English conversation. Two-year program used partly as a moratorium to ship apps. Job search began about one month before graduation (mid-March); applied to about 150 companies.
Outcome
Graduated, obtained a post-graduation work permit (PGWP), and secured a Vancouver AI engineer offer via portfolio/demo in a role type he says barely existed two years earlier. Attributes record monthsToOffer=24.
Based on Frog’s Japanese-language interview. English summary for scanning (partners / employers). Original interview (Japanese)
company=null in attributes; do not invent employer. Podcast「海外キャリアログ」source.