Akina Matsushima

Why I Joined

I spent about six years at my previous company, where I was involved in a wide range of responsibilities — from infrastructure and backend development to team building and hiring. Over time, however, I began to feel that my growth as an engineer was plateauing. Additionally, my interests shifted, and I decided to make a career change driven by a desire to work on product development with greater social impact and more challenging problems to solve. I first connected with CADDi through a casual interview invitation via a job platform, and after a conversation with a former manager, I moved forward with the selection process. Throughout the interviews, I was inspired by CADDi's vision for the future, the difficulty of the challenges they are tackling, and the passion of the people. I felt a real possibility of building software that could become a global standard in manufacturing — one of Japan's greatest strengths — and that convinced me to join.