I joined Yugabyte as a Solutions Engineer because I was attracted to its open-source roots and cloud-native technologies, which align with my desire to work on modernizing backend systems for Japanese enterprises. My experience at MuleSoft, where I worked with legacy modernization challenges, made me realize the need for a database like YugabyteDB, which can provide scalability, microservices support, and strong consistency. I am excited to be part of a technology revolution that is changing the way databases are designed and implemented, and I believe YugabyteDB has the potential to become THE de facto distributed SQL database for cloud-native applications.