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Kai Takami

Critic · DISC type C
Head of Engineering at Domu
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Kai Takami is the Head of Engineering at Domu, a full-stack software engineer with over three years of experience building user-centric and scalable products. He is a graduate of the University of London and holds the highest level of Japanese Language Proficiency Certification (JLPT N1).

Outside of his core role, Kai is focused on building a vibrant and healthy team culture. He fosters camaraderie through team activities like attending OpenAI meetups and celebrating hackathon wins. His personal feed suggests a fun office environment, complete with an office cat named Fella.

His engineering team won a prompt engineering hackathon, taking home $1, 200 and two Atari consoles as prizes.

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Experience
2 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Kai shows up

Negotiator
Objective Thinker
Critic

They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data. They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms. They enjoy working alone and do not rely on others very often.

Priorities

Topics Kai cares about

Healthy Engineering Culture
He publicly states that extreme work hours are a result of "bad management, " showing he prioritizes a sustainable and positive environment for his engineering team.
Applied AI
His team actively engages with AI by participating in OpenAI meetups and winning prompt engineering hackathons, demonstrating a hands-on interest in applying language models.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Head of Engineering
Domu
5-2025 - 9-2025
Senior Founding Engineer
Domu
6-2024 - 5-2025
Technical Advisor
Domu
6-2023 - 6-2024
Founding Engineer
Domu
5-2023 - 6-2023
Engineering Intern
Domu
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
8-2023
Bachelor of Science - BS
University of London
6-2023 - 12-2023
Education details unavailable
Makers Fellowship
8-2023 - 9-2023
Education details unavailable
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Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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