Daniel Takabayashi
Staff Solutions Engineer at Confluent
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Takabayashi is a hands-on engineering leader and entrepreneur with 20+ years of software experience and a decade managing teams up to 25 people, currently a Staff Solutions Engineer at Confluent in the Austin area. He co-founded multiple startups (boolabs acquired by B2W Digital) and led the creation and Apache incubation of Marvin AI, demonstrating deep expertise in ML/AI and open-source community building. His background spans founding CTO roles, director-level engineering management, and distributed team leadership across the Americas and Asia, with strengths in taking products from zero to one and scaling them into production. He holds an MSc in Software Engineering, an MBA in Market Intelligence, and is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, enabling cross-border technical partnerships and academia-industry collaboration. Beyond engineering, he trains in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, reflecting a disciplined, competitive approach to problem solving and team coaching.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Market Intelligence, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Market Intelligence at FIA Business SchoolBachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at USCS - Universidade Municipal de São Caetano do SulSpecialization Higher Education Methodology, Specialization Higher Education Methodology at FGV - Fundação Getulio VargasStartup bootstrap and funding, Startup bootstrap and funding at Startup School OnlineMaster of Science (MSc) Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Software Engineering at Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas
English, Spanish, Portuguese, JapaneseGithub contributions (5)
takabayashi/arche2
Jan 2014 - Apr 2014
Contributions:45 commits in 3 months
takabayashi/ebook-generator
Jun 2014 - Jun 2014
Contributions:8 commits in 7 days
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