Kai Faust
Software Engineer at LedgerUp
Menlo Park, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKai Faust is a Full-Stack Software Engineer and startup founder with a decade of experience building product-led companies and agency-grade applications from the Bay Area. He blends hands-on engineering (React, TypeScript, Next.js, Node, Python, MongoDB, AWS) with senior product and UI/UX design instincts honed as a CEO and Chief Product Officer. Kai has repeatedly shipped consumer and mixed-reality products (InfoPop on iOS) and led an award-winning product agency that emphasizes performance, security, and usability. He thrives in Seed–Series A environments where design-driven engineering accelerates growth and has practical experience running companies end-to-end as COO/CPO and CEO. Beyond code, Kai experiments with AI-assisted development, internationalization, and GDPR-compliant architectures, reflecting a pragmatic focus on scale and compliance. Based in Menlo Park, he combines entrepreneurial grit with a cognitive-science-informed approach to user-centered systems.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Cognitive Science, Cognitive Science at University of California, DavisEconomics, Economics at Santa Rosa Junior CollegePsychology, Psychology at Sacramento City College
English
Github Skills (94)
material-design-icons10
collaboration10
mattermost10
golang10
monorepo10
android10
react-native10
lifecycle10
react10
ios9
material-design9
higher-order-component9
tooltips8
api8
react-native-component8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Cosmic-Skye/CosmiCoach
Feb 2025 - Mar 2025
Contributions:67 PRs, 43 pushes, 65 branches in 1 month
kaifaust/fullstack-ui
Dec 2018 - Oct 2019
SCSS Framework for fast and scalable UI Development (Deprecated)
Contributions:1 push in 10 months
scalablesassui-developmentcsscss-framework
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