Daiki Nakamura

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Co-founder & COO at Lattice Ops · sales, HR tech

Lattice Ops
Tokyo, Japan · JST (UTC+9)
16+ years experience
INSEAD Singapore
English, Japanese
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Overview

Founder of Lattice Ops (HR software). 18 years of building before that. Previously built and sold a small HR software company. Most at home with SaaS and payroll.

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  • Candidates for the role I'm hiring for
  • Working sessions on payroll
  • Early customers and design partners
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  • Unpaid work or spec projects
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Skills
SaaSsalesHR techpayroll
HiringHiring for a role
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Looking for founding engineers to join Lattice Ops early - HR software

Role
Founding engineer
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
$165k-$219k
Team
Founding team, 9 people
Start
As soon as possible
Must have
Production experience with payroll Production experience with SaaS Ownership of something end to end
Process
3 conversations, no take-home

Comp S$139k-S$168k. We decide within ten days. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Tokyo, Japan · remote OKsaassalespayroll
Open

Experience

  1. Co-founder & COO
    Oct 2022 - Present
    Lattice Ops · 4 yr · Full-time · Tokyo, Japan
    • Took Lattice Ops from zero to $4 million ARR.
    • Raised $6 million across 2 rounds.
  2. Senior Financial Analyst
    Oct 2020 - Sep 2022
    Mastercard · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Tokyo, Japan
    • Saved $9 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $296 million raise.
  3. Financial Analyst
    Jun 2018 - Oct 2020
    PwC · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Tokyo, Japan
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 2% for 5 straight quarters.
    • Closed the books in 4 days, down from 11.
  4. Senior Financial Analyst
    Oct 2014 - Jun 2018
    HSBC · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Tokyo, Japan
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 3% for 5 straight quarters.
  5. Controller
    Feb 2011 - Jun 2014
    SEEK · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Tokyo, Japan
    • Saved $4 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.

Projects

Side project: a reading list app
2026

Built with HR tech and payroll. 4831 people used it last year.

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Education

  1. INSEAD Singapore
    MBA, Business Administration
    2008 - 2010
  2. University of Malaya
    BSc, Engineering
    2003 - 2007

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