Rin Sasaki

Founder & CEO, Maple AI - HR tech · sales · SaaS

Maple AI

Tokyo, Japan · JST (UTC+9)

9+ years experience

Monash University

English, Japanese

Hiring Co-founder

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Overview

Building Maple AI in Tokyo - HR software. Raised $31 million across 2 rounds. Before that: Visa and Maybank.

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SaaSsalessupply chainpayrollHR tech

HiringHiring for a role

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Looking for founding engineers to join Maple AI early - HR software

Role: Founding engineer
Level: Senior
Type: Full-time
Work mode: On-site
Compensation: $137k-$195k
Team: Founding team, 12 people
Start: As soon as possible
Must have: Production experience with SaaS Production experience with payroll Good judgment about what not to build
Process: Decision within 10 days

Comp S$146k-S$189k. We decide within ten days. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Tokyo, Japan · remote OKsaassupply chainsales

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Co-founderLooking for a co-founder

closes in 3 months

Need an ML-focused co-founder: compliance automation in LatAm

The idea: Need an ML-focused co-founder: compliance automation in LatAm
Stage: Customer interviews
I bring: 13 years in HR software
Looking for: Technical co-founder who has shipped B2B software
Commitment: Full-time after funding
Location: Tokyo or remote

I bring 9 years of HR software (currently Maple AI). Ideally you've led a design team. Full-time from day one.

Tokyo, Japan · remote OKsaaspayrollhr tech

Open

Experience

Founder & CEO
Oct 2021 - Present
Maple AI · 5 yr · Full-time · Tokyo, Japan
- Raised $4 million across 3 rounds.
- Previously built and sold a small HR software company.
- Took Maple AI from zero to $3 million ARR.
Senior Consultant
Apr 2019 - Jun 2021
Visa · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Tokyo, Japan
- Delivered 12 engagements across 3 countries.
- Ran commercial diligence on 25 deals.
Business Analyst
Oct 2017 - Apr 2019
Maybank · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Tokyo, Japan
- Wrote the sales service that now handles 20 million requests a day.
- Brought on-call pages for developer experience down from 34 a week to 3.

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Education

Monash University
BCom, Computer Science
2013 - 2017

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