Alex Shi
Co-founder at Formable
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Shi is a software engineer and repeat founder with nine years of experience building product-focused systems across startups and large tech companies. He co-founded Formable after engineering roles at Fractional and Zip and internships at AWS, Rippling, Faire, and others, giving him deep exposure to chat systems, HRIS, RDS, and email/tomography pipelines. A University of Waterloo CS graduate who continued studies at Georgia Tech, he blends practical product delivery with hands-on backend and data engineering experience. Alex has a pattern of shipping early-stage features and rebuilding launches—his prior co-founded startup Tinyshed was short-lived but informed his current venture approach. Based in New York, he combines startup grit with enterprise internship pedigree to move quickly from prototype to production.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (27)
tabline9
vim-plugin9
statusline9
vim-airline9
vim8
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xcb4
responsive-email4
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visualization3
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
alexshi0000/OpenACC_NBody_Galaxy
Jan 2018 - Jul 2025
Contributions:60 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 7 months
alexshi0000/j2csv
Apr 2020 - Mar 2026
Contributions:44 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years
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