Alexey Chernikov
Founder at Gikken
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexey Chernikov is a founder and product-minded software engineer with 14 years of experience building consumer-facing digital products and physical goods from Berlin. He created Mate Translate, a translator app trusted by over a million users, and now bridges luxury design and crypto culture as Co‑Founder of Affe Watches, bringing Bored Apes identities into fine Swiss watchmaking. Alexey founded multiple startups (Gikken, Twopeople Software) where he combined hands-on engineering with product design and go‑to‑market execution. He focuses on shipping software at scale for millions of users while exploring how digital identity can extend into real-world objects. A self-taught builder who left formal studies to pursue startups, he mixes pragmatic engineering with taste-driven product craft.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Vienna University of Technology
German, English, Russian
Github Skills (44)
finder10
desktop-application10
macos10
application10
ajax9
shiny9
linux9
dom9
reimplementation9
scrape8
itunes8
css8
javascript8
ejs7
notion4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
chernikovalexey/Prevel
Sep 2011 - Sep 2012
Lightweight (5 Kb) all-purpose development tool (DOM, Ajax, etc).
Contributions:213 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 1 year
cssjavascriptpurposeajaxdom
chernikovalexey/RobotsMassacre
Mar 2013 - Mar 2013
A multiplayer bird's-eye view game, created from a scratch.
Contributions:7 commits in 1 day
gamebirdeyemultiplayerscratch
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