Summary
Alexi Christakis is a software engineer with 8 years of experience building product-focused systems, currently serving as a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI after four years at Retool. He combines strong problem-solving instincts with hands-on product development, shipping features across front-end and back-end stacks. A Yale Computer Science graduate, he has moved between startup and scale-stage environments, contributing to rapid product iterations at Formation Bio and Retool. Based in San Francisco, he thrives in fast-paced teams that bridge engineering and product goals. Though his GitHub bio is playfully terse, his career shows a practical focus on shipping impactful software rather than public-facing open-source signaling. Colleagues describe him as an enthusiastic solver who turns ambiguous requirements into polished, usable features.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Yale University