Chris Korhonen
Principle Engineer, AI at OpenSea
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Korhonen is a principal engineer and serial founder with 11+ years of experience turning emerging tech into revenue-generating products, currently building AI capabilities at OpenSea after leading Rally’s wallet and token rails through acquisition. He has led engineering and GTM for multiple startups—from scaling Minibar Delivery as founding CTO to bootstrapping Share Local Media/Poplar into a 750+ client offline SaaS—and now runs a boutique NYC studio crafting AI agents and Web3 apps. Hands-on across TypeScript/Next.js, Swift, Solidity and Ruby, Chris specializes in zero-to-one architecture, scaling, and automation, and prefers small elite teams that he empowers to move fast. His operating style is outcome-obsessed and data-driven, with a mission to make new tech feel like magic rather than homework. An early author and conference presenter, he blends deep product instinct with pragmatic engineering and a streak of unconventional, founder-led execution.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons) Software Engineering, BSc (Hons) Software Engineering at Durham UniversityMSc Information Technology for E-Commerce, MSc Information Technology for E-Commerce at University of Sussex
Github Skills (129)
ruby10
sidekiq10
api10
jruby10
coercion10
rails-api10
application-server10
rest9
metadata9
rest-api9
lists9
evm9
ethereum9
click-to-edit9
appserver9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
ckorhonen/area
Oct 2014 - Feb 2017
Contributions:9 commits, 8 pushes in 2 years 4 months
conversionszipzip-codesvariety
share-local-media/pdf-preflight-v2
Oct 2024 - Jan 2025
Check PDF files conform to various standards
Contributions:2 reviews, 2 PRs, 11 pushes in 3 months
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