Michael Makris
Member Of Technical Staff at OpenAI
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolMichael Makris is a Member of Technical Staff and data scientist with a decade of experience building ML-driven product features and experimentation platforms at high-growth companies. He has led cross-functional teams at Uber to deliver matching and demand models that cut pickup ETAs by 23% and unlocked multimillion-dollar growth, and more recently built advanced experimentation tech at Statsig before joining OpenAI. Comfortable beyond a traditional DS remit, he partners with PMs, engineers, and ops through planning, design, deployment, and experimentation to ship end-to-end product improvements. His background spans structural engineering and academic research, giving him a rare blend of systems thinking, simulation expertise, and hands-on ML engineering. He also co-led a 1,000+ member global ERG at Uber, demonstrating strategic DEI leadership alongside technical delivery. Based in Seattle, he brings pragmatic product instincts and a track record of turning complex models into measurable business impact.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Building Science (MBS) Architectural and Building Sciences, Master of Building Science (MBS) Architectural and Building Sciences at University of Southern California
Github Skills (4)
python2
science2
assembly2
data-science1
Github contributions (5)
MPMakris/BUSES
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:15 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 27 days
MPMakris/Photo_Pro
Jul 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:433 commits, 355 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.