Summary
Stefano Attardi is a senior engineering leader with 16 years of experience blending UI engineering, UX design, and applied AI across startups and large tech companies. He has led cross-functional organizations at Coinbase—building Developer Experience, design systems, GraphQL and client tooling teams—and recently joined OpenAI as a Member of Technical Staff. Known for driving large rewrites and platform launches (including a TypeScript rewrite of pro.coinbase.com and a React/TypeScript redo of WorkFlowy), he combines product-minded design sensibilities with deep front-end and developer-platform expertise. An early adopter of React and GraphQL from his Facebook days and a frequent consultant for high-profile clients, he’s comfortable shaping company-wide engineering strategy as well as shipping polished user experiences. Based in New York, Stefano pairs formal design training with hands-on systems work, often operating at the intersection of developer tooling, performance, and AI.
16 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
MA New Media, MA New Media at Taideteollinen korkeakoulu - Konstindustriella högskolan
BA Design, BA Design at Cologne University of Applied Sciences
BA Communication Design, BA Communication Design at Politecnico di Milano
BA Computer Science, BA Computer Science at Università di Pisa
Italian, French, German, Chinese