Remote

Senior Frontend Developer

Shopify
· 3 years 9 months
151 O'Connor St Ground floor, Ottawa, ON K2P 2L8

Led development of mission-critical e-commerce platform features at Shopify, architecting scalable fullstack solutions serving millions of merchants globally. Pioneered AI integration for merchant-facing features including Shopify Magic capabilities. Drove technical decisions and owned end-to-end delivery of high-impact features while leveraging AI-powered development tools (Cursor, Claude, Copilot) to accelerate delivery. Contributed to hiring initiatives by participating in technical interviews for frontend and fullstack engineering candidates.

Technologies

  • React
  • Ruby on Rails
  • TypeScript
  • GraphQL
  • AI Tools (Cursor, Claude, Copilot)
  • Shopify Magic

Key Highlights

  • Integrated Shopify Magic AI capabilities into the discounts experience, architecting the technical foundation that enabled AI-powered discount creation and management — bringing cutting-edge generative AI features to millions of merchants
  • Optimized critical frontend performance for merchant-facing bulk editor component, implementing React performance improvements that significantly reduced render times and memory usage for large dataset operations, directly improving workflow for merchants managing thousands of products
  • Led technical initiatives to modernize legacy systems, establishing team-wide best practices for component architecture, testing strategies, and code quality that became organizational standards