Akin Shonibare
Senior Software Engineer at Shopify
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAkin Shonibare is a Senior Software Engineer based in Old Toronto with nine years of experience building production web applications, now advancing platform work at Shopify. He progressed from intern to senior engineer at Shopify, combining front-end craftsmanship from early startup work with experience in cognitive/data projects using IBM Watson, Python, and JavaScript. A Queen’s University software engineering graduate, he has led student tech communities and hackathon tech teams, signaling strong mentorship and cross-functional communication skills. Known as an enthusiast on GitHub, he brings a practical, product-minded approach to shipping features and improving team productivity through tooling and process.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Computer Software Engineering at Queen's University
English
Github Skills (16)
shopify9
hydrogen9
remix8
static-code-analysis8
linter8
spotify7
react7
resumable5
php5
plug5
gatsbyjs5
javascript2
discovery1
recipe1
mongodb1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
akinshonibare/new-dawn
Sep 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributions:12 PRs, 21 pushes, 9 branches in 2 months
akinshonibare/Shopify-Design-Engineer-Challenge
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches in 11 months
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