Andy U
Security Engineer at Shopify
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAndy U is a Security Engineer based in Ottawa with 12 years of hands-on experience securing device fleets and vendor ecosystems at scale. Currently on Shopify’s Client Platform Engineering team, he builds automation, MDM-driven onboarding, and secure defaults to keep thousands of endpoints compliant across Apple, Google and other platforms. His background spans technical repair and training at Apple to procurement, third-party risk management, and vendor security programs—giving him rare end-to-end visibility into device lifecycles, hardware logistics, and software controls. He pairs scripting, custom tooling and AI-assisted workflows with pragmatic security engineering to support zero-trust initiatives and improve auditability. An active contributor to backend improvements in notable open-source tooling such as the Shopify CLI, he blends developer experience sensibilities with operational security rigor.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Music Teacher Education, Music Teacher Education at University of Ottawa / Université d'OttawaMusic Performance, General, 12, Music Performance, General, 12 at Nepean High School
Github Skills (9)
graphql10
api10
apidoc10
wpgraphql10
wordpress-graphql10
shopify-cli10
ruby10
testing9
error-handling9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Shopify/shopify-cli
May 2020 - May 2022
Shopify CLI helps you build against the Shopify platform faster.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:113 reviews, 47 commits, 28 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Andy primarily contributed to the backend functionality of the Shopify CLI, focusing on the script-related features. Their work included updating error messages, refactoring the script upload process, and adjusting App Bridge configuration. Furthermore, the user made changes related to module uploads, which involves modifying upload details and handling potential errors. Several commits revolved around refactoring and updating core modules and configuration files.
clishopify-clifasteroclifshopify
andrewhassan/function-runner
Apr 2023 - Aug 2024
Contributions:4 releases, 4 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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