Anthonyย Frehner
Staff Software Engineer at Shopify
Lehi, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAnthony Frehner is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in frontend libraries, web standards, and developer tooling, currently advancing developer experience at Shopify. He combines deep practical knowledge of Web Components, React, accessible component libraries, and frontend CI/CD with hands-on contributions to notable open-source projects like Shopify Hydrogen and single-spa. Anthony is comfortable both leading architecture and shipping product-facing UI workโmigrating UI libraries, improving storefront features, and building devtools for microfrontends. Known for mentorship and a focus on accessibility, he pairs pragmatic engineering with standards advocacy, and his GitHub activity shows a blend of UX improvements, build/test modernization, and careful code hygiene. A Utah-based engineer who jokes about impostor syndrome, he brings steady leadership and a curiosity for shaping how web platforms evolve.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Bachelor's Degree Information Systems, Master's degree Bachelor's Degree Information Systems at Brigham Young University
Spanish
Github Skills (25)
javascript10
shopify10
routers10
ui-components10
jes10
router10
microfrontend10
shopify-hydrogen10
devtools10
remix10
front-end-development10
jestjs10
jtest10
frontend10
react10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
Shopify/hydrogen-v1
Dec 2021 - Oct 2022
React-based framework for building dynamic, Shopify-powered custom storefronts.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:424 reviews, 253 commits, 177 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Anthony's commits primarily focused on the front-end development of a Shopify Hydrogen storefront. Their work involved implementing features such as bot detection, handling various aspects of the cart, and improving the user experience through features like the Shop Pay button integration. They also contributed to code formatting, ensuring consistency and quality in the project's codebase, as well as making changes to the UI and component implementations. The user's commits demonstrate proficiency in React-based framework development.
reactpolarisecommerceshopify
Shopify/hydrogen
Oct 2022 - Mar 2023
Hydrogen lets you build faster headless storefronts in less time, on Shopify.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:111 reviews, 26 commits, 30 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Anthony's commits primarily involve migrating to the released version of `h-ui`, a UI library, and removing redundant header changes. They modified several files including `app/data/index.ts`, `packages/@hydrogen/remix/storefront.ts`, `app/routes/account.tsx`, and `app/components/ProductCard.tsx` to adapt to the changes in the `h-ui` library. Their work suggests an understanding of how different parts of the Shopify Hydrogen storefront interact, from data fetching to UI component implementation, as they updated multiple core files to align with the changes.
hydrogenreactremixshopify
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