Ben Sehl
Senior Product Lead at Kotn
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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RockstarBen Sehl is a Senior Product Lead at Shopify with 11 years of experience blending product leadership, hands-on front-end engineering, and entrepreneurship. As co-founder of apparel brand Kotn and an advisor to startups and funds, he pairs commercial judgment with product execution. At Shopify he drives storefront product strategy while contributing directly to Hydrogen, improving React components, UX, and performance for headless storefronts used by many merchants. His background spans design-focused front-end work—cart, navigation, and responsive layouts—and strategic product decisions that scale consumer-facing experiences. Based in Old Toronto, he brings a founder’s lens to product problems, balancing rapid prototyping with production-quality engineering. Notably, he continues to ship open-source UI fixes that bridge design intent and real-world storefront performance.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (12)
html10
css10
hydrogen10
javascript10
user-interface10
remix10
front-end-development10
react10
shopify10
ui-design9
tailwindcss9
ux-design9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Shopify/hydrogen-v1
May 2022 - Sep 2022
React-based framework for building dynamic, Shopify-powered custom storefronts.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:46 reviews, 56 commits, 44 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily focused on front-end development, contributing to the user interface and design elements of the Shopify Hydrogen storefront. They implemented and modified React components, including cart functionalities, product galleries, and navigation. Their work involved styling with CSS, integrating UI elements, and refactoring code. The user also addressed layout and performance issues.
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Shopify/hydrogen
Sep 2022 - Mar 2023
Hydrogen lets you build faster headless storefronts in less time, on Shopify.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:49 reviews, 63 commits, 21 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily focused on updating and refining the user interface and user experience of the Hydrogen demo store. Their contributions include fixing CSS issues, updating layout components, and implementing UX improvements in the demo store's header, footer, and cart functionalities. They also addressed styling and functionality issues in specific components like the country selector and sort menu, while also updating the onboarding route and ShopPay button.
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