Benny Zhao
Senior Web Developer at Shopify
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolBenny Zhao is a senior web developer based in Montreal with five years of professional experience building scalable web applications and microservices. He progressed from internships and software roles into developer and senior web developer positions at Shopify, bringing hands-on expertise in React, TypeScript, C#, ASP.NET Core, and Azure. Benny has experience across the full stack—shipping front-end Chrome extensions and complex UI work as well as maintaining cloud-deployed microservices—and is comfortable working in Scrum environments. His background includes building medical-device software in C++ and contributing to enterprise CRM and tooling earlier in his career, which speaks to a disciplined approach to correctness and reliability. Known for bridging product-facing front ends with robust backend services, he combines practical engineering with a keen interest in cloud architectures.
5 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma of College Studies, Health Sciences, Diploma of College Studies, Health Sciences at Vanier CollegeBachelor's Degree, Software Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Software Engineering at Concordia University
English, French
Github Skills (26)
editors10
contenteditable10
javascript10
design-tokens10
rte10
rich-text10
text-editor10
shopify10
browser10
vscode-extension10
draft-js10
component-library10
wysiwyg10
slate10
rich-text-editor10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ben10code/slate
Aug 2021 - Aug 2021
A completely customizable framework for building rich text editors. (Currently in beta.)
Contributions:8 pushes in 1 day
contenteditabletext-editorswysiwygrich-text-editorrich-text
Shopify/polaris
Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
Shopify’s design system to help us work together to build a great experience for all of our merchants.
Contributions:2 commits, 4 PRs, 6 pushes in 1 day
shopifymerchantsreactvscode-extensiongreat
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