Benny Zhao
Senior Web Developer at Shopify
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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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 (17)
design-tokens10
rich-text10
vscode-extension10
figma-plugin10
component-library10
slate10
react10
rich-text-editor10
shopify9
editor9
text-editor9
javascript9
typescript9
browser9
stylelint9
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-react-archive
Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
Shopify's Polaris Design System - React implementation (Deprecated)
Contributions:2 commits, 4 PRs, 6 pushes in 1 day
reactshopifyshopify-polaristypescriptdesign-system
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