Carmela Leung
Security Engineer at Shopify
Canada
Summary
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RockstarCarmela Leung is a security engineer at Shopify with six years of software engineering experience focused on protecting data and building internal developer tools. She brings full-stack and backend expertise to open-source projects like the widely used Shopify CLI and Shopify API JS, where she implemented Rails app-generation options, GraphQL client/proxy support, and webhook refactors. Based in Canada, Carmela pairs hands-on coding with security stewardship, shipping practical improvements that streamline app creation and API workflows. She is autistic and actively interested in autism advocacy, developmental psychology research, and direct-action harm reduction and drug policy, blending technical problem-solving with community-focused impact.
6 years of coding experience
English, French, American Sign Language, Chinese
Github Skills (25)
ruby-rails10
javascript10
apidoc10
shopify10
webhooks10
command-line-interface10
typescript10
rails10
wpgraphql10
shopify-cli10
ruby10
api10
wordpress-graphql10
typescript-types10
command-line10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Shopify/shopify-cli
May 2020 - Dec 2020
Shopify CLI helps you build against the Shopify platform faster.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:29 reviews, 15 commits, 40 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Carmela contributed to the Shopify CLI, focusing on enhancing the Rails project type. They implemented and refactored commands, specifically adding flags for database type, API-only app generation, and other Rails options. The user also modified the create tests and added validation, along with adding Theme Kit functionality and CLI integrations. Their work indicates a focus on improving the app creation and deployment processes for Rails applications within the Shopify ecosystem.
clishopify-clifasteroclifshopify
Shopify/shopify-api-js
Oct 2020 - Apr 2021
Shopify Admin API Library for Node. Accelerate development with support for authentication, graphql proxy, webhooks
Role in this project:Back-end & API Developer
Back-end & API DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 13 commits, 4 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Carmela contributed significantly to the development of the GraphQL client and its integration within the Shopify API library. They implemented the GraphQL client, added functionality for a proxy, and refactored webhook registry logic. Additionally, the user worked on related testing, including integration tests for the GraphQL proxy and updates to webhook tests, showcasing a focus on API interactions and backend functionality. Several commits are focused on refactoring and improving existing code.
apigraphql-authenticationadminproxyjavascript
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