Chris Bolton
Software Engineer at pinecone-io
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarChris Bolton is a software engineering manager with 11 years of experience building front-end and platform experiences across startups and large tech firms, currently leading Pinecone’s Experience Platform from Los Angeles. He’s shipped UI systems and web infrastructure at Shopify, Twitter, and Microsoft, and led billing, metering, auth, and observability as a technical lead before stepping into management. Chris combines strong React/TypeScript front-end craftsmanship—evidenced by contributions to Shopify’s Polaris design system—with API and SDK delivery for developer-facing products. While studying Information Systems and Computer Science at UBC, he also organized technical workshops and hackathons for students, reflecting a commitment to community and mentorship. His background spans product-facing UX work and backend platform concerns, enabling him to bridge design systems and scalable developer experiences.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (12)
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ui-design10
carbon-design-system10
react10
typescript-types10
css9
responsive-design9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Shopify/polaris
May 2017 - Nov 2018
Shopify’s design system to help us work together to build a great experience for all of our merchants.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:34 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to the UI components within the Shopify Polaris design system. They focused on updating the `FooterHelp` and `EmptyState` components, making style changes and layout adjustments. They also added a meta viewport tag for mobile responsiveness in the playground and addressed breadcrumb functionality. Their work demonstrates a focus on implementing design updates and refining component styling.
shopifymerchantsreactvscode-extensiongreat
cbolton97/cbolton97.github.io
Apr 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 32 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 9 months
reactnextjs
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