Summary
Chris Geelhoed is a founder and lead developer with nine years of experience building high-quality Shopify apps and full-stack web products from British Columbia, Canada. After a multi-year senior engineering role at Pixieset and hands-on full-stack work using JavaScript, PHP, Vue.js, and Laravel at Braid, he launched Northern Apps to focus on merchant-facing integrations and app reliability. He pairs a mechanical engineering background from UBC with practical backend and frontend fluency, which informs a pragmatic approach to architecture and performance. Chris has also taught introductory PHP at the college level, signaling an ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and mentor others. His experience spans shipping production SaaS features and maintaining operational quality for e-commerce platforms. Known for turning engineering rigor into user-facing value, he brings founder-level ownership to product and code.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Mechanical Engineering at The University of British Columbia