Craig Childs
Senior Software Engineer at Shopify
Arun, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolCraig Childs is a Senior Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building scalable web applications and microservices, currently developing the product reviews platform for Shopify’s Shop app. He is fluent across PHP, Node.js and Go backends with MySQL/Postgres/MongoDB and Redis, and crafts front-ends in ES6/React or jQuery with SCSS, built via Gulp or Webpack. Previously he led full-stack and containerised microservice efforts on AWS and GCP at Analog Republic, and contributes to open-source projects like Anchor CMS where he improved theming, search and UX. Combining hands-on systems design with an eye for UI and static-site tooling (Gatsby/Jekyll/Hugo), he focuses on high-traffic, well-designed experiences and continuous improvement. Based in Arun, UK, he brings both production-grade engineering and a user-focused sensibility honed from full-stack product work.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science Bsc, Computer Science, 2:1, Computer Science Bsc, Computer Science, 2:1 at University of SussexICT Practitioners BTEC Level 3, Information Technology, DDD*, ICT Practitioners BTEC Level 3, Information Technology, DDD* at Northbrook College Sussex
English
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Github Skills (8)
css10
cms10
php10
theming10
front-end-development9
html9
sass6
javascript6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
anchorcms/anchor-cms
Feb 2012 - May 2020
A lightweight blog CMS for PHP
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 315 commits, 134 PRs in 8 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Craig primarily contributed to the development and theming of the Anchor CMS blog platform. They added a new dark-bar theme and implemented styling changes to the header and search features, while also introducing functionality to display recent tweets. Furthermore, the user addressed bug fixes and user interface improvements by adding a home link to the footer and made adjustments to the system. These contributions demonstrate a focus on enhancing the user experience and overall functionality of the CMS.
cmscms-blogphpcontaophp8
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