Emily F is an engineering manager based in New York with a decade of experience building reliable web platforms using JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, Ruby, and Rails. She progressed from hands-on roles at Shopify—where she contributed secure utilities and tests to the widely used shopify-api-js library—to senior engineering positions at Middesk and Justworks, now leading teams to deliver production-grade systems. Emily blends product-minded leadership (earlier roles in product strategy at Warby Parker) with deep backend craftsmanship, particularly around API security and maintainability. She’s comfortable across full-stack stacks and GraphQL, and known for refactoring complex codebases to improve long-term developer velocity.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Fullstack Academy
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) International Development Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) International Development Studies at McGill University
Shopify Admin API Library for Node. Accelerate development with support for authentication, graphql proxy, webhooks
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:51 reviews, 97 commits, 8 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Emily contributed significantly to the core functionality of the Shopify Admin API Library for Node. Their work focused on implementing utilities for HMAC validation, shop validation, and safe comparison, critical for secure API interactions. The user developed comprehensive tests for these utilities to ensure their reliability. The user refactored and cleaned up the code, improving the overall maintainability and organization of the project.
Contributions:22 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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