James Simpson
Staff Developer at Shopify
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Simpson is a Staff Developer with 11 years of experience building user-focused web and mobile applications, currently shaping developer experiences at Shopify from Old Toronto. He specializes in JavaScript-driven solutions and has progressed from enterprise hybrid mobile apps at IBM to senior and staff roles at Shopify, consistently modernizing legacy platforms and shipping scalable front-end systems. James combines hands-on engineering with leadership in large codebases, often working on tooling and platform-level problems that accelerate teams. Early work in university IT and diverse startups gave him deep practical experience in automation, access systems, and bespoke application frameworks. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic technologist who prioritizes real user outcomes while quietly improving developer productivity.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Honours B.Sc, Computer Science, Honours B.Sc, Computer Science at The University of Western Ontario
Github Skills (48)
router10
react10
react-modal9
effector9
shopify9
ecosystem9
react-native9
javascript9
design-tokens9
vscode-extension9
typescript9
declarative9
cjs9
component-library9
twitter-client8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jamesism/kodi-socket
Apr 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:15 commits, 1 PR, 14 pushes in 1 month
apirpcjson-rpc-apirpc-apixbmc
jamesism/socket-chat-client
May 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:9 commits, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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