Summary
Jarrod Whaley is a Lead Shopify Developer with a decade of experience building and maintaining commerce platforms, API integrations, and bespoke web apps from the systems layer to polished front ends. He currently leads Shopify engineering for interrelated lifestyle brands, leveraging Shopify Functions, metaobjects, Flow, checkout extensions, and AWS Lambda to solve complex e-commerce and marketing needs. As founder of LinkLocker, he built a privacy-focused bookmarking service end-to-end in Flask/Python, demonstrating full-stack ownership and a focus on user privacy and APIs. Jarrod pairs technical leadership and mentoring with operational business experience—running e-commerce marketplaces and driving significant sales growth as a managing partner. His background in filmmaking and liberal arts adds a creative perspective to UX and brand-driven engineering decisions. Based in Henderson, NV, he thrives at the intersection of product, operations, and hands-on development.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BA English Language / Literature and French Language / Literature, BA English Language / Literature and French Language / Literature at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
English, French