Summary
JP Marra is a Senior Web Engineer and engineering leader based in Brooklyn with 9 years of experience building user-facing products and improving checkout and payments experiences across retail and media. He has led teams at Shopify and VICE Media, launching Shopify Payments in multiple countries and architecting a Next.js/Apollo white-label editorial platform for Vice.com. Known for pairing hands-on UI engineering—performance optimizations, React migrations, and payment integrations—with people-first management, he restructures processes to let engineers focus on product while mentoring growth. Now at Spotify, he brings cross-functional collaboration and a track record of shipping scalable web systems that balance business goals and developer velocity. Outside work he’s an avid traveler who can often be found unwinding with his Australian Shepherd, Riggins, and a Friday Night Lights marathon.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Advanced Software Engineering Immersive, Advanced Software Engineering Immersive at Hack Reactor
AA, General Education, AA, General Education at St. Petersburg College