Kaunain Karmali
Senior Software Engineer at Shopify
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolKaunain Karmali is a Senior Software Engineer at Shopify with five years of experience building tax-compliance features that help merchants navigate complex regional regulations. He combines a rare mix of technical fluency in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node and GraphQL with a professional accounting foundation—holding a MAcc, BBA and CPA, CA—which helps him translate regulatory nuance into reliable product behavior. After transitioning from a successful accounting career at EY into web development through Juno College bootcamps, he has rapidly advanced from frontend intern to senior engineer on Shopify’s Sales Tax team. Kaunain has shipped multiple full-stack web applications using Netlify, Firebase and MongoDB and is actively expanding his CS depth through graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Known as a basketball junkie, he brings team-oriented energy and an auditor’s attention to edge cases and observability.
5 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Accounting (MAcc), Accounting, Master of Accounting (MAcc), Accounting at York University - Schulich School of BusinessWeb Development Immersive Bootcamp, Web Development Immersive Bootcamp at Juno College of TechnologyMasters in Computers and Information Technology, Computer Science, Masters in Computers and Information Technology, Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania
English, Kutchi, Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu, Arabic
Github Skills (9)
figma-plugin10
react-modal10
typescript10
design-tokens10
component-library10
vscode-extension10
react10
shopify10
react-hooks7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
KaunainKarmali/portfolio
Aug 2021 - Sep 2021
Contributions:97 PRs, 52 pushes, 48 branches in 1 month
proj-four/project-four
Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
Contributions:4 reviews, 44 PRs, 64 pushes in 25 days
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