Kenrick Beckett
Principal Software Engineer at Commit
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolKenrick Beckett is a Principal Software Engineer with 14 years of hands-on experience building scalable web and backend systems across finance, logistics, and healthcare. Proficient in React, Node.js, Next.js, TypeScript and Go, he combines startup agility with enterprise-grade delivery, currently leading architecture and delivery at Prelude while advising startups through Commit and his own Beckett Consulting. He has deep experience integrating third-party APIs—evidenced by substantive contributions to a Node Shopify connector—and enjoys tackling complex projects that push his technical boundaries. Known as a collaborative mentor, Kenrick actively teaches and coaches engineers while shipping production-ready features. Based in Old Toronto, he favors roles that balance rapid iteration with long-term, maintainable design.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Self-taught
English
Github Skills (11)
javascript10
nodejs10
shopify-api10
api10
apidoc10
ecommerce10
api-design9
restful-api9
rest-api9
api-rest9
orders8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
MONEI/Shopify-api-node
Apr 2012 - Apr 2012
Node Shopify connector sponsored by MONEI
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 1 comment in 5 days
Contributions summary:Kenrick primarily focused on implementing core functionalities for the Node.js Shopify connector. They implemented sessions, created base resource classes, and added methods to the products resource for get, create, and update operations. Furthermore, the user integrated order-related methods, covering count, get, close, open, cancel, and update functionalities. The contributions demonstrate expertise in building and extending the Shopify API integration within the Node.js environment.
ecommercenode-modulejavascriptconnectorpolaris
preludeorg/build
Nov 2022 - Mar 2023
Author, test and deploy security tests
Contributions:25 releases, 137 reviews, 468 PRs in 3 months
security
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