Lars Hoffbeck
Staff Front End Developer at Shopify
Portland, Maine Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolLars Hoffbeck is a Staff Front End Developer with 11 years of experience building performant, accessible web UIs, currently shaping merchant experiences at Shopify from Portland, Maine. He helped launch Shopify’s B2B offering and authored a published component library used by partners to build discount apps, while contributing to Shopify’s popular Polaris design system to improve components like IndexTable and Tabs. Previously he led personalization UI efforts at KAYAK, shipping high-traffic features (Guides) and optimizing page performance and marketing workflows. Lars combines hands-on TypeScript/React expertise with a track record of mentoring teams, driving international cross-functional projects, and a surprising background in piano tuning that reflects meticulous craftsmanship.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Engineering Leadership Certificate, Engineering Leadership Certificate at Cornell UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, 4.0 program GPA/3.99 overall GPA, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, 4.0 program GPA/3.99 overall GPA at Western Michigan University
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Github Skills (23)
tabstrip10
typescript10
system-design10
carbon-design-system10
ui-design10
bottom-tabs10
uid10
component-library10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
tablist10
typescripts10
react10
accessibility9
iis6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Shopify/polaris
Feb 2021 - May 2021
Shopify’s design system to help us work together to build a great experience for all of our merchants.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:22 reviews, 16 commits, 31 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Lars primarily contributed to the front-end component library, focusing on improving the user interface and accessibility. They addressed issues related to the `IndexTable` and `Tabs` components, including fixing layout problems, enhancing focus states, and ensuring proper behavior on different screen sizes. Their work involved modifying React components and TypeScript files to align the design and improve the overall user experience. They also worked on localization efforts.
shopifymerchantsreactvscode-extensiongreat
Shopify/discount-app-components
Jun 2022 - Jun 2022
A library of discounts-focused React components to help in building Shopify apps.
Contributions:4 reviews, 55 commits, 6 PRs in 6 days
reactshopify-appsfocusedreact-componentscomponent-library
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