Lucas Moreno
Senior Engineer at Shopify
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolLucas Moreno is a senior engineer with eight years of experience building and scaling backend systems and teams across e-commerce and food delivery platforms, currently at Shopify. He blends hands-on coding with leadership—having moved from engineering and tech management roles to refocus on core development—and led migrations from Spark to Quarkus to improve performance and scalability. Comfortable across the stack, Lucas has contributed notable open-source work on the SS13 community projects (tgstation and BeeStation), enhancing UI frameworks and backend gameplay/admin tooling. He holds a master’s in Software Ecosystems and a background in AI-focused information systems, which informs his pragmatic approach to system design and data-driven decisions. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem solver who pairs operational rigor with a taste for polishing user-facing interfaces.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Software Ecosystems, A, Master’s Degree, Software Ecosystems, A at Universidade Federal de PernambucoBacharel em Sistemas de Informação, Artificial Intelligence, Bacharel em Sistemas de Informação, Artificial Intelligence at Centro Universitário Luterano de Palmas
English, Spanish, Portuguese
Github Skills (13)
codebase10
space10
dreamfactory10
station10
gstat10
game-development10
ui-design10
admin10
gameplay10
beyond-compare10
videogames10
debug9
debugging9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
tgstation/tgstation
Jun 2020 - Jan 2023
The /tg/station branch of SS13.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:15 reviews, 7 commits, 7 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Lucas contributed significantly to the TGUI (TG Station Graphical User Interface) framework and outfit management features. Their work involved implementing new UI elements, such as the equipment selection menu, and modifying existing interfaces for improved functionality. They were also involved in the creation and editing of outfits, indicating a focus on both frontend UI design and backend data management related to game assets. Further contributions include improvements to the admin tools, and dummy generation, suggesting a broad skillset in the codebase.
gametilesetrpgdm2d-game
BeeStation/BeeStation-Hornet
May 2020 - Jul 2020
99.95% station. 0.05% bees
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 15 PRs, 20 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Lucas primarily focused on fixing bugs and implementing minor improvements to the codebase. Their commits include addressing runtime errors, fixing inconsistencies in job assignments, and improving text handling. The user also contributed to the game's UI, enhancing its features and adding functionality like a secrets panel, demonstrating proficiency in the project's core gameplay mechanics and admin tools.
beesgameatmospheric-modellingfmispace-station-13
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