Marc Thomas
Staff Front End Developer at Shopify
Bradford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMarc Thomas is a Staff Front End Developer with 13 years of experience building polished, user-focused interfaces across design-led companies and platforms. Currently shaping Shopify Core, he brings deep expertise in design systems—evidenced by notable contributions to Shopify’s widely used Polaris library where he improved navigation architecture, spacing consistency, and table behaviors. His background spans senior roles at InVision, Wonderbly and agency work, blending visual design sensibilities with robust front-end engineering. Based in Bradford, UK, Marc pairs a New Media BA from the University of Leeds with a pragmatic drive to improve developer ergonomics and UX maintainability at scale.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), New Media, Bachelor of Arts (BA), New Media at University of Leeds
German
Github Skills (12)
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typescript10
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system-design10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
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react10
typescript-types10
javascript9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Shopify/polaris
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
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:64 reviews, 54 commits, 119 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Marc primarily contributed to the UI components and design system of the Polaris repository. Their work included updating navigation density, improving the navigation's information architecture, and normalizing spacing within the header. They also made updates to the IndexTable component, incorporating features like sortable headings and the ability to clear selections. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving the user experience and maintainability of the design system's components.
shopifymerchantsreactvscode-extensiongreat
mrcthms/prop-types-to-table
May 2017 - Sep 2018
Contributions:8 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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