Summary
Mat Caissy is an independent, self-starting frontend engineer with 11 years of experience building accessible, high-performance web experiences using Rails, React, and vanilla JavaScript. At Shopify he led enhancements to internal marketing component libraries and developer documentation sites (shopify.dev), shipping improved WCAG 2.1 accessibility, search, modals, tutorial UX and AI-enabled mock sites. He combines full-stack instincts with hands-on design system work—creating component libraries, theming and marketing pages—while maintaining a strong focus on web performance and A/B-driven product improvements. Outside of tech he applies the same operational rigor to ecological entrepreneurship, having founded a sustainable apparel brand and led a nonprofit urban farm, bringing uncommon domain experience in farming and reforestation to his problem-solving approach.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
B. Sc. A. Forest Resources Management and Environment, B. Sc. A. Forest Resources Management and Environment at Université Laval
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
B.S.F. Forest Resources Management (Honours), B.S.F. Forest Resources Management (Honours) at The University of British Columbia