Matt Seccafien
Senior Software Developer at DeepL
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Seccafien is a Berlin-based senior software developer with over a decade of experience blending design, front-end engineering, and site resiliency. His career moves from print and typography into building robust React frameworks and CLI tooling at Shopify, where he contributed to high-profile open-source projects like Hydrogen and the Shopify CLI, improving storefront UX and developer workflows. At DeepL he continues to focus on systems that bridge design and engineering, with a current interest in design system operations. Matt thrives on autonomy and end-to-end ownership, preferring to shape the whole product rather than a single component. Outside work he’s a regular at Berlin’s Tempelhofer Feld and brings the same steady, iterative approach to running, film, and life with his partner and cat.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bdes Design, Bdes Design at Sheridan CollegeBachelor of Design Design, Bachelor of Design Design at York University
Github Skills (23)
javascript10
shopify10
jes10
typescript10
eslint10
wpgraphql10
shopify-hydrogen10
remix10
front-end-development10
jestjs10
wordpress-graphql10
typescript-types10
jtest10
graphql10
hydrogen10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Shopify/hydrogen-v1
Nov 2021 - Sep 2022
React-based framework for building dynamic, Shopify-powered custom storefronts.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 149 reviews, 188 commits in 10 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the `eslint-plugin` package, which is a plugin specifically for the `hydrogen-v1` project. They implemented and refined ESLint rules, including those related to server components and the use of the `gql` utility. The user also created and updated tests and examples for these rules. Further work included the implementation of CLI commands to manage Hydrogen projects.
reactpolarisecommerceshopify
Shopify/hydrogen
Oct 2022 - Mar 2023
Hydrogen lets you build faster headless storefronts in less time, on Shopify.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:56 reviews, 145 commits, 44 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily contributed to the frontend development of the Hydrogen storefront. They made changes to product pages, adding configurations, and modifying the user interface with new components, like the Breadcrumbs, sort filters, and updated the product card label. The user also addressed and resolved merge conflicts, indicating experience managing code integration.
hydrogenreactremixshopify
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