Melissa Luu
Staff Front End Developer at Shopify
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMelissa Luu is a Staff Front End Developer with eight years of experience, currently shaping developer-facing and customer web experiences at Shopify from Old Toronto. Trained in Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Toronto, she blends UX sensibility with engineering rigor to deliver polished, maintainable front-end systems. Melissa contributes to notable open-source projects such as Shopify's js-buy-sdk, where she improved API compatibility, internationalization headers, and test coverage—demonstrating a focus on robust integrations and real-world ecommerce flows. She pairs hands-on full-stack contributions with a product-minded approach, often addressing subtle issues like money formatting and API versioning that keep large systems reliable.
8 years of coding experience
Hon. B.Sc., Human Computer Interaction, Hon. B.Sc., Human Computer Interaction at University of Toronto - University College
Github Skills (10)
javascript10
jestjs10
jtest10
jes10
wpgraphql9
apidoc9
sdk9
wordpress-graphql9
api9
graphql9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Shopify/js-buy-sdk
Aug 2019 - Jan 2023
The JS Buy SDK is a lightweight library that allows you to build ecommerce into any website. It is based on Shopify's API and provides the ability to retrieve products and collections from your shop, add products to a cart, and checkout.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 2 reviews, 66 commits in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Melissa contributed to the development of the JavaScript Buy SDK, focusing on enhancing its features and aligning it with the Shopify Storefront API. Their contributions included adding custom source headers, updating the Storefront API version, and implementing language header options. The user also updated unit tests and test fixtures to reflect the changes, ensuring the SDK's functionality and compatibility with newer API versions. Furthermore, they made code adjustments related to money formatting and fragment updates.
cartapicollectionsretrieveecommerce
melissaluu/svelte-sfapi-landing-prototype
May 2022 - Jul 2022
Contributions:45 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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