Mike Walker
Founder & Principal Developer at mikewalker.io
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Walker is a founder and principal developer with nearly a decade of hands-on experience crafting clear, user-friendly websites from concept to launch. Based in Old Toronto, he leads mikewalker.io, turning design ideas into smooth, practical web experiences while balancing UX sensitivity with technical reliability. His background in technical writing and editing at CIBC gives him a rare combination of precise communication and development fluency, useful for translating client needs into maintainable code. Trained at Juno College after an English honours degree from the University of Toronto, he brings both literary sensitivity and technical rigor to front-end and full-stack challenges. Humorous and pragmatic, his GitHub bio—"Web builder, robot shepherd"—hints at a playful curiosity for automation and tools that streamline development.
9 years of coding experience
Honours Bachelor of Arts (H.B.A.), ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS, Honours Bachelor of Arts (H.B.A.), ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS at University of TorontoWeb Development Immersive Program, Web Development Immersive Program at Juno College of Technology
Github Skills (33)
wordpress-themes9
oop9
wordpress9
timber9
twig8
php8
typescript8
template-engine8
electron7
react5
wordpress-plugin5
wordpress-block5
editor5
shopify5
microsoft5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Mikewalker24/starter-theme
Jan 2019 - May 2020
The Shopify Themes Team opinionated starting point for new a Slate project
Contributions:2 PRs, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
starting-pointslatepointshopify-themesthemes
team-kickass/Project6-WorkAway
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:20 PRs, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
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