Muhammad Shahid
Software Developer II at Shopify
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMuhammad Shahid is a Software Developer II with 7 years of experience building user-focused web and mobile systems, currently at Shopify and previously at Flexport where he led initiatives that increased freight bookings by up to 20% and cut operational workload through self-serve portals and automation. He combines front-end and backend expertise—shipping React Native and Relay mobile apps, designing reusable component libraries, and implementing backend integrations that saved millions by improving invoicing and booking reliability. An active contributor to the Eclipse Theia open-source IDE, he has a knack for improving developer UX through UI fixes and small features that reduce friction across browsers and themes. With a Computer Software Engineering background from McGill, he pairs product-minded engineering with measurable operational impact and a track record of fast, production-ready delivery.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering at McGill University
Github Skills (12)
css10
typescript10
typescripts10
ui-design10
typescript-types10
react9
editors8
editor8
cloud97
electron7
cloud9-ide7
ide7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
eclipse-theia/theia
Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
Eclipse Theia is a cloud & desktop IDE framework implemented in TypeScript.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 21 commits, 42 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Muhammad primarily focused on improving the user interface and experience of the Eclipse Theia IDE. Their contributions involved fixing bugs related to UI alignment, font sizing, and display issues in various components, including keymaps, file icons, and dialog boxes. The user also implemented new features such as a "Clear All" button in the problems view and badge counts for dirty editors, enhancing the IDE's usability. They frequently addressed visual inconsistencies and layout problems across different browsers and themes.
cloud-ideide-frameworkelectrontheiajavascript
Anasshahidd21/theia
Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
Eclipse Theia is a cloud & desktop IDE framework implemented in TypeScript.
Contributions:205 pushes, 46 branches in 7 months
ide-frameworktheiajavascripteclipse-theiaide
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