Richard Powell
Staff Developer at Shopify
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolRichard Powell is a staff developer and full-stack JavaScript engineer based in Ottawa with 15 years of experience crafting thoughtful UX and performant front-ends. At Shopify he advances developer tooling and embedded app flows, having refactored authentication and improved the Shopify CLI's create-app UX while also contributing to real-time collaborative projects that showcase pragmatic front-end engineering. He blends product-minded thinking from a stint as Product Manager with hands-on leadership experience running frontend teams, hiring, and defining workflows. Known for obsessing over good UX and developer experience, he pairs design sensibility from a Fine Art background with deep technical chops in React, Node, and real-time web technologies.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BA (Hons), Fine Art, 2:1, BA (Hons), Fine Art, 2:1 at Northumbria UniversitySelby High SchoolFine Art, Fine Art at Selby College
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Github Skills (29)
url-routing10
javascript10
shopify10
typescript10
user-authentication10
authentication10
user-interface10
ui-design10
shopify-cli10
uid10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
oclif9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
byrichardpowell/draw
May 2012 - Mar 2014
A real time collaborative drawing tool using nodejs, socket.io & paper.js
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to the front-end development of the collaborative drawing tool. They implemented features such as color and opacity controls, a user count display, and improved the user interface. Furthermore, the user integrated Google Analytics tracking and enhanced the user experience with real-time path updates and improved GUID generation.
nodejspaperjs
Shopify/cli
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
Build apps, themes, and hydrogen storefronts for Shopify
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:92 reviews, 289 commits, 51 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Richard focused on developing and improving the UI for the Shopify CLI, specifically within the "create-app" package. Their contributions included refactoring the extension creation process, removing obsolete template prompts and code, and replacing the existing components with a more streamlined and modern approach. They implemented new features and updated existing features, and made design and code improvements.
shopifyclioclifshopify-appsshopify-themes
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