Robert Perry
Staff Developer at Shopify
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Perry is a seasoned software leader with nine years of progressive experience now serving as a Staff Developer at Shopify after senior engineering and leadership roles at Stitch Fix and BiggerPockets. He has moved from hands-on full-stack engineering to director and VP-level responsibilities, combining product-focused delivery with team-building and technical strategy. Known for guiding engineering organizations through scaling and transition, he brings practical experience in both startup and larger platform environments. Based in Denver, he blends operational leadership with deep engineering empathy, often stepping back into code to unblock teams and prototype solutions. His career path reflects a rare mix of startup CTO grit and enterprise architectural rigor, making him adept at translating business needs into reliable, scalable systems.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
University of OregonBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Regis University
Github Skills (28)
docker10
oclif10
hotel-booking10
hydrogen10
shopify9
gravatar9
wizard9
polaris9
mastodon9
cli9
spree9
stepper8
activitypub8
federation8
rails8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
EddM/react-tokeninput
Jul 2017 - Aug 2019
Tokeninput component for React
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 branch in 2 years
reactjsreact
BiggerPockets/blueprint
Jul 2019 - Mar 2022
Product & Engineering Blog
Contributions:1 push, 2 comments, 6 issues in 2 years 8 months
engineering-blogproduct-engineeringengineering
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