Rod Mcnew
Senior Software Engineer at Shopify
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolRod Mcnew is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building scalable backend systems and e-commerce platforms, currently working remotely from Austin at Shopify. He has led architecture, migrations, and DevOps efforts—driving a shift to Node.js/TypeScript, AWS, and React while maintaining legacy PHP/Zend and Symfony systems that power thousands of multi-country storefronts. Rod combines hands-on backend expertise (APIs, MySQL, payment integrations, access logging) with mentorship and hiring experience from his lead roles. An open-source contributor to the Zend Framework, he improved i18n and MVC components to make translation loaders configurable—highlighting a practical focus on modularity and internationalization. He prioritizes work–life balance and product quality, seeking roles at larger tech companies where he can impact product excellence. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic technical leadership that balances modernization with operational stability.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Information Systems, Bachelor of Science in Information Systems at University of Missouri - St. Louis
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Github Skills (8)
i18n-js10
mvc10
i18next10
zend-framework10
php10
service-manager10
i18n-node10
testing9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
zendframework/zendframework
May 2014 - Jan 2015
Official Zend Framework repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 2 PRs, 3 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Rod primarily contributed to the Zend Framework's i18n and MVC components. They focused on enhancing the translator functionality, specifically allowing custom translation loaders through module configuration. Their work involved code modifications across various files, including service factories and configuration files, and included renaming a plugin manager and adding assertions. These changes enhanced the framework's flexibility and modularity.
zendzend-frameworkphpframeworkmodular
reliv/rcm-terms-conditions
Oct 2015 - Mar 2020
Contributions:1 PR, 4 pushes, 3 tags in 4 years 5 months
terms-and-conditionstrackingconditions
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