Ryan Ludwig is a Senior Frontend Software Engineer with 12 years of experience crafting performant, accessible, and user-centered web experiences from Oregon. He currently shapes checkout design systems at Shopify and previously owned a cross-organizational frontend design system at Kiva built with Vue, Tailwind, design tokens, and Storybook. His background blends UX/UI design and engineering—creating component libraries, Storybook-driven workflows, and responsive apps for education and scientific instrumentation. Ryan consistently champions accessibility and performance best practices while shipping production features and campaigns for high-impact products. Notably comfortable across platforms, he has delivered apps packaged for ChromeOS, Electron, and mobile, and his design-first engineering approach helps teams turn complex workflows into intuitive interfaces.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Associates Website Administration, Associates Website Administration at The Art Institutes
Design definitions and components for Kiva's style guide
Contributions:90 reviews, 372 commits, 203 PRs in 10 months
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Ryan Ludwig - Senior Frontend Software Engineer at Shopify