Simon Flaherty
Staff Solutions Architect at Shopify
Connacht, Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Flaherty is a Staff Solutions Architect at Shopify with seven years of focused experience in ecommerce platforms, storefront optimisation, and technical customer success. He has progressed through multiple roles at Shopify—from Theme Specialist and Storefront Optimisation Coordinator to his current architectural position—bringing deep practical knowledge of Shopify’s ecosystem and merchant-facing UX. Prior to his current architecture work he led ecommerce and technology for a multi-million euro skincare business, building custom apps, loyalty/subscription systems, and automation that tied online experiences to in-person services. Simon blends product-minded engineering with operational rigour, having designed cross-departmental tools to streamline consultation, logistics, and marketing workflows. Based in Connacht, Ireland, he pairs international management education with hands-on delivery, making him adept at translating business strategy into measurable conversion and engagement improvements. A pragmatic problem-solver, he’s as comfortable shipping theme and UX changes as he is architecting scalable integrations for complex retail operations.
6 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Economics & Politics, 2:1, BA, Economics & Politics, 2:1 at Trinity College, DublinPosgraduate Diploma in International Growth, Posgraduate Diploma in International Growth at Smurfit Business SchoolM.Sc, International Management, 2:1, M.Sc, International Management, 2:1 at Trinity College, Dublin & Tongji University, Shanghai
Github Skills (6)
hydrogen10
remix10
shopify10
react9
online-store9
ecommerce8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
sjflaher/dawn-demo-theme
Apr 2023 - Oct 2023
Shopify's first source available reference theme, with Online Store 2.0 features and performance built-in.
Contributions:7 PRs, 23 pushes, 6 branches in 6 months
sjflaher/storefront-optimisation
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch, 21 issues in 1 day
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