About Me
Hi, my name’s Nick and I’m a senior Launch Engineer at Shopify. What’s that you say? I provide technical guidance and solutions to enterprise level companies during both the pre/post sales process. I am most skilled in: Not cracking under pressure and thinking outside the outside box
Projects
This app is so good that it doesn't work at the moment, but I promise it worked at some point. Maybe.
I started this project as a way of learning Rails, React and integrating Polaris. It ultimately didn’t become a tool the team adopted, but it was still a great learning experience!
Experience
Shopify
Launch Engineer
Feb 2018 - Present
Technical Merchant Support
May 2016 - Feb 2018
Support Leadership
November 2014 - May 2016
It’s been our mission to make commerce better for everyone
I’ve been on the rocketship that is Shopify for almost 6 years now. My job has ranged from planning Shopify Support’s international expansion, log diving to help merchants solving technical issues, documenting technical changes of new frontend stack, to consulting on integrations with Shopify’s largest merchants.
Education
University of Toronto
BSc BA Cognitive Science and Artifical Inteligence, BA Psychology
2006 - 2011
It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in the colony of Upper Canada...The university is commonly ranked as the best Canadian university.
During my time at Uoft, I learnt two things. First, A.I. is really hard and impossible to implement. Second, coming to terms with the fact that I spent 5 years of my life learning the first thing. In all seriousness, the degree in Cog Sci and AI allowed me to dabble in computer science, neuroscience, philosophy, psychology and linguistics, providing both a balanced education and pragmatic skills.
A Little More About Me
Alongside my interests in E-commerce and Technology, you can also find me doing the following:
- Running down a ball in a squash court
- Setting record low scores in video games
- Creating gastronomic atrocities
- Taming cats