Michel Musson
@michelmusson
Staff Software Engineer building headless commerce and AI-driven tools with performance, reliability, and scalable architectures.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I’m a Staff Software Engineer who leads end-to-end architecture and delivery—turning ambitious product ideas into production systems. At Shopify, I delivered Hydrogen (React-based headless commerce), Oxygen hosting for Hydrogen storefronts, and Shopify Magic, focused on accelerating merchant AI workflows.
My work emphasizes measurable outcomes: I led the architectural design and launch of Shopify’s first headless commerce reference architecture (React/Hydrogen on Oxygen), helping enterprise brands reach 99.5% Lighthouse scores and enabling multimillion-dollar deals. I also designed and delivered the frontend architecture for Shopify Magic, integrating React component patterns with LLM backends to cut merchant content creation time in half.
I bring a strong engineering foundation in backend services, data pipelines, and observability. Before Shopify, at Flexport, I built systems that eliminated manual processes (microservices, real-time shipment tracking, and OCR document processing), engineered Python/AWS Kinesis pipelines for GPS event normalization, and established Prometheus/Grafana monitoring to reduce mean time to detection from hours to minutes—while mentoring and raising standards across teams.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Led the architectural design and launch of Shopify’s first headless commerce reference architecture (React/Hydrogen on Oxygen), enabling enterprise brands to reach 99.5% Lighthouse scores and supporting multimillion-dollar deal closures. Built Shopify Magic frontend architecture and integrations, cutting merchant content creation time in half, and improved AI generation performance by reducing ser
Architected a Ruby on Rails microservice replacing an email-based workflow for shipment booking, cutting booking time from 2 days to under 2 hours and increasing client onboarding velocity by 15%. Built real-time GPS ingestion/normalization with Python/AWS Kinesis, implemented OCR document processing with AWS Textract to reduce customs filing errors by 20%, and established Prometheus/Grafana monit
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Florida
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2012 - 2016
Earned a Bachelor of Science with a major in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
United StatesAuthorized to work in
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