Himalayas Candidate
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To whom it may concern,
I am excited to apply for the UX Developer position at Shopify. As a Canadian UX professional with a strong foundation in front-end development and user-centered design, I am passionate about creating accessible, performant interfaces that help merchants succeed. Shopify's mission to make commerce better for everyone resonates deeply with my belief that thoughtful design and inclusive engineering can directly improve people's livelihoods.
In my current role at Maple Commerce (a Toronto-based e-commerce startup), I led the end-to-end implementation of a redesigned checkout flow using React, TypeScript, and CSS Modules, collaborating closely with product managers and backend engineers. The redesign reduced checkout friction and increased completed purchases by 18% while improving page load time by 22%. I maintain a strong design-to-code workflow: translating Figma prototypes into pixel-accurate, responsive components, implementing design tokens for consistent theming, and integrating with Storybook for component-driven development. I also run usability studies and remote moderated testing (using Lookback and UserTesting) and turned qualitative insights into prioritized A/B experiments that helped validate a new product listing layout—this experiment improved add-to-cart rate by 12%.
Beyond technical skills, I care deeply about accessibility and inclusive design. I led an accessibility audit across our component library, remediating ARIA roles and keyboard navigation issues, which brought our accessibility score from 68 to 92 on automated checks and reduced support tickets related to navigation by 30%. I enjoy partnering with designers, researchers, and engineers to close the gap between delightful visuals and robust implementations. Shopify's emphasis on merchant empathy, scalability, and developer experience is exactly the environment where I can contribute both my UX instincts and engineering discipline—helping build interfaces that are not only beautiful but reliably performant at scale.
I am eager to bring my blend of UX design sensibility, front-end engineering experience, and data-informed decision-making to Shopify's UX team. I would welcome the opportunity to discuss how my background aligns with your needs and how I can help improve merchant experiences across web and mobile platforms. Thank you for considering my application; I look forward to the possibility of contributing to Shopify's mission.
Sincerely,
Ethan MacDonald
