s p e n c e r c a n n e r

engineer 🎓
developer 🧑‍💻
music enthusiast 🎧
resume

Experience

Shopify Senior software developer Aug 2021 - June 2022
  • Participated in the development of a design system for Shopify sales channels.
  • Developed and launched a React component library, Channels UI, and documentation which is used by Shopify partners to build sales channel app experiences.
  • Designed and developed a multi-merchant checkout experience using the Shopify Storefront API.
  • Led the development of Marketplace Kit, which consists of sample apps, developer documentation, and tutorials to help Shopify partners build marketplaces on the Shopify platform.
  • Architected a web application to support an integration between Facebook/Instagram Messenger and Shopify Inbox. Built using a Rails app as the GraphQL server and Typescript, React, and Node.js for a server-side rendered app.
Shopify Front end developer Sept 2018 - July 2021
  • Rebuilt the Buy Button sales channel using Typescript, React, Redux, and GraphQL.
  • Maintained and added features to open source projects - BuyButton.js and JS Buy SDK.
  • Led an accessibility and performance audit of BuyButton.js.
  • Built a commerce-based lookbook as a progressive web app using React, Webpack, and the Shopify Storefront API.
  • Integrated a web performance score into the Online Store sales channel, including a custom animated SVG.
Shopify Front end development intern May 2018 - Aug 2018
  • Contributed to the build of the Instagram sales channel, which was one of the first React apps built in Shopify.
  • Improved scalability of the Facebook channel to support merchants with large product catalogs.
Shopify Front end development intern May 2017 - Aug 2017
  • Maintained the front end of various first party sales channels such as Amazon, Facebook, Messenger, Frenzy, and Pinterest.

Projects

readss

Tech news aggregator with an embedded, distraction-free reading experience. The article feed can be sorted by popularity or recency, and filtered by source or topic.

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JAMPLAY

A collaborative music sharing experience powered by Spotify. Add your favourite songs to a global ephemeral playlist, and discover new music that has been submitted by others.

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Planes TO

Built to identify flying objects over Toronto. Provides a live map of planes and detailed information about the plane and its route.

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newvella

Platform for book discovery. Leverages machine learning to generate book recommendations based on a user's reading preferences.

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Media

Spencer Canner working on a computer in a tech office.
From experience to employment: How industry-sponsored projects helped these students land dream jobs
Showcasing students who leveraged programs at the University of Toronto to get jobs after graduation.
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Spencer Canner with two classmates standing infront of an old building.
MIE Grads to Watch: Students use AI to invent a novel way to recommend books
Featuring my team's 4th year design project, newvella.
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Writing

Medium
Downloading a Webpage Using Node.js - Jun 2022
Creating a Unique Letter Layout with CSS Grids - Jul 2022
Triggering Gatsby Rebuilds on a Schedule - Jul 2022
Building a Layered Button with CSS - Oct 2022

Get in touch

📬 spencer.canner@gmail.com
Designed and developed with ❤ and ☕ by Spencer Canner