Open to senior roles Long Beach, CA · Remote friendly

Front-end engineer behind storefronts for Barnes & Noble, Netflix, and SKIMS.

Senior front-end engineer, full-stack when it counts. 14 years shipping for the web, most recently headless Hydrogen and Liquid storefronts and custom Shopify apps for brands like Glossier, MoMA, and Peet's Coffee.

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Selected Shopify work

Built at SDG, 2022 to 2026: large custom themes, headless Hydrogen storefronts, and custom Shopify apps.

Barnes & NobleShopify
Built custom React components, integrated Sanity CMS and custom membership and rewards APIs, and sped up both the front end and back end.
Netflix ShopShopify
Worked on custom product and collection templates, header navigation updates, and bug fixes.
SKIMSShopify
Helped build and launch SKIMS on Hydrogen, making it the first enterprise brand on Shopify's headless framework.
GlossierShopify
Helped craft the custom UI behind product pages, collections, and the cart.
MoMA Design StoreShopify
Part of the team building custom product pages, collection grids, and cart components for the Design Store.
Peet's CoffeeShopify
Contributed to the product, collection, and cart experience, and built and updated landing pages for store locations.
HAUS LabsShopify
Co-developed a custom Shopify app for creating and managing QR gift codes, alongside product, collection, and cart UI.
IndigoShopify
Helped connect the store to Indigo's loyalty program with custom Shopify apps, and worked on shopping UI from product page to cart.

More Shopify storefronts

  • Mattel
  • Framebridge
  • Society6
  • Revlon
  • Rare Beauty
  • Magic Spoon
  • BIGFACE
  • Rugs USA
  • MeUndies
  • Psycho Bunny
  • Houseplant
  • Everlane
Personal project · Founder, designer, and developer · 2015 to now

Maps On Maps

Compare several searches on one map. I rebuilt my 2016 web app as a cross-platform Expo and React Native app for iOS, Android, and web, using Google Places, Mapbox, and Apple MapKit behind a cost-limited Cloudflare Workers API.

TL;DR
  • Expo
  • React Native
  • TypeScript
  • Cloudflare Workers
  • Mapbox
  • Apple MapKit
  • Google Maps
Download on the App Store Try it on the web
Maps On Maps results sheet listing nearby coffee shops over the map
Maps On Maps place detail for Blue Door Coffee in the dark theme
Maps On Maps on the web, with search results in a side panel next to the map

Experience

  1. 2022 – 2026

    Senior Front-End Engineer, SDG

    Custom large-scale headless (Hydrogen) and Liquid Shopify themes and custom Shopify apps for Barnes & Noble, Netflix, SKIMS, Glossier, MoMA, Peet's Coffee, HAUS Labs, and Indigo. React, Node, TypeScript, and Remix, with AI-assisted workflows.

  2. 2016 – 2021

    Web Developer, Gunn | Jerkens

    Marketing sites, WordPress themes, and React and PHP web apps for real estate and land management clients. Owned DevOps for the DigitalOcean Ubuntu fleet and led a migration from Ubuntu 14 to 18 with zero downtime.

  3. 2013 – 2015

    Web Developer, CritiqueIt

    Shaped features, UX, domain model, and design for a web-based annotation app, front end and back end. Contracted for Mideo Systems and Film Solutions.

  4. 2014 – 2015

    Front End Engineer, Bedrosians Tile & Stone

    Implemented designs, fixed bugs, and shipped features in jQuery and React.

  5. 2012 – 2014

    Web Developer, Cookiepages

    Startup work, from custom Facebook pages for local businesses to 1smartmenu, an online ordering menu builder for restaurants.

Toolkit

Front end

React, TypeScript, Remix, Vue, HTML, CSS, and SCSS

Shopify

Hydrogen, Liquid, custom apps, Flow. Badges: Developing Apps for Shopify, Liquid Storefronts for Theme Developers

Back end and ops

Node, PHP, SQL, WordPress, Ubuntu, Apache2, Cloudflare Workers

AI workflows

Claude and Codex for faster, well-reviewed shipping

Design

UI and product design for Maps On Maps and this site, prototyped with AI design tools and shipped in code. Design systems, light and dark themes, and a background in visual art.

Alex Medina, then Alex Medina, now

About

I've drawn and painted since I was a kid, all the way through high school, so it seemed natural to start community college in visual art. I'd also played guitar as a teen, and music pulled me toward jazz guitar. A friend from the music program, after we'd played in bands together, thought I'd make a great programmer and started teaching me the basics of web development. I eventually transferred to CSUF as a music student, then switched to computer science before leaving to build for the web full-time. Since then I've spent 14 years shipping for startups, agencies, and in-house teams, most recently building commerce for some of the biggest brands on Shopify.