Tyler Alsbury
Summary
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RockstarTyler Alsbury is a Staff Frontend Developer in Montreal who helps shape Shopify’s storefront experience with a strong focus on UI, performance, and accessibility. He’s a hands-on contributor to Shopify’s popular Dawn theme—adding app blocks, improving image lazy-loading and tap targets, and implementing cart drawer and mega menu refinements. Having moved up from Senior UX Developer to staff-level engineering, he blends UX sensibility with front-end engineering to ship polished, high-performance interfaces. Prior frontend lead roles at agencies and startups sharpened his cross-team leadership and delivery skills. Early work in web development and data entry gives him practical product and data-awareness that informs pragmatic implementation choices.
5 years of coding experience
Github Skills (12)
html10
theme-development10
css10
liquid10
javascript10
javascripts10
shopify10
accessibility9
user-interface8
interface-design8
ui-design8
userinterface8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Shopify/dawn
Jul 2021 - Jul 2022
Shopify's first source available reference theme, with Online Store 2.0 features and performance built-in.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 345 reviews, 69 commits in 1 year
Contributions summary:Tyler primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Shopify Dawn theme. Their work involved adding app blocks to various sections, fixing accessibility issues related to filtering and tap targets, and improving the image quality and lazy loading strategy. They also implemented features like the cart drawer and refined the mega menu, demonstrating a focus on user interface enhancements and overall theme performance.
online-storeecommerceperformancebuilt-inshopify
markustripp/dawn-mext-1
Nov 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:13 commits in 1 month
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