Ian Levenhagen
Staff Software Engineer at Shopify
Canada
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Top SchoolIan Levenhagen is a Staff Software Engineer with a decade of experience building scalable systems, currently shaping platform-level work at Shopify. He blends deep engineering practice with a research background in computer-assisted language learning, applying applied linguistics and machine learning to real-world language education problems. As a former tech lead at Pipefy and co-founder of an online Japanese school, he pairs product-minded leadership with hands-on delivery across backend and distributed architectures. Based in Canada, he holds specialized training in distributed software architecture and a bachelor’s in Japanese Language and Literature, a combination that informs both his technical choices and user-centered approach to internationalization and learning experiences.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Specialization Distributed Software Architecture, Specialization Distributed Software Architecture at PUC MinasBachelor's degree Japanese Language and Literature, Bachelor's degree Japanese Language and Literature at Universidade Federal do Paraná
English, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, French
Github Skills (35)
react-component9
http-client8
http8
ruby8
graphql-api8
mysql8
server8
auto-close8
tmux7
react7
jquery7
xml6
cpp6
driver6
autocomplete6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
YuLeven/nodejs-graphql-mysql-example
Jan 2018 - Dec 2020
An example Express based app implementing a GraphQL API using MySQL as its datastore
Contributions:8 commits, 3 PRs, 8 pushes in 2 years 11 months
graphql-apimysql
YuLeven/environment-configurations
Dec 2018 - Dec 2021
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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