Scarlet Vidler

Lead Shopify and full-stack engineer with 11+ years of experience turning complex eCommerce requirements into maintainable platforms, product models and delivery plans. A self-directed technical lead who thrives in fast-moving, technically ambitious environments, bringing clarity to urgent problems while staying close enough to the code to make practical decisions. Motivated by high-impact work, polished customer experiences and challenges that create room to keep growing as an engineer.

Lead Full-Stack Shopify Developer at Swanky (2021-01 – Present)

Progressed from Senior Developer into a lead role. Lead architecture and technical delivery for complex Shopify Plus programmes, carrying work from early ambiguity through implementation, review and release.

• Shape discovery into architecture by mapping commercial rules, platform constraints, content models, integrations, operational needs and delivery risks.
• Lead complex Shopify builds where the hard work is modelling business logic: configurators, promotions, cart behaviour, checkout extensions and maintainable admin workflows.
• Stay hands-on while mentoring engineers through code reviews, pairing, escalation and practical standards that help teams make better technical decisions.
• Partner with Project Managers, Solution Engineers and clients to estimate, sequence, communicate trade-offs and protect long-term maintainability.
• Build reusable patterns and internal tooling that reduce repetitive implementation effort and improve engineering productivity.

Shopify Developer at Inspira (2014-01 – 2021-12)

Built bespoke Shopify stores and eCommerce functionality for a broad client portfolio, developing strong foundations in frontend engineering, platform behaviour, client communication and full project delivery.

• Delivered custom themes, integrations and product features from requirements through implementation, launch and support.
• Investigated defects, improved frontend performance and maintained production stores as client needs and Shopify capabilities evolved.
• Worked directly with clients to clarify requirements, communicate technical trade-offs and deliver practical solutions.