# Brian Cook > Senior Software Engineer at goPure Location: Bellingham, Washington, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/briancook Frontend developer with a passion for writing clean, maintainable code to create compelling interactive experiences. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ goPure Jan 2024 – Present ### Shopify Development Lead @ Elva Design Group Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 • Led team of developers on new site builds for globally recognized brands while optimizing for performance and creating a more flexible content management framework. • Implemented a page building strategy that leveraged native Shopify functionality, including metaobjects, to reduce excessive template files, facilitate ease of merchandising, and improve page performance in the browser. • Expanded development team capabilities and increased speed of development by creating a custom Shopify repository structure that leveraged webpack for ES6, SASS, Vue, and React support, while enforcing development team code standards using ESLint. • Created selectricity npm package as a replacement for jQuery, which simplified complex code, increased site speed and enforced coding consistency. • Reviewed team members pull requests and made syntax and implementation suggestions to maintain high coding standards across all project repositories. • Wrote detailed documentation on theme merchandising and management practices. • Consulted directly with clients on project approach and deployment strategy. ### Fullstack Developer @ MilkRun Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 • Expanded MilkRun’s service area from a local to national scale by creating a headless storefront using GatsbyJS alongside Shopify/Contentful/Recharge APIs. • Built a fully custom customer account portal for advanced subscription management. • Reduced fulfillment teams’ workload an average of 15 hours per week by creating a Shopify integrated private app in tandem with a node backend. • Carefully documented reusable components using React storybook. ### Lead Developer @ Scoutside Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 • Completed dashboard integrated “Bundle App” using React in conjunction with the Shopify API. • Led micro team on Bundle App concept formulation and implementation as well as various site builds. • Tailored client-specific style guides using Vue Styleguidist to document reactive components of a site prior to build, while creating clean and enforceable code standards. • Established CSS/JS project guidelines to educate junior developers on writing concise and manageable frontend code. • Customized in-cart discount logic for clients by writing Ruby-based Shopify discount scripts. ### Frontend Developer @ Intuit Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 ### Full Stack Developer @ SOLOSHOT Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater San Diego Area • Significantly increased product value and ease-of-use by completing a real-time remote control app in React Native, Redux, and WebRTC. • Streamlined Zendesk support ticket management by developing multistep React contact form. • Provided Soloshot administrators the ability to manage users of app.soloshot.com by working on internal apps that used React in conjunction with the Soloshot API. • Safeguarded Soloshot app by writing RESTful API routes that blocked malicious user activity. • Boosted add to cart rate 50% by building optimized shop page. ### Frontend Developer @ Brand Value Accelerator Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Greater San Diego Area • Completed 2 Shopify site builds as lead developer that drastically increased sales for startups and major brands. • Developed exciting, revenue-generating features and landing pages for globally recognized retainer clients. • Established clean, syntactical coding standards by creating project style guides that reduced development time and facilitated website scalability. • Educated new hires on Shopify Liquid syntax, project build tools, and deployment processes. ### Frontend Developer @ Sublime Digital Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Denver, CO • Built Wordpress and Magento websites from Photoshop mockups using HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, PHP, and jQuery. • Meticulously tailored content management in Wordpress to clients’ needs using Advanced Custom Fields. • Remotely communicated with creative agencies to understand project needs and offer advice on enhancing user experience. ## Education ### Graduate Certification in Web Design & Development University of Denver Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Spanish Language & Literature/English Literature University of Colorado Boulder Jan 2006 – Jan 2010 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brian-cook-91691565 --- Source: https://flows.cv/briancook JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/briancook/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22