Preston Rollins

About Preston Rollins

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer with 10+ years of enterprise e-commerce experience working from every perspective in the ecosystem: agency delivery, in-house platform ownership, and third-party plugin development.I’ve led multi-client agency work, owned and customized internal commerce implementations, and built reusable plugins and integrations consumed by both agencies and internal engineering teams. My work spans Adobe Commerce (Magento), Shopify, BigCommerce, and Salesforce Commerce Cloud, with a strong focus on maintainability, scalability, and long-term platform compatibility.Recent work includes modernizing legacy Ruby on Rails applications, eliminating technical debt, migrating production systems to Kubernetes, and building platform-native extensions aligned with evolving API ecosystems.I’m known for owning complex systems end-to-end, documenting them clearly, and acting as a technical bridge between engineering, product, and support teams.Former U.S. Air Force officer with deep experience in leadership, accountability, and operating in high-stakes environments.

Experience

1. Ecommerce Engineer

   Emplifi

   Nov 2022 — Present

   E-commerce platform and plugin engineer responsible for integrations across Shopify, Adobe Commerce (Magento), BigCommerce, and Salesforce Commerce Cloud.• Sole owner of all e-commerce plugins integrating customer storefronts with internal UGC and Ratings & Reviews platforms• Upgraded multiple Ruby on Rails applications (Rails 5 → 7, Ruby 2 → 3), removing years of accumulated technical debt• Migrated production systems from Heroku to Kubernetes with improved observability using Grafana• Built and maintained Shopify apps, including theme, checkout, and analytics extensions aligned with Shopify’s API release cycle• Designed a reusable GraphQL API client for Shopify’s latest APIs• Developed custom Rails libraries for BigCommerce authentication and API connectivity• Refactored Magento 2 extensions to modern best practices and ensured cross-version compatibility• Maintained Salesforce Commerce Cloud cartridges supporting both SiteGenesis and SFRA architectures

Education

• Texas Tech University

  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Management Information Systems, General

  1999 — 2003

• Pace University

  Master’s Degree, Computer Science

  2014 — 2016

• Hack Reactor

  Computer Software Engineering

Skills

• Django
• Military Operations
• Java
• Security Clearance
• Asp.net
• C#
• Military Experience
• Python
• Mobile Applications
• Web Development
• Databases
• Air Force
• Information Assurance
• Command
• Military
• Troubleshooting
• Magento
• Dod
• National Security
• Defense
• Php
• Android Development
• Security
• Top Secret
• Angularjs
• Javascript