Wes Baker

About Wes Baker

I\'m a programmer who currently lives in Fredericksburg, VA. I enjoy board games, puzzles, and making things work. When I\'m not in front of a screen of some sort, I\'m probably spending time with my wife, my animals, my board games, or my books.

Experience

1. Engineering Manager, Collections, Bundles & Combined Listings

   Shopify

   Sep 2025 — Present

   Scaled engineering leadership to simultaneously manage two teams across separate organizations (Collections and Bundles & Combined Listings), establishing technical roadmaps, coordinating with 5+ technical leads, and maintaining delivery velocity through major organizational transitions- Delivered comprehensive 6-month engineering strategy for Bundles and Combined Listings covering storefront components, React Router v7/React v19 upgrades, Admin Intents integration, and Collections coordination, aligning team roadmap with merchant capabilities expansion and technical modernization priorities- Established Flexible Collections technical strategy by defining execution chunks across five workstreams, facilitating SLT alignment on complex product decisions, and building AI-powered support infrastructure (Verdant Express bot) to improve team knowledge sharing and reduce support overhead.

Education

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  B.S.

  2004 — 2008

Skills

• Html
• Scrum
• Rails
• Css
• Refactoring
• Server Administration
• Webpack
• Clojure
• Javascript
• Mysql
• Github
• Expressionengine
• React
• Html5
• Php
• Cms
• Ruby
• Git
• Jquery
• Web Development