Josh Beckman is a Senior Staff Engineer at Shopify, building a visual programming platform for merchants and improving the interfaces for Shopify developers. He lives in Chicago. He is an engineering leader specializing in complex systems design and delivery at scale. He has a background in high-velocity startup environments. He leads multiple teams within Shopify’s large engineering organization to deliver highly complex interfaces at scale and speed. He focuses on being a technical expert who can advise teams and drive technical design decisions in complex systems. He is particularly excited about integrating AI and LLMs into software development practices and building systems that make these technologies accessible to the public. His email address is josh@joshbeckman.org.