Ivan Tabalno
Shopify Developer & Software Engineer
ivantabalno.work@gmail.com
Philippines
Working remotely with clients worldwide
Summary
Shopify developer and software engineer with 2 years of professional experience. I build custom Shopify themes, revamp existing stores to new designs, and have moved a store off its page builder onto native Shopify templates. I also work with Next.js and TypeScript for web applications.
Projects
Project 1: Page builder to native theme
Theme development and migration
- Developed a new Shopify theme from scratch for a store built almost entirely in a page builder app.
- Migrated product, collection, and article pages to native Shopify templates.
- Moved links off the old page-builder pages.
Project 2: Theme revamp and custom collection filter
Custom theme development
- Revamped a whole existing Shopify theme to a new design.
- Rebuilt the home, collection, and product pages, desktop and mobile menus, and cart drawer.
- Built a custom collection filter.
Project 3: Theme revamp and brand index
Custom theme development
- Revamped a whole existing Shopify theme to a new design.
- Rebuilt the home, collection, and product pages, desktop and mobile menus, and cart drawer.
- Built a custom, searchable page that lists all brands.
Technical skills
- Shopify
- Shopify, Liquid, JavaScript, Custom themes, Theme revamps, Page-builder migration, Collection filtering, Quick add and cart interactions, App storefront integration, Theme performance and technical SEO
- Frontend
- TypeScript, Next.js, TanStack Start, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, TanStack Query, Motion (motion.dev), GSAP, Expo
- Backend and hosting
- Hono, tRPC, Better Auth, Drizzle ORM, Prisma ORM, Neon, Convex, Payload, Inngest, Trigger.dev, Cloudflare, Vercel, Railway, Sentry
- Tools and workflow
- Git, GitHub, Shopify CLI, Bun, pnpm, Turborepo, Biome, ESLint, Prettier, Google Analytics (GA4), Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, CodeRabbit, AI-assisted Playwright testing
Working with AI
I use Claude Code and Codex for implementation, debugging, planning, and code explanations. I review the output, make the final decisions, and check the result in the browser.
Project identities remain private. These descriptions cover implementation contributions; they do not claim visual-design authorship, measured business results, or ownership of Shopify and third-party code.