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Hi, I’m Steven Henderson — a Senior Front-End Developer and e-commerce specialist with over 20 years’ experience designing and building high-quality digital experiences. I specialise in Shopify and custom storefronts, combining strong visual execution with performant, accessible front-end development. I’ve delivered projects for premium brands, translating design concepts into polished, responsive websites that balance aesthetics, usability, and conversion. I’m comfortable working across the full process — from layout and UX decisions through to implementation, integrations, and optimisation — including subscriptions, content delivery, and customer journeys. I focus on clean, maintainable builds, strong user experience, and ensuring each site reflects the brand’s identity while performing reliably at scale.…Hi, I’m Steven Henderson — a Senior Front-End Developer and e-commerce specialist with over 20 years’ experience designing and building high-quality digital experiences. I specialise in Shopify and custom storefronts, combining strong visual execution with performant, accessible front-end development. I’ve delivered projects for premium brands, translating design concepts into polished, responsive websites that balance aesthetics, usability, and conversion. I’m comfortable working across the full process — from layout and UX decisions through to implementation, integrations, and optimisation — including subscriptions, content delivery, and customer journeys. I focus on clean, maintainable builds, strong user experience, and ensuring each site reflects the brand’s identity while performing reliably at scale.

Steven Henderson

Front-End Developer, Web Developer, UI Designer, +5

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Hi, I’m Steven Henderson — a Senior Front-End Developer and e-commerce specialist with over 20 years’ experience designing and building high-quality digital experiences. I specialise in Shopify and custom storefronts, combining strong visual execution with performant, accessible front-end development. I’ve delivered projects for premium brands, translating design concepts into polished, responsive websites that balance aesthetics, usability, and conversion. I’m comfortable working across the full process — from layout and UX decisions through to implementation, integrations, and optimisation — including subscriptions, content delivery, and customer journeys. I focus on clean, maintainable builds, strong user experience, and ensuring each site reflects the brand’s identity while performing reliably at scale.…Hi, I’m Steven Henderson — a Senior Front-End Developer and e-commerce specialist with over 20 years’ experience designing and building high-quality digital experiences. I specialise in Shopify and custom storefronts, combining strong visual execution with performant, accessible front-end development. I’ve delivered projects for premium brands, translating design concepts into polished, responsive websites that balance aesthetics, usability, and conversion. I’m comfortable working across the full process — from layout and UX decisions through to implementation, integrations, and optimisation — including subscriptions, content delivery, and customer journeys. I focus on clean, maintainable builds, strong user experience, and ensuring each site reflects the brand’s identity while performing reliably at scale.

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Hi, I’m Steven Henderson — a Senior Front-End Developer and e-commerce specialist with over 20 years’ experience designing and building high-quality digital experiences.

I specialise in Shopify and custom storefronts, combining strong visual execution with performant, accessible front-end development. I’ve delivered projects for premium brands, translating design concepts into polished, responsive websites that balance aesthetics, usability, and conversion.

I’m comfortable working across the full process — from layout and UX decisions through to implementation, integrations, and optimisation — including subscriptions, content delivery, and customer journeys.

I focus on clean, maintainable builds, strong user experience, and ensuring each site reflects the brand’s identity while performing reliably at scale.

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Work Experience

Front-End Developer at Underwaterpistol

January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2021

Contributed to UX and performance improvements across Shopify-based lifestyle and interiors brands, including Arighi Bianchi, within a collaborative agency environment. Built reusable UI components using Node-based build tools, Bootstrap, SASS, and Liquid. Collaborated on UX feasibility and estimation of interaction designs. Investigated and resolved usability, performance, and QA issues. Supplied phased redesigns with emphasis on stability and incremental improvement.

Front-End Developer at Velstar

January 1, 2021 - Present

Contributed to design-to-build delivery of Shopify Plus storefronts used as commercial tools for global brands including McLaren and French Connection, with focus on UX refinement, performance optimisation, and sustainable front-end architecture within agile squads. Built front-end solutions from Figma designs with emphasis on usability and performance. Audited and improved UX and performance using Lighthouse and Core Web Vitals. Integrated and customised Shopify app solutions supporting merchant workflows. Shipped iterative UX and UI improvements focused on clarity and long-term maintainability. Collaborated with designers, owners and QA to define interaction behaviour, acceptance criteria.

Head of Interactive Services / Web Developer & Designer at Blue Horizons

January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2021

Sole technical lead across 50+ client sites for 13 years, with primary responsibility for digital design, architecture, infrastructure, and full end-to-end delivery and platform maintenance. Designed and built a CMS with compliance handling, accessibility and SEO aligned architecture. Applied MVC patterns to internal CMS, improving maintainability and scalability. Implemented structured data, schema markup, and technical SEO foundations. Introduced Shopify, scaled offering from 0% to 90%+ and driving total agency brand shift. Migrated hosting to a dedicated environment, reducing third-party IT overhead by 90%+. Shaped platform architecture, adopting adaptive layout and progressive enhancement principles. Onboarded non-technical merchants onto scalable Shopify storefronts. Formalised structured SEO and e-commerce services, expanding digital capability. Migrated legacy commerce platforms to Shopify due to scalability and compliance constraints.

Web Developer & Designer at Blue Horizons

January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2008

Sole technical developer within a small marketing team, responsible for all digital development and the majority of digital design work, alongside a separate print-focused designer. Shipped end-to-end digital solutions across UX, UI, development, and infrastructure, with responsibilities reflecting company scale rather than formal senior hierarchy. Owned discovery, UX, UI, IA, development, and iteration of client-facing and internal web systems. Produced accessible interfaces for business and consumer users. Built and evolved Shopify builds and migrations for non-technical merchants. Established and managed custom PHP/MySQL platforms, including hosting and servers. Introduced Shopify as a service offering, supporting a strategic agency pivot. Defined and applied accessibility and data-protection practices across platforms. Developed digital branding and marketing assets. Migrated external IT services in-house, establishing scalable internal systems. Designed and delivered accessible, o

Designer & Developer at Future Multimedia

January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007

Created concepts and built interactive campaigns for PlayStation and Xbox platforms. Conducted technical platform research and testing to assess proof-of-concept feasibility. Responsible for delivering concept and build of interactive company brand brochure.

Web Designer at Future Design

January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006

Designed and built digital campaigns and email marketing for brands like Garmin, Sony Ericsson. Combined design and front-end for user-focused rich interactive experiences. Created content for prestige brands including T3 and Classic Rock.