Rune Madsen – Software Engineering Leader
Professional Experience
Senior Software Engineering Manager – Retail
Jan 2024 – PresentShopify
- Lead Retail Foundations at Shopify, overseeing 5 teams responsible for the core infrastructure that powers our Point of Sale ecosystem
- Direct teams focused on POS app infrastructure, extensibility frameworks, AI-powered retail experiences, developer tooling, and design systems
- Build foundations that empower Retail teams, Shopify partners, and merchants to create and customize innovative retail solutions
Senior Software Engineering Manager – Messaging
Feb 2023 – Jan 2024Shopify
- Engineering lead for the Messaging team responsible for Shopify Inbox, a messaging solution for Shopify merchants
- Managed services and 1st party integrations that power our messaging tools and products
Software Engineering Manager – Messaging
Aug 2018 – Feb 2023Shopify
- Led engineering teams working on Shopify's messaging products and platform
- Mentored and coached engineers at various career stages
- Developed engineering strategy and roadmaps for the Messaging product area
Software Engineer
Jan 2017 – Sep 2017HotelTonight
- Led the team through a major app redesign which shipped in August 2017
- Served as product manager during resourcing constraints while leading the technical redesign
- Decreased build times by 33% by migrating dependencies from Cocoapods to Carthage
- Modernized the codebase by implementing Auto Layout across the application
Software Engineer
Feb 2016 – Dec 2016Apple
- Part of the team responsible for Find My Friends and Find My iPhone and accompanying frameworks
- Developed iOS 10 notification extensions featured at WWDC in the State of the Union
- Updated map annotations for the new iOS 10 monogram design across multiple platforms
- Created internal tools for QA to test functionality of new notification systems
Mobile Developer
Oct 2014 – Jan 2016Shopify
- Worked on Shopify's open source Mobile Buy SDK for iOS
- Integrated Refunds into Shopify Mobile for iOS with Shopify's Refund API
- Collaborated on the launch of Shopify POS for iPhone
- Created custom payment components including Apple Pay integration
Owner + iOS Software Engineer
Feb 2011 – Jan 2016The App Boutique
- Created Next TTC for iPhone, a popular next-vehicle arrival app for Toronto's transit system
- Developed an in-store-only iPad app for Tiger of Sweden
- Created open source RMSwipeTableViewCell, which topped Objective-C rankings when released
Education
BA in Marketing and Management Communication
Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus
Electives, Marketing Management
Toronto Metropolitan University
Higher Commercial Examination (HHx), Business, Language, English, Mathematics, Media
Tietgen Business College
Languages
Danish and English: Native proficiency