Rune Madsen – Software Engineering Leader

Professional Experience

Senior Software Engineering Manager – Retail

Jan 2024 – Present
Shopify
  • 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 2024
Shopify
  • 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 2023
Shopify
  • 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 2017
HotelTonight
  • 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 2016
Apple
  • 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 2016
Shopify
  • 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 2016
The 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
2005 – 2008

Electives, Marketing Management

Toronto Metropolitan University
2007

Higher Commercial Examination (HHx), Business, Language, English, Mathematics, Media

Tietgen Business College
2000 – 2004

Languages

Danish and English: Native proficiency