# Chris Berthe

> Frontend engineer and hands-on technical lead, thirteen years in. Montreal or
> remote, available now. I turn scattered frontend work into platforms teams
> build on.

Contact: chrisberthe@gmail.com · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisberthe) · [GitHub](https://github.com/chrisberthe)

## Career

- **Pixel Union** (Jan–Apr 2026) — Head of Engineering. Rebuilt in four months what took a team two years.
- **Archetype Themes** (Dec 2023–Dec 2025) — Head of Engineering. Collapsed a portfolio of separate themes into one shared platform.
- **Loess** (Oct 2021–Feb 2024) — Co-founder and sole engineer. Turned two themes into a profitable two-person business.
- **Shopify** (Apr 2016–Sep 2021) — Developer to Dev Manager. Shaped the free-theme platform serving more than two million merchants.
- **ALDO Group** (Jun 2013–Mar 2016) — Developer to Team Lead. Replaced one-off storefront work with reusable systems across four brands.

## Notes

- Based in Montreal, QC, Canada. Open to remote.
- Studied at Concordia University.
- The full narrative, with the reasoning behind each move, is at https://chrisberthe.com/