About

The engineer behind 300+ storefronts

I am Akshay Vaghasiya, a Full Stack Commerce Engineer, Shopify Select Partner, and Google-certified AI professional working with brands across 12 markets.

I started writing commerce code in 2018, building Shopify themes for local D2C brands. The lesson from those first storefronts still drives everything I build: in commerce, engineering quality is measured at the checkout. A handsome site that loads in four seconds is a handsome way to lose money.

Eight years later, that obsession has compounded into more than 300 shipped brands, recognition in Shopify's Select partner tier, and a speciality in the unglamorous systems that decide whether a brand scales: B2B replatforms, ERP middleware, unified CRM, OMS, and IMS platforms, and performance programmes that treat milliseconds as revenue.

Now I am focused on the next platform shift: agentic commerce. AI agents are beginning to browse, compare, and buy on behalf of humans. As a Google-certified AI professional with Anthropic MCP and LangChain Deep Agents training, I help brands score their AI readiness and rebuild their stacks for buyers made of software, while shipping two AI products of my own.

I work as an independent consultant: one senior engineer, direct communication, no account managers, and no hand-offs. Based in London & India, working with brands worldwide.

Certifications

Professional AI Certification

Google

2025

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Anthropic

2025

Deep Agents with LangGraph

LangChain

2025

How I work

Revenue is the spec

Every technical decision traces back to a commercial outcome. If a rebuild does not move conversion, speed, or operating cost, it is a hobby rather than a project.

Reliability wins

Idempotent syncs, reconciliation loops, and approval queues are not glamorous. They are the reason my migrations lose no orders and my integrations run at 99.98% uptime.

Build for the next buyer

The next customer might be an AI agent. I build storefronts that are fast for humans and legible to machines: structured, truthful, and transactable.

Tools I reach for

Commerce

  • Shopify Plus
  • Hydrogen
  • Shopify Functions
  • Checkout Extensibility
  • Shopify Markets

Engineering

  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • React
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • GraphQL

AI & Agents

  • Claude API
  • MCP
  • LangChain
  • LangGraph
  • Deep Agents
  • Vector Search

Growth

  • GrowthBook
  • BigQuery
  • Klaviyo
  • Core Web Vitals
  • Server-side Testing

Milestones

2018

First line of commerce code

Started as a full stack developer, building custom Shopify themes and apps for local D2C brands. I learned early that speed, clarity, and checkout trust decide who gets paid.

2020

Enterprise builds and the first 100 brands

Crossed 100 shipped storefronts and delivered my first Shopify Plus migration. I moved from themes into systems: ERP integrations, middleware, and the data pipelines that keep commerce honest.

2022

Shopify Select Partner

Recognised in Shopify's Select partner tier. I specialised in B2B commerce, headless builds, and performance engineering for brands turning over seven to nine figures.

2024

300+ brands, 12 markets

The portfolio crossed 300 brands across 12 international markets. I built unified CRM, OMS, and IMS platforms and led global expansion programmes from end to end.

2026

Agentic Commerce & AI Readiness Advisor

Now helping brands prepare for AI-driven shopping: agentic checkout, MCP-connected storefronts, and two AI products in active development. Google-certified AI professional.

Next project starts here

Ready to scale your commerce?

One senior engineer, direct communication, and outcomes measured in revenue. I am currently booking projects for this quarter.

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