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Shopify Developer (Remote)

About the role

We are hiring a remote Shopify Developer to keep the store fast, stable, and improving, and ship changes without breaking checkout.

You will report to the founder.

What you will do

  • Build and edit theme sections in Liquid
  • Install, configure, and troubleshoot apps
  • Fix bugs and improve page speed
  • Build landing pages and product page layouts
  • Run QA before and after every release

What success looks like in the first 90 days

  • Store issues fixed within the agreed response time
  • Every change tested on a staging theme first
  • A changelog the team can read

Tools you will use

  • Shopify and Liquid
  • GitHub
  • Chrome DevTools
  • Google Tag Manager

What we are looking for

  • Three or more years building on Shopify
  • Strong HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Liquid
  • Experience with theme version control and staging
  • Careful with changes that touch checkout and payments

Schedule

Full-time, 40 hours a week, remote. Working hours overlap with U.S. Eastern Time business hours.

How to apply

Send your resume and a short note on the most relevant work you have done. Tell us which of the tasks above you have done before and the tools you used. Applications without a note will not be reviewed.

More tasks you can add

  • Set up and maintain tracking and analytics
  • Manage product data imports and bulk edits
  • Document changes in a simple changelog

Interview questions for this role

  1. How do you build a section so a merchant can change it without calling you?
  2. The store got slower after three new apps. How do you find out which one?
  3. How do you test a theme change before it goes live?
  4. What would you check during a migration to Shopify so search rankings and customer accounts survive?
  5. When does a Shopify store need a custom app instead of a theme change?

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