Shopify Developer

We are seeking an exceptional Lead Shopify Developer to join our incredible team. You'll be a critical participant in projects working closely with designers, performance managers, our creative team, and the Technical Director. To optimize our Shopify Plus store. Fluency in HTML5 and JavaScript, experience with custom theme development, Shopify Plus experience, and familiarity with Next and React are essential. The ideal candidate would also be expected to help manage core Shopify platform integrations such as Klavyio, Zendesk, and other vital Shopify applications.

Qualifications:

Strong proficiency in Shopify Plus and Shopify Scripts

Experience with custom theme development for Shopify Plus (advanced customer fields experience)

Fluency in HTML5, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery Experience with Shopify app integrations (integrating third-party APIs)

Familiarity with Github

Strong understanding of SEO and web development Experience with Server and DNS management Understanding cross-browser compatibility problems and the ability to offer solutions

Experience with user testing and usability analysis

Familiarity with UX/UI concepts and best practices

Responsibilities:

Actively involved in all phases of the site development

Manage our Shopify Plus store Work with the marking team to create landing pages Change website content to improve the customer journey Help manage third-party integrations and applications Optimize page load times Resolve cross-browser issues (troubleshooting server and site issues)

Familiarity with design software such as Photoshop to customize visuals and media on sites Attend group meetings and offer recommendations to improve the optimization of customer journey and conversion

Communicate regularly with team members through channels such as Slack and Asana 

Shopify Developer Job Brief

We are looking for Shopify developers who are comfortable programming on the Shopify platform. They should have development experience, in-depth understanding, and distinct perspectives of all things to specialize in all the Shopify projects.

The chosen candidate should be able to create a bespoke development using the existing Shopify templates. Besides that, they must also know how to convert mock-ups and specifications into complete functional solutions.

He/she must also know how to update and modify the existing websites to enhance the UX/UI design or add new features. They must also know how to test and develop 3rd-party Shopify apps and customize and create Shopify accounts.

Shopify Developer Responsibilities

• Make knowledgeable and engaging Shopify store online to increase the revenue and sales.
• Make bespoke themes and change all the pre-existing templates according to the predefined company guidelines.
• Should be a professional in all areas of the E-commerce platform.
• Work with the UI and UX design teams to make the inventive, strong, and unique user experience.
• Ensure smooth connection with the Shopify Apps, Marketing Tools, and Platform APIs.
• Must debug and test out the websites regularly to enhance the performance.
• Offer coordination and technical support to protect the company against failure.
• Increase the conversion rates by optimizing websites.
• Shopify Developer RequirementsBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or any other similar field.
• Must have maintenance, launch, and shop construction expertise and also have a general understanding of the admin system.
• Expert in JavaScript, DOM, CSS3 and HTML5.
• Has previous experience in Storefront API and working with custom theme.
• Has working knowledge in liquid templating and theming system of Shopify.
• Previous experience in debugging or implementing 3rd-party Shopify applications and making unique solutions when it’s required.
• Must carry expertise and knowledge with jQuery, current frameworks of JavaScript, vanilla JavaScript, and ES2015/ES6.
• Must carry working knowledge of Shopify properties or objects, Meta fields, and AJAX API.
• Must possess debugging and testing abilities utilizing browser console and various other tools.
• Must have the ability to provide proactive feedback and interact effectively.
• Working knowledge in 3rd-party APIs and services along with Shopify plugins.
• Previous experience in creating responsive and unique layouts for mobile devices, tablets, and desktop.

Experience Required

• 6 months- 6 years

• Develop, implement, and maintain applications developed around the Shopify/Shopify Plus platform.
• Knowledge of Ajax, Liquid, HTML, CSS, JS, JQuery is mandatory requirements.
• Knowledge for Wordpress Theme customization, Plugins installation.
• Answer various questions from our clients and attend the solution delivery meetings with the team.
• Contribute to quality control activities with the team.
• Take part in the improvement of standards within the Shopify practice.
• Creative and open to new ideas.
• Adaptable and willing to learn new techniques.

Wordpress:

Should have hands-on experience in WordPress & HOOKS concepts.

Extensive knowledge and experience of building WordPress CMS websites using the best practice & de-facto standard plugins.

- Knowledge of Customization of themes & plugins

- Experience working with WordPress at a PHP code level.

- Knowledge of existing inbuilt WordPress functions.

- Theme Template integration.

- Good understanding of cross-platform and cross-browser issues.

- Experience in developing E-Commerce websites

Shopify:

Should have hands-on experience in Shopify API & APP concepts.

Extensive knowledge and experience of building custom stores.

- Knowledge of Customization of themes & apps

- Experience working with Shopify API's

- Knowledge of existing inbuilt Shopify system.

- Theme Template integration.

- Good understanding of cross-platform and cross-browser issues

• Conducting analysis of website and application requirements.
• Writing back-end code and building efficient PHP modules.
• Developing back-end portals with an optimized database.
• Troubleshooting application and code issues.
• Integrating data storage solutions.
• Responding to integration requests from front-end developers.
• Finalizing back-end features and testing web applications.
• Updating and altering application features to enhance performance.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a similar field.
• Knowledge of PHP web frameworks including Yii, Laravel, and CodeIgniter.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, and HTML5.
• Understanding of object-oriented PHP programming.
• Previous experience creating scalable applications.
• Proficient with code versioning tools including Git, Mercurial, CVS, and SVN.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Ability to project manage.
• Good problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities :

- Assist in requirements gathering and technical planning to design solutions that meet client needs

- Create clean, well-documented, efficient, and standards-compliant code with an eye towards performance optimization

- Actively troubleshoot and support applications in production-- critical environments

- Implement and maintain Shopify development standards and best practices

- Tracks the work against plan and reports the status on agreed time without fail.

- Interface with the clients to understand and document their needs.

Primary Technical Skills:

Shopify and Shopify Plus

PHP

OOPS

JavaScript

XML

JSON

Basic Knowledge in React JS

Soft Skills

• Good oral and written communication.

Required Skills:

- 3 to 5 years of experience in working with Shopify and Shopify Plus stores

- Good  knowledge of frontend development and liquid programming language

- Strong hands to Install & Customize new Shopify theme.

- Basic experience in writing Ruby scripts to run promotions

- Experience in integrating external API’s

- Experience in 3^rd party integrations like ERP- Netsuite, SAP, Odoo, Microsoft Dynamics, Sage, Epicor etc.
- Experience in Implementing Shopify Ajax API, Admin APIs and configuring third party apps

- Knowledge of building custom, private and embedded apps

- Experience working with the following technologies: JavaScript (JQuery), XML, JSON, SQL, PHP, CSS3

- Knowledge in other ecommerce platforms like Magento, woocommerce, BigCommerce will be preferred.

- Experience with OOP PHP (2+ years)

- Familiarity with GIT

- Demonstrated ability to adapt and work with team members of various experience levels

- Ability to work with minimal direction with a focus on customer satisfaction

- Good written and verbal communication skills

We’re looking for a Ruby on Rails Software Engineer/Shopify App Developer who has experience working with the Shopify platform and is able to work on a Shopify app.

Your Daily Challenges

When we welcome you aboard we’ll introduce you to your Team, which consists of a front-end developer, a Shopify App Marketer who grew 2 apps to million dollar annual revenue, and a product manager.

These are the people you’ll work closely with on Product development day-to-day. Once you get settled in and learn more about the team, your day to day activities will look something like this:

1. Own the end-to-end development cycle for the Shopify app you’ll be working on.
2. Coordinate with fellow developers to get things done on time. 
3. Implement high quality code in an agile, test driven development environment
4. Review exception reports to identify and fix bugs
5. Development of new apps and features
6. Maintenance of existing features
7. Collaboration with cross-functional teams
8. Contributions of ideas to improve the product

Your Experience

1. 3-5 years of experience with Ruby on Rails
2. Experience with Shopify app development
3. Familiar with Sidekiq, PostgreSQL
4. Good understanding of HTML and CSS (positioning and styling)
5. Excellent communication skills
6. Takes pride in writing clean, organized, efficient code
7. An eye for detail
8. Experience with vanilla JavaScript and React a plus
9. Experience working in an entrepreneurial/startup environment

Your Compensation

1. The compensation range for this role is INR 14-18 LPA (~25K USD) + up to 5% equity.
2. The compensation varies with experience and qualifications. 
3. This is a full-time remote/work from home position.

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