Senior Shopify Front-End Developer (IR-471)

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Design and maintain complex Shopify features and enhance performance and SEO for a high-traffic e-commerce platform shipped internationally.

Intellectsoft is a software development company delivering innovative solutions since 2007. We operate across North America, Latin America, the Nordic region, the UK, and Europe.We specialize in industries like Fintech, Healthcare, EdTech, Construction, Hospitality, and more, partnering with startups, mid-sized businesses, and Fortune 500 companies to drive innovation and scalability. Our clients include Jaguar Motors, Universal Pictures, Harley-Davidson, and many more where our teams are making daily impactTogether, our team delivers solutions that make a difference. Learn more at www.intellectsoft.net

Our customer is an international health products company headquartered in the United States. The client has been on the market for over 30 years. Annual revenue is more than $1.5b and keeps growing.

They use an e-commerce platform with multi-level marketing to distribute their products, which has a lot of users around the world.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of professional web development experience, with at least 5 years dedicated to developing on the Shopify platform
  • Expert-level proficiency in the Liquid templating language, Online Store 2.0 architecture, sections and blocks, metafields, theme app extensions, with deep expertise with Shopify CLI
  • Deep understanding of the Shopify Storefront API, Admin API (preferably GraphQL), App Bridge, webhooks, and integrating apps for subscriptions, search, reviews, loyalty, and analytics
  • Proven track record of launching and optimizing large-scale, high-traffic e-commerce platforms with complex business flows
  • Experience with headless Shopify implementations using Hydrogen/Remix or Next.js, including edge rendering and advanced caching strategies
  • Proficient in React, Node.js, serverless technologies (Cloudflare/AWS), GraphQL tooling
  • Strong background in HTML, CSS/SCSS, modern JavaScript/TypeScript, and optimizing DOM performance
  • Expertise in performance optimization techniques, tools, and processes (especially Core Web Vitals, CDN caching) and conversion rates at scale
  • Familiarity with Git/GitHub workflows, code reviews, and CI/CD processes

Nice to have skills

  • Expertise in A/B testing, feature flagging, and integrating solutions for payments, fraud prevention, tax/duties, subscriptions, and ERP/PIM systems
  • Strong background in building custom or private Shopify apps, including OAuth and secure key management
  • A bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field
  • Experience with testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Cypress) for e-commerce environments
  • Spanish (B2 level)

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain the structural components of our online presence, including themes, templates, sections, and app extensions, by leveraging Liquid, JSON, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
  • Engineer complex Shopify features such as custom logic for checkout, cart, and pricing using Shopify Functions. Implement Checkout Extensibility and manage essential data exchanges through webhooks and custom/private app integrations utilizing the platform's GraphQL and REST APIs.
  • Enhance Performance & SEO by overseeing core Web Vitals, optimizing images and CDN, applying lazy loading, and incorporating structured data; ensure markup is semantic and crawlable.
  • Set up Shopify Markets, including domains or subfolders, currencies, duties and taxes, translations, and price lists; enable multi-region catalogs to facilitate internationalization.
  • Implement automated testing using Playwright/Cypress and Jest, incorporate type safety with TypeScript, and set up CI/CD pipelines (such as GitHub Actions).
  • Define performance budgets and establish monitoring to maintain high standards of quality and reliability.
  • Deliver accessible user experiences that conform to WCAG standards by supporting keyboard navigation, implementing appropriate landmarks, and utilizing ARIA attributes.
  • Collaborate closely with Design (using Figma), Content, and Growth teams, ensuring code quality by conducting code reviews and providing mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers.
  • Track production metrics such as errors, vitals, and uptime; analyze user funnels using GA4, GTM, and Search Console; and continuously iterate to enhance conversion rate (CVR) and average order value (AOV).

Benefits

  • Awesome projects with an impact
  • Udemy courses of your choice
  • Team-buildings, events, marathons & charity activities to connect and recharge
  • Workshops, trainings, expert knowledge-sharing that keep you growing
  • Clear career path
  • Absence days for work-life balance
  • Flexible hours & work setup - work from anywhere and organize your day your way

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Education Stipend: Udemy courses of your choice
  • Flexible Work Hours: Flexible hours & work setup - work from anywhere and organize your day your way
  • Other Benefit: Absence days for work-life balance

Intellectsoft is a boutique IT solution provider headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. Our mission is to help global organizations overcome technology challenges of Digital Transformation. Established in 2007, the company operates multiple offices and engineering centers in the US, the UK, the Nordic region and Eastern Europe.Our main focus is on the new and emerging technologies, such as Cognitive Computing, Decentralized Applications, Internet-of-Things and Mixed Reality. Our service portfolio includes strategic IT consulting, CX design, development and full lifecycle management of custom products and applications, and system integration.The company’s strategy is heavily geared towards development of its own platforms, frameworks and reusable components that are utilized for building custom solutions. Among our clients are globally recognized brand names, such as Universal Pictures, Jaguar Motors, Qualcomm, Ernst & Young, Clinique, Bombardier, London Stock Exchange, Harley-Davidson and many others.

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