Shopify Full-Stack Dev (Mid) - 3 Days/Wk In-Office

BA Creative; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 95,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunities for professional development

Work from home Wednesdays

BA for Good program

Quarterly BA Creative events

Job summary

BA Creative is seeking a Mid-level Shopify Web Developer to work 3 days a week in their Woolloongabba studio. This role involves building and maintaining Shopify and WordPress projects and ensuring the quality of development plans. The ideal candidate has at least 2 years of agency/freelance experience and is proficient in Git, API integration, and PHP. The position offers a salary of $90k-$95k, pro-rata, and contributes to a collaborative team-oriented culture with opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience with domain management and server support.
• Familiarity with latest tech, including AI.
• Strong communication skills for client interactions.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and scope Shopify and WordPress projects.
• Ensure project tasks are updated with time tracking and progress notes.
• Communicate proactively with the internal team to maintain project progress.

Skills

Shopify Theme customisation

Project scoping and quoting

Proficient in Git Version control

Data migration planning and execution

API integration

Wordpress theme development

PHP

TailwindCSS

Experience with CPanel and Server management

Education

2 years of Agency and/or freelance experience

2 years Shopify development

Tools

GitHub

DEV and Production environment handling

Project Management tools

Job description

Shopify Web Developer - Full Stack (Mid Level) - 3 days/week

Summary

• Based in Woolloongabba studio
  
• Full service digital agency specialising in Shopify, WordPress and ecommerce growth
  
• Clients include The Tea Centre, Likewise and Australia Zoo
  
• Looking for 2+ years agency/freelance experience
  
• Looking for 2+ years Shopify development
  
• Salary ($90k-$95k + Super) pro rata
  
• 3 days/week in-office
  

About Us:

We are Brisbane’s Shopify Plus experts! We are a creative digital agency based in Woolloongabba, bringing together a team of digital professionals passionate about crafting success for our clients. Our cool studio is a hub of creativity, where designers, developers, strategists, digital marketers, and digital project managers collaborate to make our clients' ecommerce businesses thrive.

The Role

As a Full Stack Developer at BA, you will be able to …

• Scope and produce fully costed technical development plans for all website projects & retainers detailing time estimates, dependencies, and app/plugin considerations.
• Provide clever and costed solutions to client challenges and deliver development plans on time and within budget.
• Liaise with the Dev Manager and designers to implement designs from supplied mockups.
• Integrate third-party services and apps (eg Klaviyo, Mailchimp, payment gateways, shipping providers, inventory systems), ensuring stable and secure connections between systems.
• Migrate and transform data between systems (e.g. WooCommerce to Shopify), including products, customers, orders, and custom fields/metafields, while ensuring accuracy, consistency, and minimal downtime.
• Ensure that all programs and applications perform as set out in the development plans and meet quality accredited standards.
• Maintain version control discipline (Git/GitHub) ensuring code quality and consistency across the team.
• Stay up to date with Shopify and WordPress ecosystems and latest technologies/AI, adopting best practices and sharing knowledge with the wider dev team.

As a Full Stack Developer at BA, you will…

• Dev work Build, maintain, and scope Shopify and WordPress projects. This will include new site builds, updates to existing themes, re-themes, and client retainer work.
• Website maintenance Server, hosting, and domain management - adding DNS records, creating staging sites, migrating databases, and debugging via cPanel.
• Client Relationship and Project Delivery We all have a role to play with client communication and delivering excellent project outcomes. You will communicate proactively with the internal team to maintain project progress.
• Contribute to meetings/WIPs/briefings Internal & external as required. You will escalate risks or blockers, ensure alignment on upcoming tasks and contribute to project success.
• Internal Collaboration Work closely with cross-functional teams (strategy, design, development, marketing).
• Documentation & Reporting Ensure relevant technical scoping and planning is documented during the project rollout along the Project Management team. You will also document key functionality for client training documents.
• Process & Efficiency Ensure project tasks are updated with time tracking, progress notes and status.
• Quality & Profitability Maintain a high standard of project quality, while ensuring profitability by adhering to task budgets and timelines as assigned. You will flag scope creep & budget risk early.
  
• Supporting the team Supporting and providing cover for the Development Manager as needed.

As a Full Stack Developer at BA, you are …

• A strong communicator, you can put the complex into language a client can understand.
• A problem solver and a forward thinker - you identify potential risks early to mitigate future issues and of course future-proof your code.
• You love to collaborate with other team members and departments.
• Time and budget conscious, you flag issues early.
• You want to produce crazy clever work but can also produce the minimum viable product (MVP).
• You don’t have to be reminded to include testing and revision time when you quote.
• Experienced working with a Project Manager, you log time, write clear descriptions of work planned, completed and to be done.
• All over AI and have an innovative & sensible approach to using it in Development.
• Very keen to contribute to how we do things including what tools, how we produce great work.
• Maybe a freelancer who misses the team, and regular $.
• Maybe returning from Parental or Carer’s leave.

Required Skills & Experience

• Project scoping and quoting experience.
• Proficient in Git Version control, GitHub, Dev and Production environment handling.
• Domain management, server support and security.
• Experience in staying up to date with latest tech, including AI.
• Shopify Theme customisation
  • Integrations including apps and 3rd party softwares (Business Central, MYOB etc).
  • Local and Shopify CLI development experience.
  • Metafield and Metaobjects
• Data migration planning and execution including custom scripts.
• API integration.
• Wordpress theme development.
• CPanel and Server management.
• PHP.
• ACF Pro and flexible content.
• TailwindCSS.
• 2 years of Agency and/or freelance experience (you understand the importance of scoping and fast paced environment).
• 2 years Shopify development.
• Project Management tools (time management, time tracking and task documentation).

Skills - Bonus Points

• Laravel.
• Blade templating Language.
• Roots sage theme development experience.
• Migration experience from other ecommerce platforms to Shopify.
• Experience with Shopify Horizon theme.
• Comfortable working with designs in Figma
• UX/UI understanding and an eye for detail.

What We Offer

• A collaborative, team-oriented culture where learning and growth are encouraged.
• Opportunities for professional development through external courses and industry events.
• Work from home Wednesdays.
• BA for Good program (read about it here https://bacreative.com.au/pages/about).
• A chance to work on innovative projects for a diverse range of clients.
• Quarterly BA Creative events.

Please apply via the form below including your CV and cover letter which addresses the Required Skills & Experience.

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