Shopify Tech Lead - AI-Driven Global Storefronts

Metagenics Europe; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Discounted products

Employee assistance program

Flexible work – hybrid options

Job summary

Metagenics Europe is seeking a Shopify Technical Lead to own the technical health and delivery of our Shopify storefronts across APAC, EMEA and ANZ. You will lead a small squad of Shopify developers (front-end and back-end), shape the codebase, and drive AI-assisted development while expanding Shopify Plus across regions.

You will collaborate with Global IT Software Engineering, product teams, and agency partners to implement scalable features, ensure performance, and maintain secure,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on web development, with at least 3 years building and maintaining Shopify or Shopify Plus storefronts.
• Deep expertise in Shopify Plus: Liquid, Online Store 2.0 themes, Shopify CLI, Storefront and Admin APIs (GraphQL).
• Experience with Shopify B2B and customer-specific experiences: company accounts, customer-specific catalogues and pricing.
• Proven ownership of a production codebase: Git workflows, code review, CI/CD (GitHub Actions).
• Experience leading or mentoring developers and working in Agile product teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the Shopify codebase across APAC and EMEA stores, including theme, apps and extensions.
• Set and enforce coding standards, repository governance, and deployment strategy.
• Maintain technical documentation and manage technical debt for stability and performance.
• Lead QA and release for storefronts with automated test suites and ensure reversibility of releases.
• Lead a squad of two Shopify developers and mentor junior team members.
• Work with AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality.
• Collaborate with Product Manager on sequencing and budgeting decisions.

Skills

Shopify development

Frontend development

Backend development

Team leadership

AI-assisted development

Tools

Shopify CLI

Liquid

GraphQL

Nosto

GitHub Actions

Vite

npm

ESLint

Prettier

Job description

Metagenics Europe is seeking a Shopify Technical Lead to own the technical health and delivery of our Shopify storefronts across APAC, EMEA and ANZ. You will lead a small squad of Shopify developers (front-end and back-end), shape the codebase, and drive AI-assisted development while expanding Shopify Plus across regions.

You will collaborate with Global IT Software Engineering, product teams, and agency partners to implement scalable features, ensure performance, and maintain secure,