Senior Shopify Developer

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking its first in-house Senior Shopify Developer to spearhead their eCommerce development initiatives. You will work collaboratively in a team environment while ensuring high-quality software delivery and mentoring junior developers. Candidates should possess extensive knowledge of Shopify technologies and proven leadership experience in a software development setting.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of software development experience, strong focus on eCommerce.
• Substantial experience with Shopify's development ecosystem, including Shopify Plus.
• Proven track record in leading a development team and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead team to deliver high-quality software within reasonable timescales.
• Ensure efficient work processes and produce effective designs.
• Drive technical direction and project deliveries.

Skills

eCommerce technologies

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps best practices

automated testing frameworks

good development practices

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

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My Client are now looking for Their first in-house Senior Shopify Developer to work alongside their team (i.e., substantially contribute to design and development efforts) but also act as team leader ensuring that the team:

• Is proceeding unimpeded as efficiently as possible.
• Is producing reasonable designs and architectures where necessary – i.e., neither over-complicated nor too simplistic or “naïve”.
• Delivers high-quality (but not “perfect”) software – i.e. pragmatism is important.
• Remains focussed on the priorities and does everything possible to deliver them within reasonable timescales.

Person specification:

You:

• Have a degree in Computer Science (or a related field) and at least 10 years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on eCommerce technologies.
• Have substantial experience working with Shopify’s development ecosystem, including Shopify Plus, Liquid, Storefront API, Admin API, GraphQL, Shopify Functions, and third-party app integrations.
• Have a proven track record of leading a small development team as a Tech Lead, mentoring engineers, driving technical direction, and ensuring successful project deliveries.
• Are highly familiar with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps best practices, and automated testing frameworks.
• You are intimately familiar with good development practices and principles such as SOLID, DRY, and design patterns.
• You have worked with both relational and NoSQL databases and have a good working knowledge of SQL.