Senior Front-End Engineer - Shopify & Accessibility

New Territory Limited; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

New Territory is seeking a Senior Front-End Developer to turn ambitious designs into scalable, accessible websites from planning to launch and optimisation. You’ll own front-end delivery, collaborate with designers and strategists, and build experiences that scale with client needs.

You’ll work with Shopify and Sanity, apply accessibility and performance best practices, and contribute to ongoing improvements across projects while maintaining clean, well-structured code.

Qualifications

• Four or more years of professional web development experience.
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• A fluent grasp of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of front-end delivery, translating designs into responsive websites with precise layouts and consistent behavior across devices.
• Plan technical approaches, identify dependencies and communicate estimates, risks and trade-offs early.
• Build and maintain websites using Shopify, Sanity or comparable platforms, creating reusable components and content structures.
• Collaborate with designers to preserve design intent and ensure accessibility, performance and SEO best practices.
• Test releases, resolve issues and document decisions to support ongoing project success.

Skills

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Front-end development

Git & GitHub

Figma

Responsive design

Web accessibility

Tools

Shopify

Sanity

React

Shopify Liquid

Job description

New Territory is seeking a Senior Front-End Developer to turn ambitious designs into scalable, accessible websites from planning to launch and optimisation. You’ll own front-end delivery, collaborate with designers and strategists, and build experiences that scale with client needs.

You’ll work with Shopify and Sanity, apply accessibility and performance best practices, and contribute to ongoing improvements across projects while maintaining clean, well-structured code.