Remote E-commerce Platform Engineer

Placements24; Stellenbosch; Hybrid; ZAR 482,000 - 895,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote work arrangement

Potential for ongoing contract work

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a skilled E-commerce Platform Developer to enhance and maintain our client's online store. This remote contractor role offers flexibility to manage your own schedule while delivering robust, scalable features and integrations.

You will develop new functionalities, integrate third-party services, and troubleshoot issues to ensure performance and security across devices. Collaborative and self-driven candidates thrive here.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an E-commerce Developer or similar role.
• Strong proficiency in PHP, JavaScript, HTML/CSS and platform languages.
• Experience with e-commerce platforms and API integrations.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain features for the e-commerce platform.
• Integrate third-party services, APIs, and plugins (payments, shipping).
• Troubleshoot performance, bugs, and security vulnerabilities.
• Optimize for speed and responsive design across devices.
• Collaborate with designers/marketing to translate requirements into specs.
• Write clean, well-documented code following best practices.

Skills

PHP

JavaScript

HTML/CSS

Magento

Shopify Liquid

APIs / Integrations

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

REST APIs

Git

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a skilled E-commerce Platform Developer to enhance and maintain our client's online store. This remote contractor role offers flexibility to manage your own schedule while delivering robust, scalable features and integrations.

You will develop new functionalities, integrate third-party services, and troubleshoot issues to ensure performance and security across devices. Collaborative and self-driven candidates thrive here.