Shopify Platform Integration Engineer (Rails)

impact.com; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working

Health and Wellness

RSUs with 3-year vesting

Learning support (Coursera)

Parental leave

Home office stipend

Job summary

impact.com is seeking an engineer to own and evolve our Shopify integration. You will shape how Shopify Apps, Web Pixels, and platform extensions connect to Impact's APIs and workflow engine.

You’ll design secure OAuth flows, manage credentials, and assist onboarding so merchants install Impact with minimal friction. Ruby on Rails is our primary backend, and you’ll collaborate with Shopify engineers to grow Rails expertise while ensuring scalable, reliable integrations.

Qualifications

• Built production Shopify Apps, integrations or platform extensions and understand the Shopify ecosystem beyond storefront development.
• Experience with technologies such as Shopify Apps, Checkout UI Extensions, Web Pixels, Shopify Functions, App Bridge, GraphQL Admin API, OAuth, Webhooks, App Bridge, GraphQL Admin API.

Responsibilities

• Own the development and evolution of our Shopify integration, including Apps, Web Pixels and platform extensions.
• Build secure OAuth flows, manage credentials, automate onboarding and ensure merchants can install and activate Impact with minimal friction.
• Build and maintain the Ruby on Rails application that connects Shopify with Impact's APIs and workflow engine.
• Design resilient webhook consumers, manage high‑volume data pipelines and ensure reliable synchronisation between platforms.
• Proactively manage API version upgrades, monitor webhook delivery, troubleshoot merchant-specific issues and ensure performance and security as Shopify evolves.

Skills

Shopify Apps

OAuth

GraphQL

REST API

Webhooks

Ruby on Rails

Node.js

Tools

Shopify Platforms

GraphQL Admin API

OAuth Flows

REST/GraphQL

Job description

impact.com is seeking an engineer to own and evolve our Shopify integration. You will shape how Shopify Apps, Web Pixels, and platform extensions connect to Impact's APIs and workflow engine.

You’ll design secure OAuth flows, manage credentials, and assist onboarding so merchants install Impact with minimal friction. Ruby on Rails is our primary backend, and you’ll collaborate with Shopify engineers to grow Rails expertise while ensuring scalable, reliable integrations.