Shopify Engineer
Listed on 2026-10-01
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Software Development
Front End Developer, Javascript
Salary: £90,000 - £110,000 + Equity + Excellent Benefits
We're partnering with an ambitious, high-growth consumer brand to hire a talented Shopify Plus Engineer who wants to build one of the highest-performing ecommerce experiences in the market.
This is an opportunity to become the technical owner of a Shopify Plus storefront used by a large and loyal customer base. You'll work alongside Product, Design and Engineering to build a fast, scalable and highly modular ecommerce platform where performance, user experience and code quality are treated as competitive advantages.
What you'll be doingYou'll be responsible for developing and evolving a custom Shopify Plus storefront, creating reusable components that empower commercial teams to launch campaigns quickly without engineering support.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and maintaining a custom Shopify Plus theme using clean, maintainable Liquid
- Building a library of reusable Sections and Blocks to support dynamic page creation
- Owning Core Web Vitals and continually improving site speed and performance
- Implementing Shopify Functions and Checkout UI Extensions where appropriate
- Collaborating with backend engineers to integrate custom APIs securely and seamlessly
- Championing accessibility (WCAG) and frontend engineering best practice
- Participating in code reviews and helping shape engineering standards
You'll be someone who genuinely enjoys building elegant ecommerce experiences and understands when simplicity is the best engineering solution with -
- 3+ years' commercial experience developing on Shopify Plus
- Strong expertise with Liquid, Shopify Admin API and Storefront API
- Experience with Shopify CLI, Git Hub and CI/CD workflows
- Strong understanding of performance optimisation and Core Web Vitals
- Experience building modular, reusable frontend architectures
- Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG)
- High attention to detail and a passion for pixel-perfect implementation
- Care deeply about clean, maintainable code
- Challenge unnecessary technical complexity
- Balance engineering excellence with commercial outcomes
- Enjoy working collaboratively with Product and Design
- Have a genuine passion for creating outstanding ecommerce experiences
- Equity scheme
- Hybrid working (Central London – 3 days per week)
- 25 days' holiday plus your birthday off
- Flexible bank holidays
- Private medical insurance
- Mental health and wellbeing support
- Enhanced family leave
- Product allowance and generous staff discount
- The opportunity to shape the frontend architecture of a global ecommerce platform
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