Senior Shopify Developer Remote East

Remote – East or Central Coast Preferred
Build the Future of Digital Bridal Shopping at David’s!

Lead the evolution, customization, and optimization of our Shopify-based eCommerce experience. This highly technical, hands‑on role is perfect for a developer passionate about creating elegant, scalable storefront solutions that enhance customer journeys and integrate seamlessly with enterprise systems.

• Must deliver with the mindset of David's dream maker "servant's heart" mentality i.e., you're either serving the guest or serving someone who does
• Must deliver work performance in conjunction with David's brand values of endlessly curious, customer-obsessed, passionately enthusiastic
• Must be able to maintain performance at a "tech start up within a 75-year-old legacy brand" i.e., to be the largest ai-enabled retail, media, and planning marketplace serving life's moments

We Make Dreams Happen!

The Senior Shopify Developer will lead the ongoing evolution, customization, and optimization of our Shopify-based eCommerce experience. This role is highly technical and hands‑on, responsible for building elegant, scalable storefront solutions that enhance the customer journey, increase conversion, and support enterprise integration needs across marketing, operations, and retail systems.

This position will work closely with product managers, design teams, QA, and data teams to develop high impact features that elevate the digital bridal shopping experience.

• Lead development and architecture of custom Shopify solutions across theme development, app extensions, and backend integrations.
• Build scalable integrations between Shopify and backend systems (OMS, ERP, CRM, fulfillment, personalization engines).
• Develop custom Shopify apps (private/public) using Shopify’s API, Graph
  
  QL Storefront API, and Admin API.
• Drive performance optimization across storefront, checkout, and mobile user flows.
• Ensure all releases follow QA processes, accessibility guidelines (WCAG), and cross‑device responsiveness.
• Collaborate with UX and Product teams to enhance the customer journey through iterative improvements and A/B experiments.
• Troubleshoot production issues, monitor platform performance, and proactively identify improvement opportunities.
• Establish best practices, documentation, and coding standards for maintainability and scalability.

• 5+ years of professional experience building eCommerce applications or customer facing digital platforms.
• 3+ years hands‑on experience with Shopify or Shopify Plus, including theme and app development.
• Strong proficiency in:
  • Liquid, JavaScript/Type Script, HTML, CSS/Saas
  • Shopify Storefront API, Admin API, Graph
    
    QL, REST
• Experience customizing and scaling Shopify checkout, carts, product catalog logic, promotions, and integrations.
• Experience working with headless or composable commerce setups (React, Next.js, Remix, Hydrogen) is strongly preferred.
• Familiar with CI/CD workflows, Git branching strategies, and modern development tooling.
• Working understanding of performance optimization, security best practices, and accessibility standards.
• Must deliver with the mindset of David's dream maker "servant's heart" mentality i.e., you're either serving the guest or serving someone who does
• Must deliver work performance in conjunction with David's brand values of endlessly curious, customer-obsessed, passionately enthusiastic
• Must be able to maintain performance at a "tech start up within a 75-year-old legacy brand" i.e., to be the largest ai-enabled retail, media, and planning marketplace serving life's moments

• eCommerce experience in retail, fashion, or multi‑brand environments.
• Experience integrating Shopify with analytics platforms, personalization engines, payment providers, and loyalty systems.
• Familiarity with Klaviyo, Recharge, Contentful, Algolia, or similar commerce ecosystem tools.
• Understanding of SEO principles, Core Web Vitals, and site speed optimization strategies.
• Experience collaborating with QA teams and automated testing frameworks (Cypress, Playwright, Jest).

• A builder who thrives in a fast‑moving environment and enjoys solving…