Senior Shopify Plus Developer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Philippines.

📋 Description

• Develop Shopify storefronts, themes, applications, and integrations following agreed-upon technical methodologies, coding standards, and client acceptance criteria.

• Provide business-as-usual (BAU) support, dedicated team retainers, minor projects, and implementation initiatives.

• Address defects identified during QA, UAT, and post-launch, differentiating between defects and change requests.

• Assist in deployment, releases, and go-live activities, including conducting environment checks and post-release validations.

• Triage and resolve assigned incidents, ensuring proper escalation when necessary.

• Generate precise estimates that encompass testing, review, and deployment efforts.

• Analyze tickets for ambiguities, gaps, and hidden dependencies prior to development.

• Safeguard the agreed scope and highlight any risks concerning timelines, budgets, and effort.

• Test deliverables against acceptance criteria, including cross-browser compatibility, responsiveness, and regression checks.

• Document developer QA evidence within Jira tickets.

• Engage in code reviews while ensuring the code remains readable and well-documented.

• Maintain accurate records in Jira, including work, decisions, blockers, statuses, assignees, and time logs.

• Communicate effectively and promptly with internal stakeholders; escalate any blockers to the Shopify Tech Lead and Project Manager.

• Manage client access, credentials, and customer data with care.

• Stay updated on changes to the Shopify platform, APIs, and any deprecations.

• Utilize AI tools in accordance with the agency’s AI-first strategy.

• Participate in internal research and development as well as capability-building initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Candidate must be based in the Philippines.

• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in Shopify development, with considerable involvement in Shopify Plus and enterprise merchant configurations.

• Extensive expertise in Liquid and theme architecture, focusing on performance-driven storefront development.

• Practical experience with Shopify Plus extension surfaces, including Checkout UI Extensions and Customer Account Extensions.

• Strong proficiency in Shopify Functions, Markets, and the Storefront and Admin APIs.

• Experience in developing custom Shopify applications, both public and private.

• Familiarity with third-party integration patterns such as ERP, loyalty, fulfillment, and POS systems.

• Experience with Hydrogen and React, particularly for middleware, API proxy layers, or headless components, is a plus.

• Knowledge of Git workflows and CI/CD deployment pipelines within a Shopify context.

• Proven track record of delivering accurate estimates and adhering to defined scopes in an agency or professional services setting.

• Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Comfortable working as part of a distributed team, with sufficient overlap with Australian Eastern business hours for daily collaboration.

• Must disclose any ongoing roles or client engagements.

• Expected to reflect this engagement on your LinkedIn profile.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% remote work from home.

• Flexibility in time management as a contractor.

• Employer of Record (EOR) arrangement.

• Engagement aligned with Australian business hours while maintaining contractor flexibility.