Experience: 3.00 + years
Salary: Confidential (based on experience)
Expected Notice Period: 15 Days
Shift: (GMT-05:00) America/Chicago (CDT)
Opportunity Type: Remote
Placement Type: Full Time Contract for 12 Months(40 hrs a week/160 hrs a month)
(*Note: This is a requirement for one of Uplers client - Digital Agency)
What do you need for this opportunity
Must have skills required:
Liquid Profiler, Performance Optimization, Shopify Admin, Shopify flow, Shopify functions, Shopify AJAX API, CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript, JSON, Liquid Templates, Shopify Theme Customization, Tailwind CSS
Digital Agency is Looking for:
Shopify Engineer
We are seeking a highly skilled Shopify Engineer to join our growing commerce consultancy.
This role is perfect for a theme development expert who lives and breathes the Shopify
ecosystem. You will be responsible for building high-performance, visually stunning storefronts
while serving as a platform specialist who understands the why behind technical constraints.
Role Overview
As a Shopify Engineer, you will lead the frontend execution of our client projects. You aren't justS
a coder; you are a platform expert. You will build custom themes using Online Store 2.0
standards, optimize for performance, and proactively identify when a business requirement
necessitates a custom app or complex integration. You will work independently on complex
features while collaborating with our Senior Engineers to ensure seamless end-to-end solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Theme Architecture: Develop and maintain complex Shopify themes from scratch or
via Dawn based frameworks, ensuring full compatibility with Online Store 2.0 (JSON
templates, sections, and blocks).
- Custom Feature Development: Create highly flexible, schema-driven custom sections
that allow merchants to manage content without touching code.
- Performance Engineering: Utilize the Liquid profiler and modern frontend techniques to
ensure lightning-fast load times and high Core Web Vitals scores.
- Platform Problem Solving: Act as a first responder for technical challenges. You
should be able to diagnose whether a bug is a Liquid limitation, an app conflict, or a
backend issue requiring senior intervention.
- Integrations & Tooling: Work with Shopify CLI and Git-based workflows to manage
deployments and collaborate within a professional development lifecycle.
- Merchant Success: Translate design mockups (Figma) into pixel-perfect, responsive
reality while advising on the best Shopify-native way to implement features.
Required Skills & Experience
- 3+ years of professional experience specializing in Shopify theme development.
- Liquid Mastery: Expert-level knowledge of Liquid templating, including complex logic,
metafields/metaobjects, and performance optimization.
- Frontend Fundamentals: Strong proficiency in HTML5, CSS3 (including utility-first
frameworks like Tailwind), and modern JavaScript (ES6+).
- Online Store 2.0: Proven experience implementing JSON templates, sections
everywhere, and app blocks.
- API Awareness: Working knowledge of the Shopify AJAX API for cart interactions and
search.
Version Control: Comfortable using Git for team-based development and code reviews.
Technical Strategy & Platform Insights
Ability to evaluate a problem statement and determine if it can be solved within the
theme layer or if it requires Shopify Functions, Flow, or a custom app.
Deep understanding of the Shopify Admin, including navigation, product modeling, and
theme settings.
Soft Skills
- Consultative Mindset: Ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
- Independent Ownership: Capable of taking a feature from a Figma file to a live
environment with minimal supervision.
- Growth Orientation: Eagerness to learn the Senior side of the platform (APIs,
Backend) through mentorship and project variety.
How to apply for this opportunity
- Step 1: Click On Apply! And Register or Login on our portal.
- Step 2: Complete the Screening Form & Upload updated Resume
- Step 3: Increase your chances to get shortlisted & meet the client for the Interview!
About Uplers:
Our goal is to make hiring reliable, simple, and fast. Our role will be to help all our talents find and apply for relevant contractual onsite opportunities and progress in their career. We will support any grievances or challenges you may face during the engagement.
(Note: There are many more opportunities apart from this on the portal. Depending on the assessments you clear, you can apply for them as well).
So, if you are ready for a new challenge, a great work environment, and an opportunity to take your career to the next level, don't hesitate to apply today. We are waiting for you!
