Candidates must be open to quarterly travel to Austin, TX area.
Shopify Plus Technical Lead -
Responsibilities:
- Lead the technical delivery of headless Shopify Plus commerce solutions, from discovery and architecture through implementation and launch
- Partner with Solution Strategists, Product, UX, and Delivery teams to define headless commerce architectures, integration approaches, and technical tradeoffs
- Design and implement custom storefronts using Shopify Hydrogen (Remix), React, and TypeScript, following modern frontend and composable commerce best practices
- Own and evolve GraphQL-based integrations leveraging Shopify Storefront and Admin APIs to support scalable, high-performance commerce experiences
- Provide technical leadership during requirements gathering, translating business needs into maintainable, extensible technical designs
- Produce and review high-level technical architecture and design documentation for headless storefronts, APIs, and integrations
Requirements:
- Shopify & Headless Architecture
- Strong experience delivering Shopify Plus solutions using headless architecture
- Deep expertise with Shopify Hydrogen (Remix-based) and custom headless storefront implementations
- Advanced understanding of Shopify Storefront GraphQL API and Admin GraphQL API
- Experience designing and consuming GraphQL-first data models and workflows
Frontend Engineering
- Advanced proficiency in React with TypeScript
- Strong understanding of modern frontend patterns: server-side rendering (SSR), streaming, caching, and performance optimization
- Experience building scalable component systems and frontend architectures for commerce
Backend & Integrations
- Proven experience building and integrating custom Shopify apps (Node.js–based preferred)
- Hands-on experience integrating Shopify with external systems such as ERP, OMS, WMS, PIM, CMS, and third-party SaaS platforms
- Experience with authentication models, webhooks, background jobs, and event-driven architectures
Commerce & Platform Expertise
- Strong understanding of Shopify commerce concepts including products, variants, collections, pricing, discounts, inventory, orders, and fulfillment
- Experience with Shopify configuration, instance management, and multi-store or multi-region setups
- Familiarity with data migration and synchronization strategies across platforms
Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in modern ecommerce or digital product development
- Prior experience migrating legacy or monolithic commerce platforms to headless Shopify
- Experience with Remix, Next.js, or other modern React frameworks
- Familiarity with composable commerce patterns and MACH principles
- Comfortable evaluating and adopting emerging web and commerce technologies
- Strong collaboration skills working with product, UX, and solution architecture teams
