Shopify Developer

About Astound Commerce

Astound Commerce is a global digital commerce company that provides end-to-end services—from creating a data-driven strategy and delivering UX services to building an ecommerce solution for a variety of clients such as Cartier, Neutrogena, Puma, Diageo, Adidas and L’Oréal. With 20+ years’ experience, 1,500+ ecommerce specialists, more than 3,000 projects completed, and dozens of industry accolades, we excel at maximizing the brand and business value of every digital commerce touchpoint. Astound Commerce currently operates in 14 countries with 20 offices worldwide.

Job Purpose

This role will be part of a high-performance feature driven development team responsible for building complex eCommerce solutions on the Shopify Platform. You must have a proven track record of solving various business and technical problems while taking responsibility for meeting business objectives.

Our Shopify Developers will become deep product specialists with Shopify, working closely with our Technical Architects and other members of the project delivery team to implement solutions on technical architecture to meet clients needs.

Work closely with other Shopify Developers in order to successfully implement functionality, based on client needs, on the Shopify platform.

In this role you will get to

• Work with project leads in understanding business needs, defining technical issues, and proposing solutions;
• Help ensure accuracy and completeness of technical documentation and team communications;
• Analyze business and technical specifications/requirements and develop enterprise-level eCommerce solutions;
• Work in collaboration with Graphic Designers & UX Designers to turn Figma Designs into well-structured semantic & accessible HTML templates;
• Work with web development team to ensure proper implementation of website’s functionality;
• Provide updates to effort estimates and status of assigned tasks, and identify development-related risks on assigned projects;
• Provide the best technical solutions for tasks utilizing the best practices and design patterns including, but not limited to: performance, accessibility (WCAG AA) , GDPR and SEO;

Your skills and qualifications

• 1+ year of development on the Shopify Plus platform;
• Expert level hand-coding in CSS and HTML (including HTML5, CSS3);
• Working knowledge of Shopify Liquid template language;
• Base knowledge of building themes using Shopify Storefront 2.0;
• Experience with frontend grid systems;
• Experience with preprocessors (LESS, Sass, etc.);
• Working knowledge of JavaScript, and related libraries in cross-platform development;
• Experience with task runners (Grunt, Gulp, etc.);
• Base knowledge of accessibility, SEO and UX aspects of frontend development;
• Experience with client-side code performance optimization, debugging and debugging tools (Firebug, etc.);
• Experience with responsive web design approach and/or mobile solutions;
• Common understanding of cross-browser/platform issues;
• Must be an independent, self-motivated team player that is meticulous and methodical in creating solutions;
• Ability to learn and adapt quickly in a dynamic environment;
• Intermediate spoken and written English communication skills.

What we offer in return

• Well-structured processes;
• Knowledgebase of the world’s largest ecommerce delivery team;
• Professional training and certifications;
• Off-the-Charts Career Growth: Сlear career path and a performance review system, career coaching, training and certifications, mentoring and knowledge sharing.
• Well-being Is Top Priority: Parental leave, paid time off, comprehensive health and medical plans.
• Real Work-Life Balance: Remote, in-office, or hybrid working modes; flexible hours; work-life balance support on every stage and level.
• Culture of Success: Culture of collaboration that encourages innovation every step of the way; 20 offices spanning four continents bring diverse perspectives that drive tangible results for our clients worldwide.

Why work for Astound Commerce?

Whether you’re working directly with our world-renowned clients or with your Astound colleagues from around the globe, you will shape the future of digital commerce, using emerging technologies and innovative approaches.

Grow your career with Astound Commerce, and discover exciting opportunities while doing the work you love!

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