Senior Shopify Developer

**Senior Shopify Developer - Liquid, OS 2.0, CRO (Full-time, Remote)**:
Kick off your next career move with Launchpad We're looking for a hands-on, autonomous eCommerce engineer ready to own our Shopify storefront end to end in a fast-paced, global environment. If you’re passionate about performance, conversion, and clean Liquid, this might be the opportunity for you.

**Start date**: September 15th, 2025
**Contract type**: Indefinite, Remote
**Work hours**: Monday to Friday, 7.30 to 16.30 PST

**️ What You’ll Be Doing**:

- **Own the Shopify storefront end-to-end**: build, customize, and maintain Online Store 2.0 themes (Liquid/JSON, sections/blocks, metafields/metaobjects) to enable fast iteration and higher conversion.
- **Boost performance**: reduce render-blocking resources, implement critical CSS, image/CDN strategy, and third-party script hygiene to improve Core Web Vitals (LCP/CLS/INP).
- **Integrate analytics & marketing**: set up/maintain GA4, pixels, A/B testing platforms, and marketing automation; define tracking plans and validate data quality for trustworthy insights.
- **Ship with design quality**: translate Figma into responsive, accessible UI; maintain a predictable release cadence and clear documentation.
- **Troubleshoot quickly**: diagnose production issues, roll back safely, and keep a clean theme/app ecosystem for reliability and scalability.
- **Experiment for growth**: implement and monitor A/B tests; report learnings tied to KPIs like CVR, AOV, and RPV.

**What You Need to Succeed**:
**Must-haves**:

- 6+ years of Shopify development with deep expertise in Liquid and front-end (HTML, CSS, modern JS/ES6+).
- Strong command of Online Store 2.0 (sections/blocks), metafields/metaobjects, and theme app extensions.
- Solid experience with Shopify APIs (Admin REST/GraphQL, Storefront), webhooks, and third-party integrations.
- Proven performance optimization skills (defer/async, lazy loading, bundling, image strategy).
- Demonstrated autonomy/ownership as the sole developer; excellent debugging and problem-solving.
- Familiarity with A/B testing and analytics; data-driven decision-making.
- Advanced English (written and spoken) with clear, stakeholder-friendly communication.
- Working understanding of e-commerce KPIs (CVR, AOV, RPV, checkout funnel) and how engineering impacts them.
- Ability to prioritize and communicate trade-offs across Marketing, Ops, and UX.

**Nice-to-haves**:

- Shopify Plus experience (Checkout Extensibility, Shopify Functions, Flow, B2B).
- Headless Shopify (Hydrogen/Remix or Next.js + Storefront API) and Oxygen hosting.
- Custom app development (Polaris, App Bridge, app proxy) and advanced tracking (GTM server-side, Meta CAPI).
- Background in CRO/e-commerce marketing and basic SEO best practices.
- Experience mentoring engineers and appetite to grow a team over time.

**Our Recruitment Process**:

- **Initial Interview** - 60 minutes with our Talent Acquisition Specialist
- **Culture Fit** - 30 minutes with our Team Engagement Manager
- **Technical Assessment** - Online Multiple-Choice Questionnaire (15 questions)
- **Final Stage** - 60 minutes with the Hiring Manager

**Why Join Launchpad?**:
We believe that great work starts with great people. At Launchpad, we offer:

- Fully remote work with hardware provided
- Global team experience with clients in North America
- Competitive USD compensation
- Training and learning stipends
- Paid Time Off (vacation, personal, study)
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- ️ A culture that values autonomy, purpose, and human connection