FrontEnd Developer Shopify
Job at a glance
Employment Type: Full-time Location : Remote within Canada iamota is a leading Shopify Plus Design and Development Agency Partner. As a Front-End Developer at iamota, you will develop storefront experiences that achieve exceptional visual impact, dynamic interactivity, and best-in-class performance and accessibility. What we're looking for Our ideal candidate is a keen web developer with a passion for the work they produce, a drive to grow their knowledge and experience, and possesses the ability to clearly communicate technical requirements and challenges.
You will work closely with a team of strategists, designers, and experienced developers to create leading ecommerce experiences that are user-focused, beautiful and engaging, highly performant, and written with future reuse and maintainability in mind. What you’ll do Implement the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript required to develop and maintain Shopify themes and dynamic storefront experiences. Write clean semantic code, emphasizing performance, usability, and accessibility.
Identify and develop reusable patterns with component-based code. Research, test, and setup Shopify apps. Collaborate with a cross-functional team including developers, designers, and project managers. Stay up to date and make recommendations regarding front-end technologies. Learn from other experienced developers and career growth mentors. Work in agile sprints and participate in daily project stand-ups (via Zoom).
Perform cross-device QA testing to support multiple browsers and device types. Who we're looking for EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION Shopify development work experience (2+ year minimum) Solid understanding of modern front-end development techniques and solutions Experienced with writing modern CSS including CSS Grid and Flexbox Experienced with writing solid and well-crafted JavaScript (vanilla, ES6) Familiarity with developing for performance, accessibility and technical SEO Experienced with component-based or “atomic design” principles.
Knowledgeable about version control with Git. Experienced with agile working sprints and daily project stand-ups BONUS EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS Agency experience Familiarity and experience with Shopify Online Store 2.0 Experience with Shopify APIs (GraphQL and/or REST) Familiarity with React and/or Headless Shopify Familiarity setting up tracking pixels and integrating with analytics tools like Google Analytics (GA4) and GT SOFT SKILLS Able to strategize rapidly and are comfortable presenting your knowledge and ideas to others.
Confident negotiating compromises between requirements, budget, user experience, and best practices. Openly share your passion for development in both your coding ability and personality. Actively contribute to ways we can improve the lives of our clients and team PERKS & BENEFITS Competitive health benefits plan. Remote work environment. Remote work allowance. Professional development allowance.
Career and personal growth planning through our OKR framework. Bi-annual goal setting and bi-weekly 1:1s. Minimum 3 weeks vacation. Additional bonus company-wide holidays. Reduced summer hours schedule. OUR PRIMARY TOOL STACK Your choice of IDE (Sublime Text, VS Code, etc.) Webpack SCSS NPM Codeship (CI/CD automation) AWS (e.g. serverless backend via NodeJS on AWS Lambda) GitHub Slack Asana Figma Zoom APPLICATION PROCESS Please include in your cover letter specific reference to your Shopify experience and/or what about Shopify theme development excites you.
If possible, please also include at least 1 sample of your front-end development work (portfolio link, GitHub repo, reference to your contributions to a team project, etc.).