Front-End Developer

Description

• Write clean, accessible, ADA-compliant front-end code, with a strong emphasis on modern CSS architecture.
• Work with designers to interpret and implement UI updates or improvements inside the existing theme structure.
• Build new features and components using Liquid, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Collaborate with marketing teams on requirements and launch timelines.
• Stay up to date on Shopify platform updates (Hydrogen/Oxygen, App Blocks, new APIs, etc.).
• Extend current theme following token and component-driven architecture.
• Customize, maintain, and version-control Shopify themes, including updates, backups, and safe deployment workflows.
• Provide guidance on theme governance, front-end standards, and platform best practices.
• Troubleshoot theme issues, liquid errors, JavaScript conflicts, and app/theme interactions.
• Create custom extensions, storefront scripts, and Shopify apps (Node/React/TypeScript).
• Ensure mobile-first responsiveness and cross-browser compatibility.
• Implement and maintain theme sections, templates, metafields, app blocks, and dynamic content structures.
• Conduct business in a professional manner.
• Integrate with Shopify APIs, including Storefront, Admin, and AJAX APIs, for interactive or dynamic experiences.
• Improve storefront performance, accessibility, and SEO using modern front-end best practices.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of metaobjects, metafields, content modeling, and app block structures.
• Proficient in interpreting Figma designs, component structures, and design tokens.
• Advanced proficiency writing semantic HTML with modern, scalable CSS architecture.
• Experience managing purchased themes: versioning, patching, upgrading, and rollback plans.
• Strong organizational skills and detail oriented.
• Understanding of token and component-based architecture and design systems.
• Excellent debugging, problem-solving, and performance-tuning abilities.
• Highly motivated and enthusiastic.
• Strong expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and scripting inside Shopify’s constraints.
• Strong sense of visual quality and UI detail when interpreting design guidance.
• Ability to pass a drug test.
• Ability to build custom apps and extensions using React/Node (Shopify CLI).
• Self-managing; works well under little supervision.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Ability to manage multiple Shopify storefronts in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.
• Proficiency in Liquid, JSON templates, and Shopify’s theme architecture.
• Must work out of the Grand Rapids, MI corporate office.
• Comfort with Git workflows, theme development environments, and deployment pipelines.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a Front-End Developer role or similar, with a proven track record and portfolio showcasing successful front-end projects.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance