Senior Shopify Developer (Contract Role)

Overview

Senior Shopify Developer in the Commerce Practice, building and integrating commerce experiences for enterprise clients, from solution design and development through QA and release.

What you'll do

• Build and customize Shopify and Shopify Plus storefronts, including Online Store 2.0 themes, Liquid templates, sections and blocks, metafields/metaobjects and checkout extensibility.
• Build headless storefronts using the Storefront API with Hydrogen or Next.js, hosted on Oxygen, Vercel or Netlify, with sound rendering and caching strategies (SSG/ISR/SSR).
• Develop Shopify experience using Liquid.
• Integrate Shopify with Sitecore (including SitecoreAI / XM Cloud), Contentstack and Optimizely so content and commerce work as one experience.
• Build Shopify apps, Functions, checkout and customer account UI extensions, and Flow automations using the Admin GraphQL API, webhooks and Shopify CLI.
• Integrate Shopify with ERP, PIM, OMS, CRM, payment, tax, search and marketing platforms through APIs, middleware and event-driven patterns.
• Support technical discovery, help define data models (products, variants, markets, pricing, catalogs), and provide input on estimates, technical specifications and risks.
• Write clean, tested, well-documented code, participate in code reviews, and ensure performance (Core Web Vitals), accessibility (WCAG), SEO and security standards are met.
• Partner with QA on test plans and UAT, triage and resolve defects, and support deployments, store migrations and production releases.
• Work closely with the Technology Lead, Project Manager, UX/creative and client teams to translate business goals and designs into working commerce features.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to code reviews and team Shopify and integration expertise.
• Use AI development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) responsibly to improve velocity and quality.
• Contribute technical input to commerce proposals, estimates and solution demos as requested.
• Contribute to internal standards, accelerators, reusable Shopify components and integration patterns.

What you'll need

• 5+ years of hands-on Shopify development experience, including Shopify Plus implementations for mid-market or enterprise brands.
• Proven experience integrating Shopify with at least one of Sitecore, Contentstack or Optimizely, in headless or composable architectures.
• Strong command of Liquid, Online Store 2.0 theme architecture, Shopify CLI and theme/app development workflows.
• Hands-on experience with Shopify APIs (Storefront API, Admin GraphQL and REST), webhooks, Shopify Functions and checkout extensibility.
• Strong JavaScript/TypeScript, React and Next.js skills.
• Experience with REST/GraphQL API integration, middleware and serverless/edge functions on platforms such as Vercel, Netlify or Oxygen.
• Working knowledge of Git-based workflows, CI/CD and Agile/Scrum delivery, including estimation and sprint planning.
• Solid grounding in accessibility, SEO, web performance and security best practices for commerce sites.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Nice to have

• Hydrogen/Remix experience.
• Practical use of AI-based development tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code or similar) and familiarity with Shopify's AI capabilities (e.g., Shopify Magic / Sidekick).
• Experience with the broader composable stack: Sitecore Search, Contentstack Personalize, Optimizely Experimentation/Personalization, Algolia or similar search and personalization tools.
• Replatforming experience migrating stores to Shopify from Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Adobe Commerce (Magento), Optimizely Commerce or similar.
• Experience with Shopify Markets, B2B on Shopify and multi-store / international setups.
• Shopify Partner certifications and/or Sitecore, Contentstack, Optimizely or Vercel certifications.
• Agency or consulting experience.

Details

• Location: Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
• Contract role.