Salary: £40,000 - 70,000 per year Requirements:
* Extensive commercial experience working with Shopify day in, day out, with a deep understanding of its ecosystem, features, and latest updates.
* Strong hands-on development skills with Shopify’s core technologies (Liquid, front-end JavaScript/React); experience across both front-end and back-end (PHP/Laravel) is highly desirable.
* Proven track record operating at senior/lead level in an engineering team, owning complex pieces of work and being the “go-to” technical problem solver.
* Experience working in an agency or multi-client environment, confidently handling BAU/retainer work as well as larger projects and platform initiatives (e.g. new theme development).
* Comfortable acting as a floating technical resource across multiple squads, quickly picking up unfamiliar codebases, clients, and domains.
* Strong grasp of modern development workflows and tooling (e.g. Git, Jira, Figma) and of Agile ways of working within cross-functional squads.
* Effective & proactive communicator — able to translate complex technical topics for non-technical stakeholders, lead client-facing conversations, and keep leadership informed without being asked.
Responsibilities:
* Owning the technical delivery of complex Shopify projects and retainer work across multiple squads, ensuring high-quality, scalable solutions.
* Collaborating closely with developers, delivery managers and the wider solutions team to review scopes, validate feasibility, and define robust technical approaches.
* Serving as a floating technical resource across squads, stepping into priority work, unblocking teams and resolving urgent client issues when needed.
* Leading technical discussions with clients, joining key calls to explain solutions, address concerns and demonstrate senior technical ownership.
* Staying on top of Shopify updates and ecosystem changes, proactively sharing insights with the team and guiding how they are adopted in our stack.
* Providing hands-on development support (primarily Liquid/Shopify, with React and PHP/Laravel or Symfony as beneficial), setting best practices and coding standards.
* Acting as the right hand to the Head of Shopify, giving clear, proactive communication on risks, opportunities, team challenges and technical improvements.
* Mentoring and supporting engineers within the squads, helping to grow internal capability and, where relevant, supporting the progression of future technical leaders.
Technologies:
* Figma
* Git
* Support
* JIRA
* JavaScript
* Laravel
* Liquid
* PHP
* React
* Shopify
* Symfony
More:
We are a high-performing, fast-growing Shopify development team based in Leeds or Liverpool. Our mission is to partner closely with leading e-commerce brands to design, build, and optimize high-impact Shopify experiences. We offer a competitive salary of up to £55,000 per annum, hybrid working with 3 days per week on-site, and opportunities to work with high-profile clients including leading F1 and fashion brands. Youll have clear growth opportunities within our recently merged Shopify Platinum agency, known for proven internal progression from Mid Dev to Department Head.
last updated 51 week of 2025