Senior Frontend Engineer – Contractor

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Senior Frontend Engineer responsible for technical implementation of custom Shopify themes and front end development. Requires strong experience with eCommerce and front end frameworks.

Responsibilities:

  • Write high quality code using Liquid, Javascript, React, Tailwind, GraphQL and other front end frameworks
  • Expert knowledge and experience with the Shopify Ecommerce platform.
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team to ensure a high level of quality.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills to accurately describe issues to clients, developers, and project managers.
  • A high attention to detail to catch issues within acceptance criteria, edge cases, and other potential issues.
  • High level decision making in weighing options between code quality, issues, and releasing code in a timely manner.
  • Arbitration of the release process to ensure that all perspectives are heard when it comes to releasing code to production.
  • Responsible for owning medium to high complexity frontend feature development and driving both completion and quality
  • Plans and delegates tasks to other engineering team members as required
  • Anticipates risks and provides solutions
  • Can distill complex asks to actionable solutions and tasks

Requirements:

  • 3-5 years of experience working in eCommerce
  • Strong understanding of Liquid, Javascript, React, Tailwind CSS, GraphQL, REST, Git
  • Experience with Shopify development including: Themes, APIs, Apps, Functions, Extensions
  • Experience working with JIRA/Confluence or other tickets management systems.
  • Excellent organizational and problem solving skills
  • Thorough knowledge and experience with front end, component driven software technology, and microservice design architecture
  • Thorough understanding of user behaviors and marketing sciences in eCommerce
  • Thorough understanding of the lifecycle and methodologies of software development
  • Expertise in software documentation and technical writing
  • Validates project estimates and approaches for entire assigned work
  • Acts as a model for junior staff
  • Demonstrates high level of personal productivity
  • To be able manage commitments to multiple projects

Benefits:

  • Flexible working schedule
  • Remote-first culture
  • Continued education and personal development opportunities