
Senior Shopify Developer – Apps, Themes, AI Workflow
Kompetenz Kommerz
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Pakistan
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About the role
- Shopify App Development (main focus)
- Build and maintain Shopify apps (embedded admin apps + backend services)
- Work with Shopify Admin GraphQL , webhooks, app proxy, metafields/metaobjects
- Implement auth, data sync, background jobs, and integrations (APIs, SFTP, PDFs, etc.)
- Debug production issues end-to-end and ship fixes with clean PRs
- Shopify Theme Development
- Implement and extend themes (Liquid, sections/blocks, JSON templates, Dawn patterns)
- Build storefront features with JavaScript (cart behavior, UI logic, performance)
- Integrate app outputs into storefront (theme app extensions, scripts, blocks)
- Basic Store Setup & Operations
- Set up Shopify stores: products/collections, markets, shipping/taxes, payments, emails
- Configure apps, theme structure, navigation, key pages, and basic QA
- Document setup steps so others can repeat them
- AI-Assisted Development (daily)
- Use Cursor (and similar tools) to speed up delivery
- Write prompts, review AI output, and turn it into production-quality code
- Use AI for debugging and testing — without lowering code quality
Requirements
- Senior Shopify app development experience (real projects, not “installed apps”)
- Comfortable with: Node.js , Shopify CLI, Admin GraphQL, webhooks
- Bonus: Remix/React + Polaris, Prisma/SQLite
- Strong Shopify theme development Liquid, sections/blocks, JSON templates, JS storefront work
- Strong AI workflow
- Can develop efficiently with Cursor (or similar), and still keep quality high
- You know how to verify, test, and not ship AI-generated nonsense
- Can set up basic Shopify stores
- Confident in the fundamentals (settings, markets, shipping/taxes, payments, emails)
- Self-managed + disciplined: You communicate daily, unblock yourself, and finish tasks without being pushed
- Git/PR workflow + clean handovers
- Nice-to-have Shopify Functions (Cart Transform), Checkout Extensibility
- VPS basics (Linux/SSH, logs, PM2, Caddy/Nginx)
- Performance and accessibility mindset
- Experience shipping apps to multiple stores / environments
Benefits
- Real ownership : you’ll run workstreams end-to-end
- Long-term pipeline : steady Shopify work across apps + stores + themes
- Fast decisions : no bureaucracy, no pointless meetings
- Modern stack : real-world app work (webhooks, app proxy, DB, deployments)
- AI-first workflow : you’re expected to use Cursor to move fast
- Growth path : evolve into Tech Lead and later lead other devs if you want
- Good salary : competitive salary based on experience
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Shopify App DevelopmentNode.jsAdmin GraphQLLiquidJavaScriptCursorRemixReactPrismaSQLite
Soft Skills
self-manageddisciplinedcommunicationproblem-solvingattention to detail