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Technical Lead, Studio
Location
California
Posted
59 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Technical Lead, Studio
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• Own the delivery, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of Shopify websites. • Work closely with partners to understand their goals, provide technical guidance, and deliver practical estimates. • Lead the engineering team through all phases of implementation, including frontend architecture, code review, integrations, and releases. • Provide design feedback to ensure projects stay within scope based on the capabilities of the codebase. • Collaborate across departments and with technology partners to ensure high-quality, efficient, and impactful outcomes.
Job Requirements
- 3-5 years of experience working in eCommerce.
- Good understanding of user behaviors and marketing/CRO sciences.
- Lead development and maintenance of traditional Shopify themes, including legacy and hybrid codebases
- Own technical direction for storefront implementations and ongoing enhancements
- Own writing technical documentation and presenting to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ensure themes are stable, performant, and merchant-friendly
- Make pragmatic architectural decisions, balancing flexibility, complexity, and budget
- Audit, debug, and refactor existing Shopify themes
- Identify and mitigate technical debt without introducing regressions
- Safely extend legacy patterns while introducing modern best practices where appropriate
- Establish and enforce coding standards for Liquid, CSS, and JavaScript
- Review pull requests with attention to performance, maintainability, and Shopify constraints
- Ensure clean separation of templates, sections, snippets, and assets
- Work with clients to understand their business requirements, use cases, and product roadmap to make informed decisions.
- Partner with Product Managers and Designers to translate requirements into realistic Shopify solutions
- Communicate Shopify platform limitations early to avoid scope and estimation issues
- Provide accurate estimates for theme work and maintenance tasks
- Mentor junior and mid-level developers in Shopify-specific best practices while remaining hands-on when needed.
Benefits
- Flexible working schedule
- Remote-first culture
- Continued education and personal development opportunities
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