Senior / Lead Developer, Shopify

Driver Digital is a New York based boutique agency focused on ecommerce user experience, web design and development.  We deliver exceptional creative solutions; equal parts beauty and function.  We service thoughtful brands primarily in the fashion, beauty, home and lifestyle verticals.

The Senior / Lead Developer is responsible for implementing and upholding best practices across the agency’s development projects and writing high quality, clean, performance driven code in service of client deliverables.  While the most senior member of the agency’s development team, the senior developer plays a key role in supporting, training, and molding more junior developers on the tech team and working closely with agency’s partners.

The primary responsibility of the Senior Developer is to handle one large build project at a time while the balance is to provide contribution and oversight for multiple maintenance projects and overseeing team member work.

 

Responsibilities:

• Develop and build best in class, responsive web applications for desktop and mobile.
• Service clients with exceptionally high-quality code, optimized for performance, speed and ease.
• Thoroughly test and QA all code and updates before deployments.
• Translate Figma designs into pixel perfect code.
• Support, manage and mentor junior development talent, training them on processes and any necessary legacy code bases.
• Partner closely with design team helping ensure projects maintain operational efficiencies.
• Partner with design and project management troubleshooting roadblocks and ideating functionality and UX solves.
• Collaborate with partners to proactively ideate new solutions, ways of thinking, and potential service offerings.
• Stay abreast of changing technologies, platforms, software, applications.

 

Experience + Desired Qualities:

• 5+ years of Shopify development experience; some agency experience required.
• Strong working knowledge of Shopify Plus, API’s and Plugins.
• Strong proficiency in custom theme development.
• Strong proficiency and understanding of HTML 5, CSS3, Javascript.
• Proficiency with GIT and version control platforms.
• Experience managing and mentoring junior talent.
• Ability to work and communicate in a deadline oriented, at times fast paced environment.
• Accountable, and communicative; provides status updates.
• An artful balance of thoroughness and detail with efficiency and agility.
• Ability to adhere to deadlines.
• Kind, collaborative and energetic.

 

Nice To Have:

• Experience with headless architecture
• Experience working with brands in the fashion, beauty home and lifestyle verticals
• Experience with ADA and SEO best practices
• WordPress and Static experience

 

Compensation + Benefits:

• Competitive base salary
• Medical
• 15 days PT0
• 401 K matching program – available 4 months from start date
• Annual Professional Development Stipend
• Flexible remote working

Send Resume, work samples / GIT to: development@driver-digital.com