Shopify Director
Valerie Group
IndiaremotePosted 12 days ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- 8–10 years of experience in Shopify and ecommerce development
- Experience with Shopify Plus
- Competitive compensation
- High ownership from day one
Role overview
We're looking for a Shopify Head to own the technical architecture, development, performance, and continuous optimisation of Valerie's ecommerce and web platforms across multiple brands. While Shopify is a core part of the role, the position involves taking ownership of the wider digital ecosystem, including CMS platforms, website infrastructure, integrations, analytics, performance, SEO, and customer experience. You'll work closely with Growth, Product, SEO, Content, and Operations teams to build scalable, secure, and high-performing digital platforms. Success in this role means reliable and scalable platforms, faster websites, stronger Core Web Vitals, accurate tracking, successful integrations, improved conversion, reduced technical debt, and a digital ecosystem that can support Valerie as we grow.
Responsibilities
- Own the technical architecture, development, performance, and continuous optimisation of Valerie's ecommerce and web platforms across multiple brands.
- Take ownership of the wider digital ecosystem, including CMS platforms, website infrastructure, integrations, analytics, performance, SEO, and customer experience.
- Work closely with Growth, Product, SEO, Content, and Operations teams to build scalable, secure, and high-performing digital platforms.
- Provide technical direction to developers, establish strong engineering standards, and help Valerie continue improving how we build and manage our web platforms.
- Think beyond Shopify and understand how ecommerce platforms fit into a wider technology ecosystem.
- Own technical architecture and make decisions around scalability, performance, integrations, and infrastructure.
- Lead and mentor other developers while remaining hands-on technically.
- Explain technical problems and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Manage the relationship between engineering, SEO, CRO, analytics, and customer experience.
- Proactively identify performance issues, technical debt, and opportunities to improve how websites are built and managed.
- Own multiple ecommerce brands and digital properties at the same time.
- Maintain clean, scalable, secure, and well-documented code.
- Evaluate new technologies, automation, and AI-assisted development tools that can improve engineering efficiency.
Requirements
- 8–10 years of experience in Shopify and ecommerce development.
- Strong hands-on experience with Shopify Plus and complex Shopify builds, customisations, and migrations.
- Strong experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Liquid, HTML, and CSS.
- Strong understanding of REST APIs, third-party integrations, payment gateways, and connected business systems.
- Experience owning website architecture and supporting multiple ecommerce brands or websites.
- Strong understanding of website performance optimisation and Core Web Vitals.
- Strong understanding of technical SEO, including structured data and technical website health.
- Experience implementing GA4, Google Tag Manager, and ecommerce tracking.
- Good understanding of CRO, experimentation, UX, and conversion optimisation.
- Experience with website infrastructure, hosting, domains, DNS, CDN, deployment processes, and web security.
- Experience leading developers, conducting code reviews, establishing development standards, and mentoring engineers.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Comfortable independently owning technical decisions and solving complex platform problems.
Nice to have
- Experience with headless commerce architecture.
- Experience with Cloudflare, Vercel, Netlify, AWS, or similar infrastructure.
- Experience working with WordPress, Webflow, or other CMS platforms.
- Familiarity with WCAG and web accessibility standards.
- Experience supporting CRM, ERP, middleware, and other ecommerce platform integrations.
- Experience managing multiple brands and digital properties simultaneously.
- Experience with ecommerce architecture beyond Shopify.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools and automation to improve developer productivity.
- Experience working in high-growth, multi-brand, or founder-led environments.
Benefits
- Meaningful work with visible impact
- High ownership from day one
- Collaboration with experienced founders, operators, and specialists
- A team that values curiosity, initiative, and continuous improvement
- Competitive compensation and the tools you need to do your best work
- Opportunities to grow as Valerie grows
Additional details
- Not a fit if: Your Shopify experience is mainly limited to Liquid, themes, and basic store customisation.
- Not a fit if: You haven't worked extensively with JavaScript or modern frontend frameworks.
- Not a fit if: You have limited experience with APIs and third-party integrations.
- Not a fit if: You haven't worked with Shopify Plus or complex ecommerce environments.
- Not a fit if: You prefer development execution without taking ownership of architecture and technical decisions.
- Not a fit if: You haven't worked hands-on with website performance, Core Web Vitals, or technical SEO.
- Not a fit if: You prefer focusing only on backend development without owning the wider customer-facing web experience.
- Not a fit if: You're uncomfortable leading developers, mentoring others, or communicating technical recommendations to non-technical stakeholders.
- Hiring Process: Introductory conversation with Talent team (30 mins), Hiring Manager interview (30-45 mins), Role-specific assessment or practical exercise (where applicable), Cross-functional or stakeholder interviews (30-45 mins), Final conversation with leadership (30-45 mins).
- Valerie is committed to building an inclusive workplace where people from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can thrive. We hire based on skills, potential, and the ability to contribute to our team.
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