About the Position

Senior Shopify Engineer

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

About the Company

VML is a global creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce to create connected brands that drive growth. Guided by a Human First philosophy, VML is known for its innovative work for brands and consistently ranks among the world’s leading creative companies, including the WARC Creative 100. VML’s global network spans 55+ markets with principal offices in Buenos Aires, Kansas City, London, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai, and Singapore.

VML is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions, and expert strategic counsel.

For more information, please visit www.vml.com and follow along on LinkedIn #WeAreVML.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a senior Shopify front-end engineer who will drive technical excellence by building high-performing, accessible, and beautifully responsive Shopify themes and reusable components. Working in a dynamic Agile environment, you will bridge the gap between design, marketing, and technology-collaborating directly with stakeholders and clients to turn complex requirements into seamless user experiences that actively boost conversions. This is a unique opportunity to champion best practices (using modern tools like TypeScript, Jest, and Cypress), influence our front-end architecture, and even help shape our future team through mentorship and recruitment. If you are a self-motivated developer who thrives on end-to-end ownership, solving bespoke challenges, and staying at the absolute forefront of e-commerce tech (including headless solutions), we want to empower you to do your best work here.

Responsibilities

Creating high-quality production-ready front-end code with Shopify
Creating reusable Shopify components and theme areas
Driving forward the quality in code, unit testing, accessibility, performance, and code reviews
Ensuring a smooth connection with Marketing Tools, Platform APIs, and Shopify Apps to optimize the shop for overall efficiency and functionality
Delivering on an Agile workstream of front-end developers on a project, contributing to daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and estimates
Ability to converse confidently with technical and non-technical colleagues
Building modular layouts, reusable code, and libraries for future use
Comfortable representing front-end in a client-facing capacity
Collaborating with design teams to create optimal front-end user experiences, leading to driving greater conversions
Collaborating with technical and non-technical colleagues to escalate issues and highlight any areas that need wider team action
Cooperating with design and marketing teams to gather and refine specifications and requirements for development
Involved in existing and new integrations for the platform
Full end-to-end ownership from idea to delivery, covering ongoing maintenance, expansion, and scaling
Staying current with evolving standards and technologies, learning new skills as needed
Supporting the recruitment process in technical tests and team fit assessments

Requirements

Mastery of semantic HTML5, CSS3 (SASS or LESS), and JavaScript (ES6+) adhering to industry-defined coding standards
Solid understanding of the Agile methodology, i.e., Story point estimation, refinement, sprint planning, retrospective, sprint demos
Extensive experience with the Shopify platform and the Liquid templating engine
A desire to write readable, maintainable, modular, and extendable code
Expert in all aspects of the Shopify ECommerce platform
Extensive testing and debugging abilities using the browser console and other tools
Knowledge of current trends and best practices in front-end architecture, including performance optimization, accessibility, SEO, security, and usability
Commercial experience of using GIT in a large development team performing Continuous Integration
Excellent communication skills and capability to interact directly with the team and stakeholders
Proficient understanding of fluid responsive layouts, cross-browser, and cross-device compatibility issues
Commercial experience of unit testing/End to end testing/regression testing (we use Jest and Cypress)
Previous experience implementing/debugging third-party Shopify apps, as well as building unique solutions if needed
Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools such as Grunt and webpack
Working knowledge of third-party services and APIs, as well as Shopify plugins
Willingness to contribute to both large, complex projects and smaller tasks as directed
Great attitude, self-motivated, strong work ethic, with strong ownership
Experience of solving bespoke customer issues within the Shopify platform

Nice to Have

Commercial experience in building headless solutions, e.g., SPA and/or PWA applications
Experience in building rapid prototypes
Experience with a Type Checking language either Flow or TypeScript (we use TypeScript)
Experience of working on Java/Node/C#/PHP projects would be beneficial
Experience of mentoring junior members of the team

We Offer

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritize your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains, and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

About VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects, and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organizations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B, and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centers across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell, and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools, and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

WPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

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Senior Shopify Engineer

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