Senior Shopify Engineer

About the Position

We are looking for a Senior Shopify Engineer to join our team at VML Enterprise Solutions India. This role is pivotal in driving 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.

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
• 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, including Story point estimation, refinement, sprint planning, retrospective, and sprint demos
• Extensive experience with the Shopify platform and the Liquid templating engine
• A desire to write readable, maintainable, modular, and extendable code
• Be an 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.
• 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 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.