Remote Senior Front-End Developer

Summary

iamota is seeking a Senior Front-End Developer with 3+ years of Shopify Plus development experience, modern JavaScript, CSS, and agency experience to join their team as they strive to become the top boutique Shopify Plus agency in North America. The role involves writing clean code, defining technical requirements, exploring solutions, and leading technical aspects of gathering requirements and defining project scope.

Requirements

• 3+ years of Shopify Plus development experience
• Experience with Shopify APIs (e.g. Ajax, GraphQL, Section Rendering APIs)
• 3+ years of experience with modern development practices
• Modern JavaScript (ES6, Web components, etc.)
• Modern CSS (CSS Grid, CSS Variables, etc.)
• Must have agency experience
• 2+ years proven experience in gathering technical requirements and writing detailed technical specifications for projects
• 1+ years demonstrable experience in integrating and working with third-party APIs
• 2+ years of experience implementing best practices for web performance optimization, accessibility standards, and technical SEO
• 1+ years of experience participating in agile working sprints and daily project stand-ups
• Hands-on experience with Checkout Extensibility
• Experience developing with Shopify CLI and Themekit
• Proficiency in version control and collaborative development using Git (GitHub)
• Experience using third-party animation and 3D libraries (Greensock, three.js, etc)

Responsibilities

• Write clean and semantic code, emphasizing performance, usability, and accessibility
• Craft technical requirements, write acceptance criteria, and identify risk areas and technical complexities
• Investigate high-level technical solutions necessary to fully define requirements and create technical design documentation
• Lead technical aspects of gathering requirements and defining project scope
• Present work and solutions to clients, explaining technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders
• Share your experience and knowledge with team members on topics related to Shopify development
• Identify and develop reusable patterns with component-based code that is clearly documented
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team including developers, designers, strategists, and project managers
• Stay up-to-date and make recommendations regarding new web development technologies
• Perform cross-device QA testing to support multiple browsers and device types

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to strategize rapidly and comfortable presenting your knowledge and ideas to others
• Confident in negotiating compromises between requirements, budget, user experience, and best practices

Benefits

• Competitive health benefits plan
• Progressive parental leave policy
• Remote work environment
• Monthly remote work allowance
• Professional development allowance
• Career and professional growth planning
• Bi-annual goal setting and bi-weekly 1:1s
• MacBook (and related peripherals) for business use
• Minimum three (3) weeks vacation
• Additional bonus agency-wide holidays
• Reduced summer hours schedule