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Junior Shopify Developer
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Searchability® Plymouth, England, United Kingdom (On-site)
KEY POINTS
- Based in Plymouth, 5 days per week onsite
- Join a rapidly growing e-commerce business
- Work directly alongside the CTO as the internal development team grows
- Shopify development experience required
- Shopify Liquid and JavaScript experience
- Work across themes, apps, integrations, and new functionality
- Significant pipeline of new ecommerce and technology projects
- Excellent opportunity to develop your wider full-stack skills
- You must be able to commute to Plymouth 5 days per week
ABOUT THE BUSINESS
We're working with a rapidly growing ecommerce business.
The company has experienced significant growth over the last 12–18 months and is now making a major investment into its internal technology capability.
Technology is becoming increasingly central to the business, with a substantial pipeline of e-commerce improvements, new applications, integrations, and internal systems planned.
They are now building an internal development team around their CTO, creating an opportunity to join at an early stage and develop your career as the technology function grows.
THE ROLE
They're looking for a Junior Shopify Developer to join their team in Plymouth.
You'll work directly alongside the CTO, helping develop and maintain an established Shopify ecommerce platform while gaining exposure to a wide range of new technical projects.
This is a junior position, but they're looking for someone who already has practical development experience and a good understanding of the fundamentals of building for the web.
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You'll work across Shopify development, themes, new functionality, and integrations while developing your technical skills and taking on increasing ownership as you progress.
The immediate focus will be Shopify development, but as the internal engineering team grows there will be opportunities to gain experience across broader applications, integrations, and bespoke internal software.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and maintain the company's Shopify ecommerce platform
- Build and customise Shopify themes using Liquid
- Develop new functionality using JavaScript
- Work with HTML and CSS to create and improve storefront functionality
- Support Shopify apps and third-party integrations
- Assist with APIs and external systems
- Work from technical requirements to develop practical solutions
- Use Git and established development workflows to manage code
- Test, troubleshoot, and improve existing functionality
- Work directly with the CTO on ecommerce and technology projects
- Develop your wider software engineering and full-stack skills
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE
- Practical Shopify development experience
- Experience working with Shopify Liquid
- JavaScript
- HTML and CSS
- Shopify theme development or customisation
- Understanding of Git / version control
- Good understanding of web development fundamentals
- Ability to troubleshoot problems and learn independently
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving development environment
- Able to work onsite in Plymouth 5 days per week
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DESIRABLE, NOT ESSENTIAL
- Commercial Shopify development experience
- TypeScript
- Shopify Plus
- Shopify app development
- Shopify APIs and third-party integrations
- React
- Node.js
- Full-stack development
- Databases
- Linux
- CI/CD and deployment experience
WHAT THEY OFFER
- Permanent full-time position
- Opportunity to join an engineering function at an early stage
- Work directly alongside an experienced CTO
- Excellent opportunity to develop your Shopify and wider software engineering skills
- Large and varied development roadmap
- Exposure to projects beyond traditional Shopify development
- Increasing technical ownership as you develop
- Long-term progression as the internal development team grows
- Modern office environment in Plymouth
This would suit an early-career developer who already has practical Shopify development experience and wants the opportunity to rapidly develop their technical skills while working closely with a CTO and growing engineering team.
TO APPLY
Please apply via this advert or contact chris.forshaw@searchability.co.uk directly for further information.
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Seniority Level
Associate
Industry
Software Development
Retail
Employment Type
Full-time
Skills
Shopify
Shopify Liquid
JavaScript
HTML
CSS
Git
TypeScript
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