Build and maintain a scalable full-stack Shopify application, including frontend, backend, APIs, integrations, cloud infrastructure, billing, claims, payouts, analytics, and merchant tools. The role owns architecture, reliability, security, CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and conversion optimization while partnering directly with the CEO and supporting e-commerce, insurance, and financial workflows.
What You'll Do
- Build and maintain full-stack applications, including frontend, backend, APIs, and infrastructure.
- Take end-to-end ownership of our Shopify app, from the customer checkout experience to the tools merchants use within Shopify Admin.
- Design and develop integrations with Shopify, other e-commerce platforms, and external partners, including payment providers, banks, claims administrators, and insurance carriers.
- Build reliable and secure systems for critical operations such as billing, payouts, claims processing, and customer data management.
- Develop data models and workflows to support insurance products, claims processing, and merchant analytics.
- Manage cloud infrastructure, including deployments, databases, background jobs, and monitoring.
- Work directly with the CEO to translate business priorities into technical solutions.
- Implement A/B testing, analytics tracking, and tools to improve customer conversion.
- Establish engineering best practices for CI/CD, code reviews, testing, documentation, and monitoring.
- Make architectural decisions that allow the platform to scale from dozens to thousands of merchants.
What We're Looking For
- 2–6 years of professional software engineering experience, including experience building and maintaining production applications.
- Hands-on experience building on Shopify, including Shopify apps, checkout or theme extensions, or custom storefront integrations.
- Strong full-stack development skills, with the ability to build both intuitive frontend interfaces and reliable backend systems.
- Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks, preferably React.
- Experience with Node.js, REST APIs, webhooks, and background processing.
- Experience working with relational or NoSQL databases, such as PostgreSQL, Supabase, or DynamoDB.
- Strong attention to reliability, security, and data accuracy, particularly in systems handling financial transactions and sensitive information.
- Ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, take ownership, and deliver solutions without extensive direction.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with business stakeholders and merchants.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Shopify's APIs and extensibility tools, including the Admin API, Shopify Functions, checkout UI extensions, and theme app extensions.
- Experience troubleshooting and supporting live e-commerce stores and merchant integrations.
- Familiarity with checkout flows, post-purchase experiences, and e-commerce operations.
- Experience with payment processing, billing, or financial reconciliation.
- Background in insurtech, fintech, or other regulated industries.
- Experience with Supabase and webhook-driven architectures.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools.
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