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This manta is what drives our digital consultancy to think beyond the easy answers and instead create websites, apps, portals and other experiences that solve customer needs for Fortune 500 companies in intuitive and empathetic ways. And we make this lofty standard a reality by fusing strategy, data, design and technology together to arrive at solutions that set the bar higher for everyone.\nWe use these values to fuel superior results:\nLock Arms\nWe forge relationships that make our impact 1,000x stronger. This means working across departments and engaging both our clients and our communities to deliver the greatest good.\nShow Hustle\nWe’re not ones to sit on our hands and wait. Instead, we anticipate opportunities, collectively roll up our sleeves and find ways to execute the exceptional.\nEmbrace change\nFrom new technologies to workplace philosophies, we welcome the unexpected and constantly anticipate what’s next.\nElevate empathy\nWe listen before we take action. This means understanding a variety of perspectives and holding ourselves to a higher standard of accountability.\nNever settle\nWe motivate each other to push past the easy answers and collectively arrive at bigger, more inspiring ideas.\nBut enough let's talk about you.\nAs a Senior Shopify Developer in our Commerce Practice, you build and integrate the commerce experiences that sit at the heart of our clients' digital platforms - from solution design and development through QA and release. Your measure of success is simple: raving-fan clients, reliable storefronts and on-time, on-budget delivery.\nWe're looking for a hands-on engineer who has shipped Shopify and Shopify Plus solutions alongside enterprise CMS and DXP platforms such as Sitecore, Contentstack and Optimizely. You'll work within a blended team of front-end and back-end developers, partner closely with the Technology Lead, project management, strategy and UX/creative, and bring a pragmatic, AI-assisted approach to how we design, build and deliver.\nWhat You'll Do\nCommerce Development & Integration\nBuild Shopify storefronts: develop and customize Shopify and Shopify Plus stores, including Online Store 2.0 themes, Liquid templates, sections and blocks, metafields/metaobjects and checkout extensibility. \nDeliver headless or non headless commerce: build headless storefronts using the Storefront API with Hydrogen or Next.js, hosted on Oxygen, Vercel or Netlify, with sound rendering and caching strategies (SSG/ISR/SSR). Develop Shopify experience using Liquid as well. \nIntegrate Shopify with CMS and DXP platforms: connect Shopify to Sitecore (including SitecoreAI / XM Cloud), Contentstack and Optimizely so that content and commerce work as one experience - product data in content pages, shoppable content, shared component libraries and unified search. \nBuild custom apps and extensions: develop Shopify apps, Functions, checkout and customer account UI extensions, and Flow automations using the Admin GraphQL API, webhooks and Shopify CLI. \nConnect the back office: integrate Shopify with ERP, PIM, OMS, CRM, payment, tax, search and marketing platforms through APIs, middleware and event-driven patterns. \nContribute to solution design: support technical discovery, help define data models (products, variants, markets, pricing, catalogs), and provide input on estimates, technical specifications and risks. \nBuild with quality: write clean, tested, well-documented code, participate in code reviews, and ensure solutions meet performance (Core Web Vitals), accessibility (WCAG), SEO and security standards. \nSupport QA and release: partner with QA on test plans and UAT, triage and resolve defects, and support deployments, store migrations and production releases. \nTeam & Collaboration\nPartner across disciplines: work closely with the Technology Lead, Project Manager, UX/creative and client teams to translate business goals and designs into working commerce features. \nShare knowledge: mentor junior developers, contribute to code reviews and help raise the team’s Shopify and integration expertise. \nChampion AI-assisted engineering: use AI development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) responsibly to improve velocity and quality. \nPractice & Growth\nSupport business development: contribute technical input to commerce proposals, estimates and solution demos as requested. \nStrengthen the practice: contribute to internal standards, accelerators, reusable Shopify components and integration patterns, and stay current on Shopify, headless commerce and AI trends. \nWhat You Bring\n5+ years of hands-on Shopify development experience, including Shopify Plus implementations for mid-market or enterprise brands. \nProven experience integrating Shopify with CMS/DXP platforms: at least one of Sitecore, Contentstack or Optimizely, in headless or composable architectures. \nStrong command of Liquid, Online Store 2.0 theme architecture, Shopify CLI and theme/app development workflows. \nHands-on experience with Shopify APIs (Storefront API, Admin GraphQL and REST), webhooks, Shopify Functions and checkout extensibility. \nStrong JavaScript/TypeScript, React and Next.js skills; Hydrogen/Remix experience strongly preferred. \nExperience with REST/GraphQL API integration, middleware and serverless/edge functions on platforms such as Vercel, Netlify or Oxygen. \nWorking knowledge of Git-based workflows, CI/CD and Agile/Scrum delivery, including estimation and sprint planning. \nSolid grounding in accessibility, SEO, web performance and security best practices for commerce sites. \nExcellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders. \nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience. \nBonus Points For\nPractical use of AI-based development tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code or similar) and familiarity with Shopify’s AI capabilities (e.g., Shopify Magic / Sidekick). \nExperience with the broader composable stack: Sitecore Search, Contentstack Personalize, Optimizely Experimentation/Personalization, Algolia or similar search and personalization tools. \nReplatforming experience migrating stores to Shopify from Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Adobe Commerce (Magento), Optimizely Commerce or similar. \nExperience with Shopify Markets, B2B on Shopify and multi-store / international setups. \nShopify Partner certifications and/or Sitecore, Contentstack, Optimizely or Vercel certifications. \nAgency or consulting experience.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6667,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"India","iso":"IN","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["E-commerce Platforms","IT Consulting & Digital Transformation","Digital Marketing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-20T04:18:44Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":52,"reasons":["conf:10","velocity","win:early","comp:attention"],"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/horizontal-digital-senior-shopify-developer-contract-role","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/horizontal-digital-senior-shopify-developer-contract-role.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-22T23:22:10Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":9110,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":6645},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=6645"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fhorizontal-digital-senior-shopify-developer-contract-role"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fhorizontal-digital-senior-shopify-developer-contract-role"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fhorizontal-digital-senior-shopify-developer-contract-role"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/horizontal-digital-senior-shopify-developer-contract-role\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fhorizontal-digital-senior-shopify-developer-contract-role"}]}