Job Description
Job Title: Shopify Plus Technical Lead
Location: NYC - must be local to attend meetings as needed
Length: 6 months
Project overview:
This role to is have a Shopify Engineer work on a POC for the client around integrating a Shopify checkout into their Next.JS architecture.
Top 3 Skills Required:
Shopify plus or enterprise technical leadership
Hydrogen architecture experience
Work with Checkout kit (preferred not required)
Shopify Plus Technical Lead
Responsibilities:
• Lead the technical delivery of headless Shopify Plus commerce solutions, from discovery and architecture through implementation and launch
• Partner with Solution Strategists, Product, UX, and Delivery teams to define headless commerce architectures, integration approaches, and technical tradeoffs
• Design and implement custom storefronts using Shopify Hydrogen (Remix), React, and TypeScript, following modern frontend and composable commerce best practices
• Own and evolve GraphQL-based integrations leveraging Shopify Storefront and Admin APIs to support scalable, high-performance commerce experiences
• Provide technical leadership during requirements gathering, translating business needs into maintainable, extensible technical designs
• Produce and review high-level technical architecture and design documentation for headless storefronts, APIs, and integrations
Requirements:
Shopify & Headless Architecture
• Strong experience delivering Shopify Plus solutions using headless architecture
• Deep expertise with Shopify Hydrogen (Remix-based) and custom headless storefront implementations
• Advanced understanding of Shopify Storefront GraphQL API and Admin GraphQL API
• Experience designing and consuming GraphQL-first data models and workflows
Frontend Engineering
• Advanced proficiency in React with TypeScript
• Strong understanding of modern frontend patterns: server-side rendering (SSR), streaming, caching, and performance optimization
• Experience building scalable component systems and frontend architectures for commerce
Backend & Integrations
• Proven experience building and integrating custom Shopify apps (Node.js–based preferred)
• Hands-on experience integrating Shopify with external systems such as ERP, OMS, WMS, PIM, CMS, and third-party SaaS platforms
• Experience with authentication models, webhooks, background jobs, and event-driven architectures
Commerce & Platform Expertise
• Strong understanding of Shopify commerce concepts including products, variants, collections, pricing, discounts, inventory, orders, and fulfillment
• Experience with Shopify configuration, instance management, and multi-store or multi-region setups
• Familiarity with data migration and synchronization strategies across platforms
Preferred Qualifications
• 5+ years of experience in modern ecommerce or digital product development
• Prior experience migrating legacy or monolithic commerce platforms to headless Shopify
• Experience with Remix, Next.js, or other modern React frameworks
• Familiarity with composable commerce patterns and MACH principles
• Comfortable evaluating and adopting emerging web and commerce technologies
• Strong collaboration skills working with product, UX, and solution architecture teams
Job Tags
Contract work, Local area