Shopify Technical Lead

Accountabilities

• Lead the delivery of scalable, secure, maintainable, and high-performing Shopify solutions, including themes, custom applications, integrations, and API-driven experiences.

• Remain hands-on with Shopify development across Liquid, Online Store 2.0, custom app development, Shopify APIs, integrations, and third-party services.

• Establish and champion technical standards covering code quality, security, performance, documentation, maintainability, and delivery readiness.

• Mentor and coach developers through pairing, code reviews, feedback, knowledge sharing, and technical guidance while encouraging team autonomy and reducing knowledge silos.

• Guide technical direction, estimation, release planning, risk management, and delivery readiness in collaboration with Architects and Project Managers.

• Lead the adoption of AI coding agents and emerging development technologies by establishing appropriate workflows, guardrails, and quality controls.

• Act as a trusted technical advisor to clients, helping them make informed decisions about their Shopify platforms, integrations, and broader eCommerce ecosystems.

• Contribute to eCommerce strategies and roadmaps using business objectives, data, research, competitive insights, and Shopify best practices.

• Advise clients on platform capabilities, technical trade-offs, integrations, and technologies across the broader eCommerce ecosystem, including PIM, DAM, ERP, CDP, and martech solutions.

• Lead or contribute to client workshops, discovery sessions, proposals, and pre-sales activities by providing technical and strategic expertise.

• Connect technical recommendations and solutions to measurable business outcomes, including conversion, revenue, average order value, retention, and customer experience.

• Translate business requirements into clear user stories and support backlog management when a dedicated Product Owner is unavailable or requires assistance.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies and collaborate with Product Owners and Project Managers to maintain alignment between business objectives and technical execution.

• Help prioritize competing client needs, technical constraints, platform capabilities, and eCommerce opportunities to keep projects progressing effectively.

Requirements:

• Have 7+ years of software development experience, including significant hands-on experience building and scaling Shopify or comparable eCommerce solutions.

• Demonstrate deep expertise in Shopify, Liquid, Online Store 2.0, Shopify APIs including Admin API, Storefront API, and Shopify Functions, as well as custom app development and integrations.

• Have Shopify Plus experience as a strong asset.

• Demonstrate proven experience leading, mentoring, or supervising software developers while remaining capable of contributing technically without becoming the team's sole technical contributor.

• Have a strong understanding of eCommerce strategy, data-driven decision-making, KPI development, conversion optimization, customer experience, and digital roadmaps.

• Possess excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to advise both technical and business stakeholders and lead strategic client workshops.

• Be comfortable with Product Owner practices including requirements gathering, user stories, backlog management, prioritization, and Agile delivery.

• Have working knowledge of eCommerce ecosystem technologies such as PIM, DAM, ERP, CDP, search and merchandising, and review platforms.

• Have fluent spoken and written English; French proficiency is an asset.

• Have hands-on experience with AI coding agents and agentic development workflows, or demonstrate the ability and willingness to rapidly adopt emerging AI technologies.

• Demonstrate strong analytical skills, sound judgment, autonomy, organization, and prioritization abilities.

• Have experience working in an agency or client-services environment as a strong asset.

• Have experience working within Agile/Scrum delivery environments.

• Have experience with additional eCommerce platforms such as BigCommerce or Adobe Commerce, or headless CMS platforms such as Contentful, Sanity, or Storyblok, as an asset.

Benefits:

• Full-time employment.

• 100% remote work option.

• Flexible work environment designed to support work-life balance.

• Group health insurance partially paid by the employer for employees and their families.

• Vacation time and personal days.

• Disconnect-from-work policy supporting healthy boundaries between work and personal time.

• Opportunities to work with established North American brands on high-impact digital commerce projects.

• Collaboration with leading technology partners and recognized digital industry professionals.

• Opportunity to work alongside more than 100 specialists across strategy, design, technology, data, and eCommerce.

• Opportunity to influence technical practices, ways of working, and organizational direction.

• Access to training and professional certification opportunities.

• Exposure to Shopify, modern eCommerce technologies, AI-enabled development, and complex digital transformation projects.