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Shopify Developer jobs are open across e-commerce, retail, direct-to-consumer brands, and digital agencies, from junior to senior and lead levels, with specializations in theme development, custom app builds, and Liquid templating. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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We are seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented developer to join our team as a Senior Shopify Integration & Java Developer. This person will own our Shopify integration end to end: the back-end services, APIs, and data pipelines that connect our music catalog and fulfillment network to a growing portfolio of Shopify and Shopify Plus stores. You'll manage our Shopify catalog database, which is integrated with our proprietary e-commerce platform, and lead the technical onboarding of new retail and brand customers onto Shopify.
We operate and are expanding a music commerce environment that includes dozens of Shopify stores, drop-ship fulfillment through wholesale distributors, and API integrations with partners across the music industry. The ideal candidate is a strong back-end engineer who enjoys solving integration problems, communicates clearly with customers and partners, and works well on a small, fast-moving team.
Location: U.S. Remote, with preference for candidates in the Richmond, Virginia or Washington, DC area.
Responsibilities
- Owning and managing our Shopify integration across all connected stores, including product, inventory, pricing, order, and fulfillment sync.
- Managing and evolving our Shopify catalog database (PostgreSQL, with supporting data in DynamoDB) and its integration with our proprietary MySQL-based e-commerce platform, working closely with our platform engineer to keep data accurate and in sync at scale.
- Leading technical onboarding of new customers onto Shopify: store setup, app and integration configuration, catalog loading, order flow testing, and launch support.
- Designing, developing, and deploying Java back-end services and APIs (Spring Boot) for catalog feeds, order routing, drop-ship fulfillment, and billing.
- Building and maintaining integrations with the Shopify Admin GraphQL and REST APIs and webhooks, including bulk operations and rate-limit-aware sync jobs.
- Developing and maintaining integrations with third-party systems: wholesale distributors, payment processors, shipping carriers, and partner APIs.
- Building event-driven and scheduled pipelines on AWS (EventBridge, SQS/SNS, Lambda, ECS) to process Shopify events and distributor data.
- Developing cloud system architecture in AWS and managing it as code with Terraform.
- Monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving sync, order, and data issues; improving reliability, performance, and cost of production systems.
- Providing technical support to store owners, customers, and internal teams, and documenting integration processes and onboarding procedures.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Ideally, 5+ years of professional back-end development experience, including 3+ years building integrations with the Shopify platform and 3+ years developing production Java services.
Required ExperienceSoft Skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to deliver under tight deadlines.
- Strong written and verbal communication, including walking non-technical customers through onboarding and explaining technical issues clearly.
- Ability to work collaboratively on a small team while independently owning and managing your own work.
- Comfort working with outside partners, vendors, and their technical teams.
- Ability to take over an existing system, learn it quickly, and improve it without disrupting live customers.
Hard Skills
- Java 17+ with Spring Boot
- RESTful API design and development
- Shopify Admin GraphQL & REST APIs, webhooks, bulk operations
- Shopify app development (custom/private apps, OAuth, API scopes)
- Shopify store administration and configuration (products, variants, inventory, fulfillment, sales channels)
- PostgreSQL: schema design, query optimization, and data modeling, plus JPA/Hibernate
- AWS DynamoDB: table and key design, access patterns, and working alongside a relational database
- Working knowledge of MySQL and cross-database integration and sync
- Large-scale catalog and inventory data management (product data feeds, UPC/SKU mapping, ETL)
- AWS: EC2, ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, ALB, CloudFront, Route 53
- AWS messaging and eventing: EventBridge, SQS, SNS
- Docker
- Linux
- Git and GitHub, including CI/CD (GitHub Actions or similar)
- Maven or Gradle; unit and integration testing (JUnit, Mockito)
Nice to Have
- Shopify Plus (Checkout Extensibility, Shopify Functions, Flow, multi-store management)
- Shopify Collective, drop-ship, or wholesale/B2B commerce
- Shopify POS
- Shopify theme development (Liquid, Online Store 2.0, Shopify CLI)
- Terraform
- TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js
- Stripe, Square, or other payment APIs
- Shipping APIs (EasyPost, ShipStation, or carrier APIs)
- Experience integrating with or modernizing legacy platforms
- Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
- Bash scripting
- Music industry or retail e-commerce background
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $90,000.00 - $115,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Richmond, VA 23226
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Distribution & Wholesale
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in shopify developer jobs.
- Proficiency in Liquid templating and Shopify theme architecture
- Experience with Shopify or Shopify Plus storefronts in a professional setting
- Front-end skills including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Familiarity with Shopify's REST and GraphQL Storefront APIs
- Experience integrating third-party apps, payment gateways, or fulfillment tools
- Understanding of web performance, accessibility, and mobile-first design principles
Tips for Your Shopify Developer Job Search
Tailor your resume to Liquid
Shopify-specific roles care more about your Liquid templating work than general front-end skills. List the custom section schemas, metafield integrations, and performance optimizations you built, not just that you know HTML and CSS.
Show theme customization in your portfolio
Hiring managers want to see live storefronts or before-and-after screenshots of theme work, not just GitHub repos. Link to stores you built or modified and call out the specific conversion or UX problem each project solved.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists shopify developer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter for the right Shopify plan tier
Job descriptions often hint at whether the employer runs basic Shopify, Shopify Plus, or headless builds. Targeting roles that match the complexity level you've worked with means your experience maps directly to what they need.
Prepare a Liquid code walkthrough for interviews
Many Shopify developer interviews include a live coding or code-review segment using Liquid or the Storefront API. Practice talking through a snippet you wrote, explaining why you structured it the way you did and what edge cases you handled.
Negotiate around app ecosystem knowledge
If you have experience with Shopify's app ecosystem, payment gateway integrations, or third-party fulfillment tools, name them explicitly when negotiating. That depth is harder to find than general theme skills and often justifies a higher rate.
Shopify Developer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most shopify developers?
Tarte Cosmetics, Grüns, and Broadtime are hiring the most shopify developers right now, with openings concentrated in California, New York, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is especially strong at direct-to-consumer brands and digital agencies managing multiple storefronts.
How many shopify developer jobs are remote?
About 71% of shopify developer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting how much of the work is done independently through a browser and version control. Headless and Shopify Plus development roles tend to have the highest share of fully remote positions, since those projects are often distributed across agencies and global clients.
How do you become a shopify developer?
Start by learning HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, then work through Shopify's own developer documentation to understand Liquid, the Online Store 2.0 theme architecture, and the Storefront API. Build a small practice store, customize a free theme, and document that work in a portfolio. From there, take on freelance projects or contribute to open-source Shopify tools to build verifiable experience before applying to full-time roles.
Can you get hired as a shopify developer with little experience?
Yes, entry-level shopify developer roles exist, especially at small e-commerce brands and agencies that need help with theme customization rather than complex app development. A portfolio showing two or three real or practice storefronts with custom Liquid work carries more weight than a degree. Focus on roles labeled as junior, associate, or theme developer, and be specific about which parts of the Shopify stack you've worked with.
What does the shopify developer interview process look like?
Most interviews start with a recruiter screen covering your background and the types of Shopify projects you've worked on, followed by a technical round where you walk through past code or complete a short take-home challenge in Liquid or JavaScript. Final rounds typically involve a conversation with an engineering lead or e-commerce manager about how you approach performance issues, client requirements, or Shopify platform constraints.
Where can I find and apply to shopify developer jobs?
You can find and apply to shopify developer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience level and specialization, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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