Shopify Developer

tarte cosmetics•New York, NY

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

Build and maintain shopping experiences for tarte, a global beauty brand. This hands-on role spans product launches, influencer activations, and everyday ecommerce, and partners with Engineering, Design, Product, Merchandising, Marketing, and Operations to take features from idea through launch. The developer will also share knowledge and help non-technical teammates build skills and confidence using Shopify admin and backend tools. The role develops and maintains custom Shopify themes, templates, sections, and interactive storefront components, and supports product detail pages, collection pages, cart, and customer accounts. It owns assigned features from technical requirements through development, testing, and release; builds promotional and product-discovery functionality; improves performance, accessibility, and mobile responsiveness; and implements and maintains Shopify apps, APIs, and custom integrations. The developer troubleshoots production issues, participates in code reviews and deployments, works with QA to prevent regressions, and uses AI-powered development tools to improve productivity, code quality, troubleshooting, and workflows while exploring meaningful ways AI can improve the shopping experience. This is a hybrid role based in New York City, with two days per week in the office required.

Requirements

At least 5 years of Shopify development experience.
Strong proficiency in Shopify Liquid, HTML5, CSS3/SCSS, and modern JavaScript (ES6+).
Experience with Shopify Online Store 2.0, metafields, metaobjects, theme customization, and Shopify Admin and Storefront APIs (GraphQL).
Ability to build reusable frontend components, implement complex shopping logic, and integrate third-party services using REST or GraphQL APIs.
Experience with Git, pull requests, code reviews, debugging, and release workflows.
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Ability to work cross-functionally and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical partners.

Nice To Haves

Shopify Plus and direct-to-consumer ecommerce brand experience.
Experience with React or other modern frontend frameworks.
Familiarity with Shopify Functions, Checkout Extensibility, or customer account extensions.
Experience with AWS/serverless infrastructure, webhooks, or custom backend integrations.
Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as Codex or Claude Code.
Experience working within founder-led, direct-to-consumer, beauty, fashion, or lifestyle brands.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain custom Shopify themes, templates, sections, and interactive components using Liquid, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
Support shopping experiences across product detail pages, collection pages, cart, and customer accounts.
Own assigned features from technical requirements through development, testing, and release.
Develop and enhance promotional functionality, including gift-with-purchase, bundles, discounts, and product merchandising.
Support Shopify search, filtering, collection merchandising, and product discovery improvements.
Improve site speed, Core Web Vitals, accessibility, mobile responsiveness, and storefront performance.
Implement and maintain third-party applications, Shopify APIs, and custom integrations.
Troubleshoot production issues, participate in code reviews and deployments, and partner with QA to identify regressions and ensure reliable releases.
Use AI-powered development tools to improve productivity, troubleshooting, code quality, and workflow efficiency, and explore ways AI can enhance the shopping experience.
Share knowledge and help non-technical teammates develop skills using Shopify admin and backend tools.