Shopify & WordPress Developer

Hiebing•Madison, WI

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

Hiebing is seeking a skilled Shopify & WordPress Developer with 3-4 years of experience who is excited to build high-performing marketing and ecommerce experiences in a collaborative team environment. We're looking for someone who is curious, thinks critically, overcomes challenges, and adapts to change effectively. The right candidate is passionate about problem-solving and wants the opportunity to do great work with great people. We use modern tools and agile practices to empower creative individuals to move projects forward and make a real impact. At Hiebing, we foster a culture of curiosity, support and continues learning - where developers are encouraged to grow, collaborate and have fun along the way!

Requirements

3-4 years of professional web development experience, ideally within an agency or multi-client environment.
Shopify development experience, including: Liquid templating, theme development, and modern Shopify concepts (sections everywhere, JSON templates, metafields, app blocks).
Shopify CLI + theme workflows, environment management, and deployment/release practices.
WordPress development experience, including: Building with the block editor, and comfort extending the editor via custom blocks, structured patterns, or Advanced Custom Fields.
Theme customization and/or theme development.
Strong PHP development fundamentals.
Plugin integration and site configuration for typical marketing stacks (forms, analytics, SEO, caching, consent management).
Experience working in a team-oriented setting with the belief that teams outperform individuals.
Strong debugging skills across browser devtools, apps/plugin conflicts, and third-party scripts.
Experience working closely with marketing strategists and UX/design teams to ship campaign work quickly and reliably.
Ability to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

Experience building or migrating to Checkout Extensibility and understanding the shift away from checkout liquid customization.
Building reusable Shopify Functions and UI extensions.
Familiarity with Shopify Storefront API / GraphQL, customer/account flows, and integrating external services.
Ecommerce UX patterns: merchandising, collections filtering, search, product discovery, and performance tuning for large catalogs.
WooCommerce experience (checkout optimizations, payment/shipping plugins, catalog organization).
Comfort with WP-CLI, Composer, deployment automation, and modern WordPress build pipelines.
Experience implementing WordPress hardening practices (secure configuration, plugin governance, least privilege).
Experience working within WPEngine hosting.
Familiarity with analytics/tagging and marketing integrations (GA4/GTM, consent tools, A/B testing, email providers, CDPs).
Accessibility awareness (WCAG fundamentals) and experience implementing accessible UI patterns.
Comfort using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to improve velocity while maintaining quality.

Responsibilities

Build, customize and maintain Shopify storefronts with modern theme architecture, including reusable sections/blocks, JSON templates, app extensions and metafields to empower marketers and merchandisers.
Develop and maintain WordPress websites using modern approaches (block editor, block themes / Site Editor), including custom blocks, theme customization and plugin integrations.
Implement conversion-focused marketing enhancements: landing pages, forms, tracking, structured content and SEO-friendly patterns.
Create scalable component patterns that balance design fidelity with maintainability and reusability.
Participate in Git-based code reviews, providing constructive feedback and collaborating on solutions.
Follow established workflows and best practices for commits, branching, pull requests, releases, and documentation.
Work with QA and cross-functional teams to troubleshoot, debug and resolve issues, including browser/device inconsistencies and third-party integration conflicts.
Optimize for performance and Core Web Vitals (e.g. preloading, lazy loading, image optimization, fonts, layout shift).
Maintain a strong baseline of security-minded development.
Stay current with platform changes and industry trends (e.g. Shopify checkout customization and WordPress Gutenberg block improvements).