Experienced Shopify Developer Needed for Custom E-Commerce Build

We are looking for a skilled and experienced Shopify Developer to build, customize, and optimize a high-performance e-commerce store. This project involves full-store setup, theme customization, app integration, API development, conversion-focused UX improvements, and ongoing optimizations to ensure the platform is stable, scalable, and revenue-ready.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with Shopify Online Store 2.0, theme development, Liquid templating, checkout customization, and Shopify APIs. You should be able to transform brand guidelines and Figma designs into a polished, conversion-focused Shopify experience with optimized performance, structured content, responsive layouts, and integrated third-party services.

This is a one-time project (8–10 weeks) requiring a developer who understands both technical execution and business outcomes. You should be able to create modular, maintainable code, integrate custom functionalities, automate workflows, and ensure the website follows best practices for SEO, UX, speed, and mobile responsiveness.

A successful candidate will demonstrate strong problem-solving abilities, an understanding of e-commerce psychology, and the technical ability to implement scalable logic. You’ll also handle product structuring, variant logic, metafields, API integrations, payment gateways, and checkout flow customizations.

We expect strong communication, timely delivery, weekly reporting, milestone-based progress, and a structured approach to testing and validation. If you're passionate about building beautiful, converting e-commerce platforms and have a portfolio showcasing Shopify builds, we’d love to work with you.

✅ Responsibilities (15 points)

Develop and customize Shopify Online Store 2.0 themes

Convert Figma/PSD designs into responsive Shopify templates

Create custom Liquid components, sections, templates

Integrate Shopify REST & GraphQL APIs

Configure product catalogs, variants, metafields, and collections

Implement payment gateways (Shopify Payments, PayPal, Razorpay, Stripe)

Install, configure, and customize Shopify apps

Build custom Shopify apps or scripts if needed

Optimize website speed, Core Web Vitals, and metadata

Implement SEO best practices and structured data

Enhance UI/UX for improved conversion rates

Set up automation flows, abandoned cart emails, and notifications

Ensure security, data privacy, and PCI compliance

Conduct testing across browsers and devices

Provide documentation and training for admin usage

✅ Required Skills (15 points)

3+ years of Shopify development experience

Strong Liquid, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript

Shopify Online Store 2.0 experience

Proficiency with Shopify CLI and Theme Kit

Experience with metafields and dynamic sources

Understanding of e-commerce UX & CRO principles

Familiarity with Shopify REST & GraphQL APIs

App integration and customization abilities

Knowledge of Dawn theme structure

Strong debugging and performance optimization skills

Understanding of SEO fundamentals

Testing experience (manual & automated)

Knowledge of Shopify checkout rules/limitations

Experience with Git/GitHub

Ability to work with Figma/Adobe XD designs

✅ Tools & Technologies

Shopify Online Store 2.0

Liquid templating

Shopify CLI / Theme Kit

HTML, CSS, JavaScript

REST API / GraphQL APIs

Git / GitHub

Figma / Adobe XD

Speed optimization tools (Lighthouse, PageSpeed Insights)

JSON templates & metafields

✅ Deliverables

Fully developed Shopify store

Custom theme sections & components

Integrated apps & APIs

Optimized product catalog & metafields

Payment gateway integration

SEO-ready structure & metadata setup

Speed-optimized build (90+ score)

Mobile-responsive templates

Documentation (admin usage + deployment guide)

1–2 revision cycles

✅ Budget

Hourly: $35–65/hr

Project: $5,000–12,000

Monthly (optional retainer): $3,000–6,000

✅ Timeline

Total Duration: 8–10 Weeks

Week 1–2: Theme setup, architecture planning

Week 3–6: Development, integrations, catalog setup

Week 7–8: Testing, optimization, revisions

Week 9–10: Deployment + documentation

✅ Success Metrics

Page speed score ≥ 90

Checkout completion rate ≥ 95%

API response < 200ms

Mobile responsiveness: 100% audited

SEO score ≥ 85 on Lighthouse

Zero critical errors on launch

Clean Shopify audit (apps, errors, console logs)