Shopify Developer - Project Employee ID - 13862

Job Description

Who You'll Work With

As a modern technology company, our Slalom Technologists are disrupting the market and bringing to life the art of the possible for our clients. We have passion for building strategies, solutions, and creative products to help our clients solve their most complex and interesting business problems. We surround our technologists with interesting challenges, innovative minds, and emerging technologies.

The Global MarTech drives strategic direction and solution enablement in support of Marketing Teams. We accelerate innovation and learning, advance sales and delivery excellence with high-caliber Marketing Technology solutions including Adobe technology expertise. Our focus is 4 go-to-market solution areas: Experience and Content Management with a focus on Content Supply Chain, Digital Asset Management; Personalized Insights and Engagement with a focus on Analytics, Customer Data Platforms, and Journey Orchestration; Digital Commerce with a focus on Experience Led Commerce and Product Information Management; Marketing Operations and Workflow with a focus on resource management, reporting and approvals of the content and data required to run Personalization and Campaigns at Scale.

Are you passionate about e-commerce and excited to shape the future of online shopping experiences? Join our vibrant and innovative team at Slalom as a Project Employee Shopify Developer! This is an incredible opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry and develop cutting-edge solutions that delight our clients and their customers.

What You'll Do
  • Collaborative Innovation: Work directly with Engineering Managers and collaborate closely with the UX and UI design teams to produce seamless, robust, and innovative front-end user experiences.
  • Dynamic Project Management: Manage multiple projects simultaneously, addressing their needs and requirements with agility and creativity.
  • Subject Matter Expertise: Act as a subject matter expert in Shopify, specializing in all facets of the platform, and be on the front lines of building custom-tailored Shopify themes, altering pre-existing templates, and creating complex custom solutions.
  • Client Engagement: Engage with clients in a professional, client-facing capacity, ensuring excellent communication and relationship management.
  • Solution Creation: Create compelling solutions and functionality that inspire users and meet business goals, staying current on Shopify API changes and adequately utilizing them in your work.
  • Internal Consultation: Understand business needs that drive project features & functions and provide valuable internal consultation to enhance our offerings.

What You'll Bring
  • Passionate Engineer: A robust software engineering background, a meticulous approach, and a drive to craft seamless, high-converting digital shopping journeys.
  • Proactive Team Player: A proactive team player who collaborates effectively with our marketing, design, and operations departments to propel our e-commerce vision.
  • Solution-oriented: Solution-oriented, focusing on identifying and resolving issues efficiently.
  • Excited Innovator: Excited to enable business needs and drive growth through innovative e-commerce solutions.
  • Excellent Communicator: Excellent soft skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

Preferred Qualifications
  • 5+ years of ecommerce web development experience.
  • 3 or more Shopify Plus project implementation experience.
  • Experience/knowledge of steps involved in migrating an existing commerce site running on a different platform to Shopify Platform (e.g., Magento or Salesforce to Shopify).
  • Comfortable researching and adopting new web technologies.
  • Familiar with SEO/SEM best practices.
  • Prior experience with React/Node/NoSQL stacks is nice to have.
  • Preference will be given to candidates who are versatile and have experience with:
    • Other commerce platforms: Specifically, Adobe Commerce &/or commercetools
    • PIM platforms: Specifically, Akeneo, Salsify &/or Stibo

About Us

Slalom is a purpose-led, global business and technology consulting company. From strategy to implementation, our approach is fiercely human. In six countries and 43 markets, we deeply understand our customers-and their customers-to deliver practical, end-to-end solutions that drive meaningful impact. Backed by close partnerships with over 400 leading technology providers, our 13,000+ strong team helps people and organizations dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all. We're honored to be consistently recognized as a great place to work, including being one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For seven years running. Learn more at slalom.com.

Compensation and Benefits

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this position, the pay range is $80/HR to $90/HR. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual's skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.

EEO and Accommodations

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.

We will accept applications on an ongoing basis until a candidate is selected for the position.
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