Front-end Developer, Enhance & Optimize (e&o)

• Employment Type: Full-time
• Location: Remote within Canada
• Salary: CAD$70-85K

iamota is a leading Shopify Plus Design and Development Agency Partner. We are looking for our next Front-End Developer to join us on our journey to becoming the top boutique Shopify Plus agency in North America.

What we're looking for

Our ideal candidate is a Front-End Developer with a passion for the work they produce and a drive to grow their knowledge and experience. You will work closely with the dedicated Enhance and Optimize team supporting our retainer-based clients to maintain and enhance launched sites, update sites with the latest Shopify feature releases, and optimize performance, SEO, and accessibility, etc. over time.

What you’ll do

• Implement the HTML/Liquid, CSS, and JavaScript required to develop and maintain Shopify themes and dynamic storefront experiences.
• Write clean and semantic code, emphasizing performance, usability, and accessibility.
• Identify and develop reusable patterns with component-based code.
• Provide clear documentation for other E&O developers and clients.
• Research, test, and set up Shopify apps.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team including developers, designers, strategists, and project managers.
• Stay up-to-date with Shopify releases and modern web development practices.
• Work in 1-2 week sprints and participate in weekly/bi-weekly stand-ups (via Zoom).
• Perform cross-device QA testing to support multiple browsers and device types.

Who we're looking for

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION

• 1+ years of Shopify development experience
  • Experience developing with Shopify CLI and Themekit
  • Familiarity and experience with Shopify Online Store 2.0
• 3+ years of web development work experience
• 1+ years with modern development practices
  • Modern JavaScript (ES6, Web components, etc.)
  • Modern CSS (CSS Grid, CSS Variables, etc.)
• 1+ years experience integrating and working with third-party APIs
• Familiarity with implementing best practices for web performance optimization, accessibility standards, and technical SEO
• Experience participating in agile working sprints and stand-ups
• Proficiency in version control and collaborative development using Git (GitHub).

BONUS SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Agency experience
• Experience with Shopify APIs (GraphQL and/or REST)
• Familiarity with building and leveraging Checkout Extensions
• Familiarity with Shopify Pixels/Customer Events, setting up tracking pixels and integrating with analytics tools like Google Analytics (GA4) and GTM

SOFT SKILLS

• Able to explain technical concepts to other team members and clients.

• Able to strategize rapidly and comfortable presenting your knowledge and ideas to others.

• Confident negotiating compromises between requirements, budget, user experience, and best practices.

• Able to collaborate with other Functional Teams including Design, Strategy, and Project Management.

• Interested in openly sharing your passion for development in both your coding ability and personality.

• Interested and able to contribute to ways we can improve the lives of our clients and team.

PERKS & BENEFITS

• Competitive health benefits plan

• Progressive parental leave policy

• Remote work environment

• Monthly remote work allowance

• Professional development allowance

• Career and professional growth planning

• Bi-annual goal setting and bi-weekly 1:1s

• MacBook (and related peripherals) for business use

• Minimum three (3) weeks vacation

• Additional bonus agency-wide holidays

• Reduced summer hours schedule

OUR PRIMARY TOOL STACK

• VS Code (or preferred IDE)

• Webpack

• SCSS

• NPM

• Codeship (CI/CD automation)

• AWS (e.g. serverless backend via NodeJS on AWS Lambda)

• GitHub

• LambdaTest

• Slack

• Asana

• Figma

• Zoom

• Harvest Time Tracking

• Loom

Application Process

Please include in your cover letter specific references to your Shopify experience. Please also include at least 2 samples of project work showcasing different challenges that you've solved (portfolio link, GitHub repo, reference to your contributions to a team project, etc.).