Senior Front End Shopify Developer - Authentic Brands Group
New York City, NY
About the Job
Who We Are
Authentic Brands Group (Authentic) is a unified platform that integrates M&A, brand strategy, creativity and digital innovation to unlock the power of its global portfolio. It connects iconic sports, lifestyle, entertainment and media brands with best-in-class partners to optimize long-term value in the marketplace. Generating more than $29 billion in global annual retail sales, Authentic's brands have an expansive retail footprint in 150 countries, including 13,000-plus freestanding stores and shop-in-shops and 400,000 points of sale.
Why Authentic
You'll be able to access the resources and scale, while leveraging innovative technology and nimble environment. What we're saying is, this isn't your average day job. If you're hungry to drive ideas into action and own your career, let's chat. Our team is rapidly innovating to evolve and define the future of our brands. With the help of some of the brightest minds in retail, marketing, licensing, legal and more, we are building the intersection of digital and experiential marketing to help achieve that mission. We reimagine, evolve and transform brands! At Authentic, we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought and expertise drive competitive advantage. Our global teams are built by go-getters who contribute unique perspectives and push the boundaries of creativity and innovation. Headquartered in New York City, Authentic has offices in major metropolitan cities including Los Angeles and Miami, as well as Toronto, Mexico City, London, and Shanghai.
What You'll Do
We are seeking a motivated Shopify Developer to join our growing team. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the company's multiple Shopify Plus e-commerce websites. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of web development best practices and experience, while understanding the importance of a good user experience.
- Partner with the Development team to maintain and optimize multiple shopify themes
- Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
- Assist with Shopify admin management for creating products and collections, maintaining and updating site content such as the home page, custom landing pages, and navigation updates, and managing Shopify Apps
- Work with external vendors to assist in integrating new features to the sites
- Work with designers and content creators to ensure website aesthetics and content are in line with company standards
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new website features - Optimize the website for maximum speed and scalability
- Ensure compatibility with various browsers and devices
- Work cross functionally with the Planning and Marketing teams to ensure that all website are up to date for current product launches
Potential Areas to Grow into:
- Develop internal automation applications to improve workflow and reduce busy work.
- Improve site reliability with testing, monitoring, and automation tasks.
- Work with portfolio of brands to improve sites across all brands
- Develop new themes and applications to improve onboarding of new brands
- Analyzing traffic to inform website maintenance and the effectiveness of marketing strategies and site optimizations
- Continuously research, test and propose new Shopify apps or site features to improve revenue or efficiency based on data/metrics
- Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies
- Mentor junior developers and help improve their skill set
Must Haves
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of web development best practices and experience working on a small tech team with many cross functional department leads.
- Minimum of 4 years of Shopify development experience (HTML, CSS, Liquid)
- Strong understanding of Shopify Plus, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery
- Working Understanding of JS frameworks, such as Vue, React, Hydrogen
- Knowledge of responsive web design and development
- Comfortable using Visual Studio Code or a similar app
- Experience using a Package Manager ( Webpack, Yarn, npm)
- Process oriented and able to multitask
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, working with a hybrid/remote team
Nice to Haves:
An ideal candidate would also have some experience in the following areas.
- Experience with deployment and ecommerce tech life cycle
- Created shopify apps (public or private) in the past
- 6+ years of experience with a JavaScript Framework, preferably Vue
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Web Development, or related field (preferred)
- Experience configuring and integrating e-commerce systems end to end
- An understanding of UX concepts and ways to improve user experience
- Can write clean and efficient code and review and audit team members code
A quick thinker and a strong communicator - Not afraid to step outside of your comfort zone, can tackle projects independently
- Know when to lean on your team, and when to step up
- Strong understanding of various Ecommerce tools, such as Google Analytics, Attentive, etc
Primary Location Salary
$125,000 - $140,000
Authentic is an equal-opportunity employer and we value and embrace the diversity and inclusion of all Team Members. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, national origin, disability, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status.
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