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# Shopify Software Engineer

- **Company:** Oh Polly
- **Location:** UK
- **Salary:** £50,000.0 - £70,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** HTML, Shopify, Web Performance Optimization, Web Usability, Stylesheet Language, Webpack, Templating, Git Flow, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** August 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/shopify-software-engineer/oh-polly-job107783773

## About the Role

* Strong hands-on experience with Shopify development, including Liquid templating, Shopify CLI and theme architecture.
 * Experience working across multi-store Shopify setups, with an understanding of how to share components, themes and standards efficiently between brands without sacrificing each brand's identity.
 * Confident with Git workflows
 * Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for Shopify themes, automating builds, deployments and previews so the team can ship faster and with more confidence.
 * Solid understanding of modern front-end build tooling such as Vite, Webpack or esbuild, with the ability to configure, optimise and troubleshoot bundling, asset pipelines and dev workflows
 * A genuine passion for testing. You write tests, understand why they matter and encourage others to do the same.
 * Experience working with Shopify apps and the broader ecosystem, with the ability to evaluate and integrate third-party tools effectively.
 * Comfortable with ambiguity. You can take a loosely defined brief, identify the right solution and bring others along with you.

## Description

We are looking for a talented and passionate Shopify Software Engineer to join our digital product team in London. This is a role for someone who genuinely cares about the detail, gets excited about performance gains and crafts shopping experiences that customers love.

You will own the front-end of our Shopify platform, working closely with eCommerce and design to standardise how we use the platform across our brands. We want someone who can bring structure to ambiguity and hold the bar high on quality., * Own the front-end development of our Shopify storefront, delivering high-performance experiences that convert and delight our customers.

 * Lead the standardisation of how we use Shopify across our brands, establishing best practices, coding standards and documentation the wider team can follow.
 * Optimise site performance across Core Web Vitals, page speed and conversion, continuously identifying and implementing improvements.
 * Work with third-party Shopify apps and integrations, evaluating new tools, managing existing ones and ensuring everything works harmoniously together.
 * Write robust, well-tested code, championing a testing culture and ensuring quality is built in from the start.
 * Collaborate with designers and eCommerce managers to translate concepts into polished Liquid, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.


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