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# Shopify Technical Lead

- **Company:** Publicis Sapient
- **Location:** Jersey City, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $180,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Computing Platforms, Software as a Service, Code Review, Data Migration, First Data, Node.Js, Performance Tuning, Next.js, Shopify, Data Streaming, Systems Integration, TypeScript, ReactJS, Caching, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Graphql, Front End Software Development, Webhooks
- **Published:** October 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/75924311-shopify-technical-lead

## About the Role

* Candidates should have at least five years of Shopify experience, strong communication skills, extensive Headless architecture and Hydrogen expertise, and proficiency in React frameworks.
 * Shopify Plus Tech Lead is expected to interface with both internal teams and clients, provide technical solutions, and support client development teams with less Shopify experience. The role includes both oversight and hands-on work, such as coding and code reviews.
 * Requires significant hands-on work, with candidates ideally spending around 70% of their time coding, rather than just providing oversight., Must Have:
 * 5+ years of experience in modern ecommerce or digital product development.
 * Prior experience migrating legacy or monolithic commerce platforms to headless Shopify.
 * Experience with Remix, Next.js, or other modern React frameworks.
 * Comfortable evaluating and adopting emerging web and commerce technologies.

Nice to have:

 * Familiarity with composable commerce patterns and MACH principles.
 * Strong collaboration skills working with product, UX, and solution architecture teams., * Strong experience delivering Shopify Plus solutions using headless architecture.
 * Deep expertise with Shopify Hydrogen (Remix-based) and custom headless storefront implementations.
 * Advanced understanding of Shopify Storefront GraphQL API and Admin GraphQL API.
 * Experience designing and consuming GraphQL-first data models and workflows.

2-Frontend Engineering

 * Advanced proficiency in React with TypeScript.
 * Strong understanding of modern frontend patterns: server-side rendering (SSR), streaming, caching, and performance optimization.
 * Experience building scalable component systems and frontend architecture for commerce

3-Backend & Integrations

 * Proven experience building and integrating custom Shopify apps (Node.js-based preferred).
 * Hands-on experience integrating Shopify with external systems such as ERP, OMS, WMS, PIM, CMS, and third-party SaaS platforms.
 * Experience with authentication models, webhooks, background jobs, and event-driven architecture.

4-Commerce & Platform Expertise

 * Strong understanding of Shopify commerce concepts including products, variants, collections, pricing, discounts, inventory, orders, and fulfillment.
 * Experience with Shopify configuration, instance management, and multi-store or multi-region setups.
 * Familiarity with data migration and synchronization strategies across platforms.

## Description

* Lead the technical delivery of headless Shopify Plus commerce solutions, from discovery and architecture through implementation and launch.
 * Partner with Solution Strategists, Product, UX, and Delivery teams to define headless commerce architectures, integration approaches, and technical tradeoffs.
 * Design and implement custom storefronts using Shopify Hydrogen (Remix), React, and TypeScript, following modern frontend and composable commerce best practices.
 * Own and evolve GraphQL-based integrations leveraging Shopify Storefront and Admin APIs to support scalable, high-performance commerce experiences.
 * Provide technical leadership during requirements gathering, translating business needs into maintainable, extensible technical designs.
 * Produce and review high-level technical architecture and design documentation for headless storefronts, APIs, and integrations.