Technical Lead (Domaine Studio)

Meet Domaine, the world's largest independent Shopify design and development partner, formed by the union of Half Helix and Tomorrow. We are a team of commerce experts dedicated to creating, building, and growing beloved brands. As pioneers and not just participants in our industry, we are inspired to write, break, and re-write the rules for a new generation of commerce.

Domaine Studio, a new division of Domaine that is tailor-made to accelerate commerce growth for emerging to mid-market brands. Domaine Studio brings the industry-leading expertise of Domaine to the emerging and mid-market space through a suite of services, tools, and workflows designed for their unique needs. Historically, Domaine has focused on enterprise-level migrations to Shopify for brands like Daily Harvest, Arhaus, and Timex. Domaine Studio harnesses the unmatched commerce capabilities and expertise of Domaine through lower-cost, accelerated service offerings.

Domaine Studio is looking for a Technical Lead who will be responsible for the successful delivery, implementation and maintenance of all technical aspects of eCommerce websites built on Shopify. This is a client-facing role working closely with partners to understand their business needs and provide technical solutions. Technical Leads also work collaboratively with other departments and technology partners. They lead the engineering project team through implementation, including code review, frontend architecture solutioning, third-party integrations, and release management. The ideal candidate should have several years of experience in leading the development of Shopify projects, understand Shopify best practices, and be comfortable working with the latest technologies to build technical trust with partners.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for owning the frontend feature development and driving both completion and quality
• Expert knowledge and experience with the Shopify eCommerce platform.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team to ensure a high level of quality.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to accurately describe issues to clients, developers, and product managers.
• A high attention to detail to catch issues within acceptance criteria, edge cases, and other potential issues.
• High level decision making in weighing options between code quality, issues, and releasing code in a timely manner.
• Plans and delegates tasks to other engineering team members as required.
• Anticipates risks and provides solutions.
• Distills complex asks into actionable solutions and tasks.
• Works closely with the client to understand their business requirements, use cases and product roadmap to make informed decisions.
  
  

Skills & Experience

• Senior level development experience with frontend frameworks including Liquid, Javascript, React, Tailwind CSS, GraphQL, REST, Git
• Strong understanding of Shopify development including: Themes, APIs, Apps, Functions, Extensions
• Experience working with JIRA/Confluence or other tickets management systems
• 3-5 years of experience working in eCommerce;
• Strong communication skills, oral and written; experienced in writing technical documentation and presenting to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Excellent organizational and problem solving skills
• Thorough knowledge of web performance, web accessibility, querying data, API request handling, component structure and design systems
• Thorough understanding of user behaviors and marketing sciences in eCommerce
• Thorough understanding of the lifecycle and methodologies of software development
• Expertise in software documentation and technical writing
• Validates project estimates and approaches for entire assigned work
• Mentors and leads engineers on project teams, including junior and mid-level engineers.
• Demonstrates high level of personal productivity to manage commitments to multiple projects
  
  

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive Healthcare with Dental & Vision
• Retirement savings plan with employer matching
• Competitive PTO policy with paid time off at end of year
• Flexible working schedule
• Remote-first culture
• Home office stipend
• Apple gear (e.g. Macbook Pro)
• Continued education and personal development opportunities
• We are an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.