Shopify Developer

Research & Development

Ukraine

April 3, 2024

Our client’s company is dedicated to teaching beginners how to crochet by offering them kits and tools for creating various items. It combines physical kits with innovative educational technologies to help its customers master a new skill. Our client’s main goal is to inspire people and help them succeed in the world of handicrafts.

About our client:

  • The company exists to show people it's never too late to learn a new skill. They teach complete beginners how to crochet by combining a physical kit with emerging ed-tech tools.
  • The work is meaningful. Many of customers turn to our client to spark joy in their and their loved ones’ lives. Since 2020, they’ve successfully helped 500,000+ people experience fiero - the feeling you get when you accomplish something you once thought was impossible.
  • It is a healthy business. They have no investors and with that, comes freedom. Freedom to make choices that are best for their customers, employees, and business.
  • They are an unusually small team for their revenue, and they plan on keeping it that way. They are all about getting the job done with as little busy-work and meetings as possible. The team is fully remote, spanning Wisconsin to China. So while they do a lot of their work asynchronously, they also know how to have a good time virtually anywhere ;)
  • They are on a rocket ship. The company has seen unbelievable growth in its 3 years in business. Every day is a busy day, and the fast pace excites them. The team has ambitious goals to 1) make better products that make a significant impact on how millions of people see themselves, and 2) build a lasting brand that people more than love – that they obsess over.

Responsibilities

  • Feature Development: Lead the development of new features for the Shopify store, ensuring alignment with business objectives and user needs.
  • Issue Resolution: Proactively identify and address potential issues with implemented features, and devise solutions to prevent customer abuse.
  • Strategic Planning: Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize feature development based on business impact and resource constraints.
  • Quality Assurance: Conduct thorough testing to ensure that all features function as intended and do not compromise the user experience.
  • Continuous Improvement: Stay updated on industry best practices and emerging technologies, and propose innovative solutions to enhance the functionality and efficiency of the Shopify store.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with the team to ensure that technical changes align with overall business objectives and branding strategies.

Requirements

  • Proactive Problem-Solving: Ability to proactively identify potential issues with proposed features and anticipate loopholes that customers may exploit.
  • Business Understanding: Demonstrated understanding of business needs and the capability to translate them into technical requirements without extensive handholding.
  • Strategic Thinking: Capacity to think like a business owner and prioritize features based on their impact, cost, and complexity, while reducing dependencies.
  • User-Centric Approach: Strong emphasis on the user experience and the ability to ensure that technical changes do not detract from it.
  • Communication Skills: Capability to explain technical changes in a clear and non-technical manner to colleagues who may not be familiar with technical jargon.
  • Independent Work: Comfortable working autonomously without the need for project managers or business analysts to provide detailed instructions.

Bonus points for

We offer excellent benefits, including but not limited to

  • People-oriented management without bureaucracy;
  • Competitive compensation; 
  • Flexible schedule;
  • 15 working days of annual paid vacation;
  • Paid sick-leaves;
  • Friendly and engaging professional team;
  • Opportunities for self-realization, career, and professional growth;
  • Accounting and legal support.

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