Shopify Tech Lead

  • Australia
  • Sydney
  • Permanent
  • AU$140000 - AU$160000 per annum

Shopify Technical Lead (TL) – Ecommerce & Digital Consulting

Location: Sydney / Melbourne / Remote (Australia)
Type: Full-time

Australia’s industry leader in ecommerce and digital consulting is looking for a Shopify Technical Lead who can both build and lead. They provide omnichannel strategies, retail practice, and site optimisation services to help retailers and brand owners increase sales.

About the Role

As Shopify Technical Lead, you’ll guide a team of developers across multiple Shopify projects. You’ll provide hands-on technical leadership, review solution approaches, validate estimates, and ensure high-quality delivery across Shopify and Shopify Plus platforms.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead technical delivery across Shopify projects, balancing hands-on development with team guidance
  • Review and provide feedback on developers’ PRs to ensure quality outputs
  • Challenge solution overviews, estimates, and implementation plans
  • Architect and develop Shopify themes, custom apps, and integrations
  • Enhance and Improve deployment pipelines and DevOps processes
  • Lead by example: jump on the tools when needed while providing oversight
  • Explore and implement AI-driven development workflows (e.g., Cursor, rules, automation)

Skills & Experience

  • Strong Shopify development capability: Liquid, Checkout UI & Customer Account extensions, Admin panel extensions
  • Solid knowledge of Shopify APIs: Storefront, Admin, etc.; Hydrogen/React optional but valued
  • Proven experience leading developers and ensuring high-quality technical outputs
  • Hands-on experience reviewing and challenging estimates, architecture, and technical plans
  • Experience optimising CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows
  • Comfortable leveraging AI tools to improve development efficiency

Why Join

  • Work with Australia’s leading ecommerce and digital consulting team
  • Deliver enterprise-scale projects for top retailers and brands
  • Flexible work arrangements with hybrid options
  • Opportunity to innovate and influence technical strategy across projects

How to Apply

If you’re a hands-on Shopify leader ready to guide teams, architect solutions, and help Australia’s top brands sell more, we’d like to hear from you.

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