Shopify Theme Developer (Liquid, Online Store 2.0)

Adella is a US-based ecommerce agency that builds Shopify storefronts for US brands. We are hiring a front-end developer to build and maintain Shopify themes. You will work with our in-house designer to turn Figma designs into fast, accessible storefronts that merchants can edit themselves in the theme editor.

The basics, up front

• Full-time and remote from anywhere in India.
• Engage as an independent contractor or as an employee. Tell us which you prefer.
• Competitive pay, paid monthly in INR.
• Working hours: 4 to 5 hours overlapping US Pacific business hours, about 8:30 pm to 1:30 am IST.
• Process: screening questions, a short written technical questionnaire, then one live technical call with our leadership team.

What you will do

• Build custom themes and extend existing ones (Horizon, Dawn and premium themes) with Liquid, sections, theme blocks and JSON templates.
• Turn Figma files into responsive, pixel-accurate pages with merchant-friendly settings, and flag build or performance concerns during design.
• Build Checkout and Customer Account UI extensions with our backend developer.
• Integrate storefront apps: Recharge, reviews, search and filtering, Klaviyo forms, GA4 and tag management.
• Keep stores fast: Core Web Vitals, image and script loading, app bloat.
• Meet WCAG 2.2 AA and run cross-browser and device QA.
• Work in Git with the Shopify CLI, Theme Check, the GitHub integration and preview themes.

Required

• 3+ years of front-end development, including 2+ years shipping Online Store 2.0 themes.
• Expert Liquid, semantic HTML, CSS (SCSS or Tailwind) and modern JavaScript (ES modules, web components).
• Theme architecture: sections, theme blocks, snippets, settings schema, metafields and metaobjects.
• Shopify storefront APIs: Ajax Cart API, Section Rendering API, Storefront API basics.
• Shipped work that shows performance and accessibility skill.
• 2 to 3 live Shopify stores you built or substantially worked on.

Nice to have

• React, for checkout extensions and Hydrogen storefronts.
• Shopify Plus: Markets, B2B, multiple stores.
• Working from Figma components and a design system; motion and micro-interactions.
• Agency experience across several concurrent clients.

How to apply

Apply on LinkedIn and answer the screening questions. In your application, list 2 to 3 live Shopify store URLs and state exactly what you built on each. Applications without live store links are not reviewed.