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Shopify Development Lead (AI Enabled eCommerce)

VGL Group

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Shopify Team Lead – AI-Enabled E-commerce

Business Unit: Shop LC (US)

Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Experience: 7–12 Years

Employment Type: Full-time

Work Mode: Onsite

Contact: himanshu.singh@vaibhavglobal.com

About VGL Group

Vaibhav Global Limited (VGL) is a leading electronic retailer of jewelry and lifestyle products. In FY 2023–24, VGL reported a turnover of approximately $365 million and employs over 4,000 people globally, including more than 3,000 employees in Jaipur, India.

Multi-Channel Presence

VGL reaches customers across multiple markets through its television, e-commerce, and digital retail platforms:

Shop LC (USA): Reaches over 60 million homes through live television broadcasts and has a strong e-commerce presence.
TJC (UK): Reaches over 27 million homes through television and digital platforms.
Shop LC Germany: Broadcasts to over 40 million homes, strengthening VGL's presence in Europe.
Ideal World (UK): Acquired in 2023, a leading teleshopping and digital retail platform.
Mindful Souls: Acquired in 2023, a subscription-based e-commerce brand specializing in spiritual and wellness products.

Social Impact & ESG Initiatives

Your Purchase Feeds…: VGL's flagship meal donation program has provided over 99 million meals to schoolchildren across India, the US, and the UK.
Employee Volunteering: Encourages employees to contribute two hours every month to charitable activities.
Sustainability: Focuses on renewable energy, waste reduction, and environmentally responsible initiatives.
Green Initiatives: Recognized by IGBC for excellence in green built environments at its Jaipur SEZ facility.
ESG Recognition: Awarded a Combined ESG Rating of 72 (Strong) by ICRA ESG Ratings Limited.

Talent & Culture

Humanocracy & Micro-Enterprises: Promotes a decentralized and empowered work culture, enabling small, agile teams to drive innovation and ownership.
Talent Density & Meritocracy: Focuses on building high-performing teams, recognizing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.
Great Place to Work Certified: Recognized as a Great Place to Work across India, the US, the UK, and China.

Recognition & Achievements

Top Exporter Award: Recognized by GJEPC for its leadership in the export of silver and colored gemstones from India.
Operational Excellence: Demonstrates a strong track record in value-driven retail and customer-centric growth.

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Shopify Team Lead – AI-Enabled E-commerce to lead the architecture, development, integration, and delivery of scalable, high-performance Shopify e-commerce solutions for Shop LC.

This role combines hands-on Shopify engineering expertise with technical leadership and AI-enabled software development practices. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in Shopify Plus, modern web technologies, custom application development, API integrations, event-driven architecture, and cloud-based services.

In addition to leading engineering delivery, the candidate will drive the adoption of AI-assisted Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) practices to improve developer productivity, code quality, automation, and overall engineering efficiency.

The role requires a hands-on technical leader who can build and mentor a high-performing engineering team while establishing AI-first development practices and scalable engineering standards.

Key Responsibilities

1. Shopify Engineering & Architecture

Lead the development, enhancement, and maintenance of Shopify Plus and Shopify-based e-commerce platforms.
Design scalable solutions using Shopify Liquid, APIs, GraphQL, Webhooks, Shopify Functions, Extensions, and Custom Apps.
Own technical architecture, system integrations, performance optimization, security, and scalability.
Review technical designs, architecture decisions, source code, and pull requests to maintain engineering standards.
Collaborate with Product, Architecture, DevOps, QA, and Business teams to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.2. Custom Application Development & Integration
Lead the design and development of custom applications and backend services supporting Shopify ecosystems.
Develop scalable applications using React, Remix, Node.js, and other modern web technologies.
Design and implement Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) and API-driven architectures.
Build and maintain integrations between Shopify, enterprise systems, and third-party platforms.
Develop reusable APIs, services, and integration components to support business requirements.
Ensure application reliability, maintainability, security, and performance.3. Event-Driven Architecture & Backend Engineering
Design and implement reliable event-driven systems and asynchronous workflows between Shopify and backend applications.
Work with Apache Kafka, including producers, consumers, topics, partitions, consumer groups, retry mechanisms, and error handling.
Manage Shopify Webhooks, including registration, event processing, reliability, retries, idempotency, and monitoring.
Leverage Redis for caching, session and token management, distributed locking, and performance optimization.
Design and maintain reliable backend services and integrations with appropriate error handling and fault tolerance.4. Database Management & Optimization
Design, develop, and optimize database solutions using PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server.
Work with database schema design, stored procedures, complex queries, and transaction management.
Ensure data consistency, concurrency management, and efficient database connectivity through connection pooling.
Manage data migration, synchronization, and integration across multiple systems.
Implement effective caching and database performance optimization strategies.5. AI-Enabled Engineering & Development Lifecycle (ADLC)
Drive the adoption of AI-assisted Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) practices across the engineering team.
Leverage AI coding assistants such as Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot, and equivalent tools to improve development productivity.
Integrate AI into different stages of the development lifecycle, including:
Requirement analysis and refinement
Technical solution and design generation
Code generation and development
Unit and integration test generation
Code reviews and debugging
Documentation and refactoring
Test automation and deployment support
Establish effective human-in-the-loop development practices to ensure quality, accuracy, and accountability.
Define AI-assisted coding standards, engineering guardrails, and governance practices.
Evaluate AI-generated code for security, performance, scalability, maintainability, and architectural compliance.
Develop reusable prompts, coding patterns, AI agent workflows, and engineering standards.
Explore and implement AI agents, agentic development workflows, and automated engineering processes.
Drive AI adoption across the team to improve development speed, engineering quality, and overall delivery efficiency.6. Team Leadership & Delivery Management
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Shopify engineers and full-stack developers.
Translate business requirements into technical specifications, user stories, and development tasks.
Provide technical direction, conduct architecture discussions, and oversee code and design reviews.
Ensure timely delivery of high-quality, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
Identify technical risks, dependencies, and opportunities for process improvement.
Establish engineering best practices around coding standards, automation, testing, and observability.
Provide technical guidance during production issues and incident resolution.
Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation.

Required Technical Skills & Expertise

Technical Area - Required Skills

Shopify - Shopify Plus, Shopify APIs, GraphQL, Liquid

Shopify Development - Custom Apps, Extensions, Functions, Webhooks

Frontend Development - React.js, JavaScript, TypeScript

Backend Development - Node.js, Remix, REST APIs, GraphQL

Messaging & Event Processing - Apache Kafka, Event-Driven Architecture

Caching - Redis

Databases - PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server

System Integration - REST APIs, GraphQL, Webhooks, Third-Party Integrations

Cloud Technologies - Microsoft Azure, AWS, or equivalent

DevOps & Deployment - CI/CD, Git, Containers; Kubernetes preferred

AI-Assisted Development - Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent

Software Architecture - Microservices, BFF, Event-Driven Architecture

AI & Engineering Leadership Expectations

The candidate should demonstrate the ability to move beyond traditional software development and establish an AI-first engineering environment.

They should understand how AI can be effectively integrated across the entire development lifecycle:

Requirement Analysis → Solution Design → Development → Testing → Code Review → Deployment → Monitoring

The candidate should be capable of:

Identifying opportunities to automate repetitive engineering activities through AI.
Building and implementing AI agents to support development, testing, code reviews, and deployment workflows.
Establishing appropriate human oversight, security controls, and AI governance practices.
Implementing automated testing, AI-assisted code reviews, and agentic development workflows.
Ensuring AI-generated solutions meet enterprise engineering standards for quality, security, scalability, and maintainability.Experience implementing AI agents, AI orchestration, automated PR reviews, AI-based testing, or agentic SDLC/ADLC workflows will be a strong advantage.

Good to Have

Strong hands-on experience with Shopify Plus and large-scale e-commerce platforms.
Experience migrating e-commerce platforms from other technologies to Shopify.
Experience with Kafka-based enterprise integration architecture.
Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Kubernetes, or equivalent cloud infrastructure.
Familiarity with Application Insights, Datadog, ELK Stack, or similar observability tools.
Experience with Shopify Functions and Checkout Extensions.
Advanced experience with GraphQL and API performance optimization.
Experience optimizing website performance and Core Web Vitals.
Experience implementing AI agents, agentic workflows, and AI-enabled development automation.
Experience defining AI governance frameworks, engineering guardrails, and coding standards.

Leadership & Behavioral Competencies

Strong technical ownership and accountability.
Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making abilities.
Strong architectural thinking and the ability to make pragmatic technology decisions.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to mentor, develop, and lead high-performing engineering teams.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Strong focus on engineering quality, scalability, security, and reliability.
Adaptability and enthusiasm for working in an evolving AI-first engineering environment.

Experience & Qualifications

7–12 years of overall software engineering experience.
Significant hands-on experience in Shopify/e-commerce engineering and application development.
At least 2–3 years of experience in a technical leadership or team management role.
Proven experience leading teams responsible for Shopify development, custom applications, and event-driven backend systems.
Strong understanding of modern software architecture, cloud technologies, and AI-assisted development practices.

Success in This Role

The successful candidate will establish and lead a high-performing Shopify engineering team capable of delivering scalable e-commerce features, applications, and integrations through a combination of modern technologies and AI-enabled development practices.

A key objective will be to build an effective engineering team supported by AI agents and automated workflows, enabling faster and more efficient delivery across:

The ultimate goal is to improve engineering productivity, accelerate delivery, strengthen software quality, and build scalable, secure, and reliable e-commerce solutions for Shop LC.

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