Shopify Front-End Developer (Remote | US)

Altenew, a New York-based paper crafting products company, is looking for a dedicated Front End Developer (Shopify) with excellent written, analytical, and verbal communication skills to join a dynamic, e-commerce operations team.

Our Core Values
Continuous Innovation, Integrity is Paramount, Take Initiative, Teamwork is Essential, Faith & Purpose, Inspire & Motivate
If these values resonate with you, please continue reading below.

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Why You'll Love Working at Altenew
- Above-Market Compensation
- Generous Time Off: 16+ days paid leave per year
- Health Coverage: Comprehensive HMO benefits
- Recognition & Rewards: Bonuses, awards, and gifts
- Learning Support: Sponsored classes, workshops, and conferences

Salary:
Php45,000 to Php113,000 per month, negotiable, depending on skills/experiences with the opportunity to grow rapidly.

Job Description:
- Regularly and proactively communicate with the Web Development team on the status of your projects, tasks, priorities, deadlines, and issues
- Develop responsive HTML and CSS that looks great on all devices, given mobile and desktop designs
- Develop and update HTML emails that look great on all email clients
- Update existing website content, adding new types of templates, pages, and functionality
- Research, integrate, and customize third-party services, plugins, and apps that solve problems for our clients
- Troubleshoot and fix website issues, e.g. cross-browser styling issues or broken functionality
- Analyze user data via Google Analytics and other tools to make recommendations on optimizations
- Complete development tasks with an eye for design, requiring minimal rounds of QA revisions

Skills required:
- Expert with HTML, CSS, SCSS, JavaScript, jQuery
- Very familiar with Shopify (Liquid), WordPress (PHP), Git, JSON, REST APIs
- Experience developing themes and functionality for Shopify, WordPress, sites
- Experience developing custom WordPress and/or Shopify themes from scratch
- Strong knowledge and understanding of SEO principles and how to implement them
- Strong understanding of web accessibility requirements (ADA/WCAG 2.0)
- Familiar with web UX & UI best practices and the importance of the user journey
- Exemplary communication, organization, and time management skills
- Comfortable using command-line development tools
- Experience in writing semantic HTML that is optimized for both accessibility and SEO
- Experience developing cross-browser compatible, responsive websites optimized for screens/devices of all sizes (and able to reliably resolve cross-browser compatibility issues)
- Experience working with pre-built WordPress and/or Shopify templates, customizing and building on top of them
- Experience using industry-standard design tools and Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, Sketch, Figma, etc., and developing responsive implementations of design comps
- Impeccable attention to detail – every pixel matters
- Creative thinking skills and a good eye for layout and design
- Ability to understand, discuss, and adhere to technical requirements
- An entrepreneurial attitude and a deep sense of ownership and pride in everything that you do
- Highly self-motivated and able to work autonomously while also knowing when to ask for help

Key Qualifications:
Excellent analytics and critical reasoning skills
Excellent English writing and verbal skills
Ability to focus on details and think outside of the box
Possess a pro-active attitude and have great self-management skills
Thrives in a dynamic environment while maintaining balance and seeking growth opportunities.
Comfortable with project management skills and task prioritizing
Available to work from 11 AM - 7 PM EST is preferable, US weekdays and some weekends, flexibility of schedule is a plus

Bonus Skills:
- Experience with Shopify Plus-specific features, including Shopify Scripts and Shopify Flow
- Experience developing custom WordPress plugins or Shopify apps
- Experience with updating and configuring DNS, hosting, CDNs, caching, etc.
- Experience coding HTML emails
- Experience with Google Analytics and ability to analyze and give suggestions on-site optimization
- Familiar with implementing custom Google Analytics tracking events

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