Shopify Developer (Ongoing, Part Time)

Qualifications and requirements

2+ years hands-on Shopify development, with stores you can show us

Strong Liquid, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

You build in sections and blocks so clients can edit their own content without a developer

You use metafields properly rather than putting structured content into product descriptions

Confident working from Figma and matching a design closely

Mobile-first in practice, not as an afterthought

Strong written English and proactive, async communication

Independent — this role exists so the founder can step back from execution, not to be project-managed

Job functions

You'll be responsible for the development side of our client projects, working directly with the founder.

Building custom Shopify themes from Figma designs, with close attention to spacing, typography, and responsive behaviour

Store setup and configuration: theme installation, apps, payment and shipping settings, domains and DNS, analytics

Structuring product data properly — collections, variants, and metafields

Store migrations and data imports from existing platforms

Cross-browser and cross-device QA, plus pre-launch checks and redirects

Flagging ambiguities or gaps in a brief early rather than guessing

Success looks like: clients can update their own sites confidently after launch, projects ship on schedule, and the founder isn't needed to check your work.

Desirable skills

Experience with store migrations from WooCommerce, BigCommerce, or Squarespace

Familiarity with Shopify Plus

Conversion rate optimisation experience — understanding how design decisions affect AOV and checkout completion

Basic technical SEO (site speed, structured data, redirects)

Spanish and strong English speaker

Conditions

Approximately 40 hours per month, around 10 hours per week on average. Some weeks will be heavier depending on where a project sits in its phase.

Fully remote, flexible hours — we care about output and communication, not when you're online

Ongoing contract with room to grow as the studio takes on more work

Paid in USD ($15-30 per hour)

Hiring process: short intro call, then a paid test project (up to 5 hours, paid at your rate)

Casa Hidalgo is a boutique design studio that builds websites and digital experiences for established eCommerce and service businesses - brands with real revenue and real customers whose online presence no longer reflects the quality of their work.

We're a small studio in a growth phase. Right now the founder handles strategy, design, and client relationships, and this role takes ownership of development. Our projects run roughly six weeks: strategy and design in the early weeks, build through the middle, then testing and launch. You'll be the person who turns approved designs into well-built, maintainable Shopify stores.

We care a lot about craft and about the client's experience after launch. Our clients are typically time-poor founders and small teams who need a site they can actually manage themselves — so how something is built matters as much as how it looks.