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.

Work arrangement
Yes