Front End Shopify Engineer

VML Enterprise Solutions

Department: Templates

Location: Poznań, Poland

Requisition ID: 8785

Who We Are:

At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an ever-evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse.

Our global family now encompasses over 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 64 markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences. Our expertise spans the entire customer journey, offering deep insights in communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology. We deliver end-to-end solutions that result in revolutionary work.

We are VML Enterprise Solutions - a group of talented engineers, tech experts, and creators who combine our passions and contribute to the IT world. You may know us better as Wunderman Thompson Technology – in 2024 we changed our name, but at the same time, we remained a great team of people who deliver our best. We design, build, manage and run complex technology platforms and help our clients to benefit from our work and creativity.

What you’ll get to do:

Creating high quality production-ready front-end code with Shopify
Creating reusable Shopify components and theme areas
Drive forward the quality – in code, unit testing, accessibility, performance, code reviews
Ensure a smooth connection with Marketing Tools, Platform APIs, and Shopify Apps to optimise the shop for overall efficiency and functionality
Deliver on an Agile workstream of front-end developers on a project, contributing to daily stand-ups, sprint planning and estimates
Build modular layouts, reusable code and libraries for future use
To be comfortable representing front-end in a client-facing capacity
Collaborating with technical and non-technical colleagues to escalate issues and highlight any areas that need wider team action
Cooperate with design and marketing teams to gather and refine specifications and requirements for development
Be involved in existing and new integrations for the platform
Full end-to-end ownership from idea to delivery, covering ongoing maintenance, expansion and scaling
Stay current with evolving standards and technologies, learning new skills as needed
Support of the recruitment process in technical tests and team fit assessments

What you should have:

Mastery of semantic HTML5, CSS3 (SASS or LESS) and JavaScript (ES6+) adhering to industry defined coding standards
Solid understanding of the Agile methodology i.e. Story point estimation, refinement, sprint planning, retrospective, sprint demos
Extensive experience with the Shopify platform and the Liquid templating engine, solving bespoke customer issues
A desire to write readable, maintainable, modular, and extendable code
Commercial experience of using GIT in a large development team performing Continuous Integration
Excellent communication skills and capability to interact directly with the team and stakeholders
Proficient understanding of fluid responsive layouts, cross-browser and cross-device compatibility issues
Commercial experience of unit testing/End to end testing/regression testing (we use Jest and Cypress)
Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools such as Grunt and webpack
Have working knowledge of third-party services and APIs, as well as Shopify plugins
Willingness to contribute to both large, complex projects and smaller tasks as directed
Great attitude, self-motivated, strong work ethic, with strong ownership

You will collaborate with our UK project team, so we’ll need you to be available until 18:00 PL

Bonus points if you have:

Commercial experience in building headless solutions e.g SPA and/or PWA applications
Experience in building rapid prototype
Experience with a Type Checking language either Flow or TypeScript (we use TypeScript)
Experience of working on Java/Node/C#/PHP projects would be beneficial
Experience of mentoring junior members of the team

What we offer:

Salary depending on presented skills: 10 000 - 15 000 PLN/monthly (B2B contract)
Work equipment with delivery to your door
Opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world

Please note that this job is a full-time position located in Poland, but the selection process will be conducted in English.

Please send over your CV in English.

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At VML, we are committed to fostering an all-inclusive work environment that is both rewarding and career-forward. Our Inclusion, Equity & Belonging initiatives, alongside the VML Foundation, reflect our dedication to giving back and making a positive impact in our communities and beyond. Our people are the heartbeat of our organization—creators, doers, innovators, makers, and thinkers—who drive not just marketing, but meaningful experiences that resonate in every action and interaction.

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