Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Comfrt is one of the fastest-growing direct-to-consumer brands, dedicated to blending mental wellness, inclusivity, and elevated comfort into every piece we create. The Senior Front-End Developer will play a key role in crafting high-quality, responsive, and performance-optimized eCommerce experiences that drive user engagement and conversions, with a focus on Shopify Headless storefront development using React.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and implement new features across the Shopify Headless storefront, focusing on key pages (homepage, PDP, PLP, cart, and checkout) using React, HTML, Tailwind, SCSS, and TypeScript
- Implement and customize Shopify Functions to extend backend logic and commerce behavior
- Integrate the storefront with external services and APIs, including the Shopify Storefront API (GraphQL), Shopify Admin API (GraphQL), Shopify Metafields, and third-party integrations like Algolia
- Act as an engineering partner to UX/UI designers, translating Figma designs into pixel-perfect, performance-optimized, and robust React components, while actively contributing to design critiques to ensure technical feasibility and component reusability early in the product lifecycle
- Customize existing Shopify themes and apps to meet business needs
- Contribute to the evolution and governance of our Storybook-based design system, including architecting new, high-quality React components, establishing comprehensive usage guidelines, and maintaining the source of truth for design tokens across the application
- Optimize storefront performance with lazy loading, proper asset management, and code splitting
- Ensure cross-browser compatibility and mobile responsiveness
- Uphold the highest standards of web accessibility, ensuring compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA
- Debug and resolve technical issues related to front-end development and theme code
- Maintain and follow coding best practices and documentation standards
Skills
- 5+ years of experience in front-end development, with a strong focus on Shopify Headless storefronts
- Experience working in fast paced start-up, DTC environment, Ecommerce brand
- Deep proficiency in React, HTML, Tailwind, SCSS, and TypeScript for building and customizing Shopify Headless storefronts
- Proven experience leveraging agentic coding and AI-assisted development workflows (e.g., Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate feature development and maintain high code quality
- Direct experience with the Shopify Storefront API (GraphQL) and Shopify Admin API (GraphQL) for data retrieval
- Experience with modern React state management libraries (e.g., Redux, Context API, Zustand)
- Familiarity with modern headless deployment frameworks like Shopify Hydrogen/Next.js
- Hands-on experience with Shopify Functions to build custom discount, payment, or delivery logic
- Hands-on experience translating Figma designs into pixel-perfect, responsive web experiences
- Solid understanding of Git-based workflows and version control best practices
- Experience implementing and customizing key eCommerce pages including homepage, PDP, PLP, cart, and checkout
- Strong knowledge of front-end performance optimization techniques such as lazy loading, asset management, and code splitting
- Familiarity with Shopify apps and the ability to customize or extend their functionality
- Excellent cross-browser compatibility and mobile responsiveness skills
- Demonstrated expertise in building and maintaining storefronts that meet WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards, including deep experience with semantic HTML and ARIA
- Experience working cross-functionally with UX/UI designers, product managers, and backend developers
- Experience collaborating with QA teams throughout the entire software development life cycle (SDLC), including participating in technical design reviews and assisting with bug resolution
- Extensive experience working closely with UI/UX teams to manage seamless design handoffs and ensure accurate implementation of visual specifications
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills related to theme code and front-end issues
- Commitment to clean code, documentation standards, and development best practices
Benefits
- Generous paid time off
- Company-covered health insurance
- 5% 401k match
- Discounts on all Comfrt products
- Flexibility and collaborative support of a fully remote environment
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