Hire a Shopify Specialist
Four roles, four different skill sets. Find the one that matches the work, then choose how you want to engage — a project, a retainer, or someone inside your team.
Which Shopify developer should you hire?
Which Shopify developer should you hire?
“A Shopify developer” covers at least four distinct skill sets, and the work looks similar from the outside when it is not. Start with the work, not the job title.
| If the work is… | Hire |
|---|---|
| Ongoing store changes, fixes and small features — or you are not sure yet | A Shopify developer: a generalist who handles the day-to-day and routes the specialist work. |
| A new app, an abandoned app, or an app stuck in review | A Shopify app developer: the GraphQL Admin API, webhooks, billing and App Store review. |
| A redesign, an Online Store 2.0 migration, or a slow storefront | A Shopify theme developer: Liquid, sections and blocks, and performance measured on a real phone. |
| Shopify has to talk to an ERP, PIM, 3PL or a custom frontend | A Shopify full-stack developer: backends, queues and the sync between systems. |
| A defined project with a finish line, rather than a person | Not a hire at all — Shopify development services on a fixed scope and a fixed quote. |
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