Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Headless Commerce)

Scion Staffingabout 2 months ago
San Francisco, CA, United States
Hybrid
Full-time
Junior Level (1-3 years)

Job Description

POSITION OVERVIEW

Lead the evolution of its e-commerce platform by driving the migration from Shopify Liquid to a modern headless commerce architecture. Establish the technical foundation for a scalable, high-performance digital experience while partnering cross-functionally to support global growth initiatives. Own a business-critical platform, influence technical strategy, mentor engineers, and help define the future of AI-powered commerce.

PERKS

  • Competitive base salary up to $260k/yr DOE plus performance bonus and equity
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage + 401(k) with company match
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Profitable, rapidly growing AI company serving millions of users worldwide

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Lead the architecture and development of a headless Shopify platform using Hydrogen, Shopify Storefront API, and Contentful
  • Drive the phased migration from Shopify Liquid while ensuring SEO integrity, performance optimization, and minimal business disruption
  • Establish engineering best practices for CI/CD, code quality, observability, testing, accessibility, and performance
  • Optimize Core Web Vitals and create scalable solutions for multi-region, multi-language, and high-traffic environments
  • Partner closely with Marketing, SEO, Finance, Operations, and Product teams to translate business needs into technical solutions
  • Evaluate and integrate third-party commerce platforms and services including search, analytics, marketing, and payment solutions
  • Mentor junior engineers while fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 5+ years of full-stack software engineering experience with modern React frameworks such as Next.js, Remix, or Hydrogen
  • Hands-on experience building headless commerce applications using Shopify Storefront API or comparable platforms
  • Strong experience with Ruby (Rails or scripting) and Shopify ecosystem development
  • Proven success delivering large-scale frontend or e-commerce platform migrations
  • Experience optimizing Core Web Vitals and building highly performant web applications
  • Knowledge of edge computing platforms such as Shopify Oxygen, Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge, or AWS Lambda@Edge
  • Demonstrated experience leading projects and mentoring engineering teams
  • TypeScript expertise and experience with Tailwind CSS & scalable design systems a plus

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

This full-time position offers an annual base salary up to $260k, commensurate with experience, in addition to performance bonus and equity. The organization provides a robust benefits package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage in addition to unlimited paid time off.

ABOUT OUR FIRM

Scion Staffing is a national award-winning staffing firm! Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing thousands of talented professionals with amazing career opportunities. Through our innovative team building and recruiting solutions, we bridge the gap in executive leadership searches, direct hire recruiting, interim leadership placement, and temporary professional staffing. We are proud to be part of the Forbes lists of the Best Recruitment Firms and the Best Executive Search Firms in America.

Additionally, Scion has been recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm as well as a top recruitment firm by The Business Times. Additional information about our firm can also be found online. Scion Staffing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class.

We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and the candidates we represent. For opportunities located in a region that have enacted fair chance, arrest or conviction-based employment ordinances, Scion Staffing proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualified applications with arrest and conviction records. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion as well as every client organization with whom we partner.

Required Skills

Web Performance Optimization
Tailwind CSS
Ruby on Rails
Core Web Vitals
CI/CD
Hydrogen
React
TypeScript
SEO Optimization
Remix
Next.js
Shopify Storefront API