About Swanky
Swanky is a Shopify Platinum Partner agency. We design, build and grow Shopify Plus stores for brands across the UK, Europe and beyond. Our work spans new builds, complex platform migrations, and ongoing optimisation for established merchants.
About the Role
You'll join a supportive cross-functional team of developers, designers, analysts and project managers, working on Shopify Plus storefronts for ambitious ecommerce brands. This is a hands-on frontend development role where you'll learn quickly by building real things for real clients, with guidance from more experienced developers around you.
Day to day, you'll:
- Build and maintain Shopify theme components and custom sections
- Write Liquid templates using Online Store 2.0 architecture
- Implement responsive, accessible frontend solutions using HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- Participate in code reviews, learning from feedback and developing your eye for quality
- Ask questions, pair with teammates and actively seek out ways to improve
- Contribute to team processes and standards as your confidence grows
About You
You're early in your frontend development career but you've got a solid foundation and genuine enthusiasm for building things on the web. You might have some Shopify experience already, or you might be coming from a broader frontend background and keen to specialise. Either way, you're curious, proactive and ready to learn at pace.
Required
- Some commercial or substantial project-based frontend development experience (6+ months)
- Good working knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript (ES6+)
- Familiarity with responsive design principles and cross-browser compatibility
- Some exposure to Shopify, Liquid templating or a willingness to learn quickly
- Comfortable using Git for version control
- Clear written and verbal communication
- A genuine appetite for learning, taking feedback on board and improving continuously
Nice to Have
- Experience with Shopify Online Store 2.0 architecture and the Shopify CLI
- Familiarity with Alpine.js or other lightweight JS frameworks
- Exposure to React
- Exposure to Tailwind CSS
- Awareness of build tools such as Vite, Rollup or GitHub Actions
- Interest in accessibility standards (WCAG) and web performance
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
Benefits
- Competitive salary depending on experience
- New laptop provided
- 30 days holiday per year (inclusive of bank holidays), plus 1 additional day per full year served, capped at 5
- Flexible working hours
- Hybrid working with 1-2 days per week in our Exeter office
- Investment in your professional development and growth
- Regular company socials and events
