Senior Shopify Engineer

Who We Are WPP Enterprise Solutions designs, builds, and operates the growth systems that competitive businesses rely on. In a world where Al is reshaping how companies drive growth, we lead clients in business transformation and marketing modernization, connecting strategy directly to execution. Our 12,000 experts in engineering and platforms, commerce, consulting, content transformation, CRM, and CX work within a unified global operating unit across 40+ markets. WPP Enterprise Solutions works alongside best-in-class partners including Adobe, AWS, Braze, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Shopify, as well as innovators in AI, to deliver growth solutions tailored to the needs of our clients’ businesses. VML, part of WPP, supports WPP Enterprise Solutions by helping brands activate transformation through creativity and experience.The opportunity We are looking for a senior shopify front-end engineer who will drive technical excellence by building high-performing, accessible, and beautifully responsive Shopify themes and reusable components. Working in a dynamic Agile environment, you will bridge the gap between design, marketing, and technology—collaborating directly with stakeholders and clients to turn complex requirements into seamless user experiences that actively boost conversions. This is a unique opportunity to champion best practices (using modern tools like TypeScript, Jest, and Cypress), influence our front-end architecture, and even help shape our future team through mentorship and recruitment. If you are a self-motivated developer who thrives on end-to-end ownership, solving bespoke challenges, and staying at the absolute forefront of e-commerce tech (including headless solutions), we want to empower you to do your best work here. What you’ll be doing 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  Ability to converse confidently with technical and non-technical colleagues  Build modular layouts, reusable code and libraries for future use  To be comfortable representing front-end in a client-facing capacity  Work with the design teams to create optimal front-end user experiences, leading to driving greater conversions  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 integ...