eCommerce Full Stack Developer

Jellycat is a privately owned design-led, gift brand headquartered in London. We create innovative luxurious products in the soft toy, accessory, baby and book categories that are loved around the world. We have an established and growing global customer base and we work with our partners to maximize the potential and reach of Jellycat throughout, sharing joy as we go!

As we continue to grow throughout North America, we continue to develop and improve the presence and awareness of our brand.

This position will be fully remote, but must reside within the Eastern Time Zone.

We’re looking for an eCommerce Full Stack Developer with deep experience building high-performance, conversion-focused DTC storefronts using Shopify Hydrogen. This role will be a key contributor to the technical execution of our headless Shopify architecture to help deliver fast, flexible, and scalable customer experiences. 

This is a hands-on role spanning storefront UI, server-side functionality, and the integrations that power a modern, scalable headless commerce experience. You’ll enjoy:

• Ownership of a modern, best-in-class headless commerce stack

• Direct impact on customer experience and revenue,

• Opportunities to help evolve our headless commerce platform and contribute to long-term technical direction

• Collaborative, product-driven DTC environment

You'll be:

• Driving development of our headless Shopify storefront using Shopify Hydrogen, delivering features across both client and server-rendered routes

• Building and maintaining custom storefront components, templates, and shared utilities optimized for conversion, speed, and scalability

• Integrating Shopify Storefront API, Admin API, and third-party services (CMS, search, reviews, subscriptions, personalization, etc.)

• Implementing and supporting server-side integration logic and commerce workflows (sessions, middleware, API orchestration)

• Optimizing site performance across client, server, and edge (Core Web Vitals, page load times, Lighthouse scores)

• Contributing to deployment pipelines and environment management (Shopify Oxygen, Vercel, Netlify, or similar)

• Ensuring accessibility (WCAG), SEO best practices, and cross-browser compatibility

• Troubleshooting and resolving production issues quickly and thoughtfully across storefront and integrations

• Contributing to technical architecture decisions and best practices, especially around data-fetching patterns and integration design

• Staying current with Shopify, Hydrogen, and headless commerce advancements across APIs, hosting, and performance

You'll have:

• 5+ years of professional development experience with strong full-stack capability (React + server-side JavaScript/TypeScript)

• 2+ years building headless Shopify storefronts

• Hands-on experience with Shopify Hydrogen (Hydrogen 2.0 preferred) and Remix fundamentals

• Strong proficiency in React, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS

• Experience working with Shopify Storefront API and GraphQL

• Familiarity with modern build tools and frameworks (Vite, Remix, Next.js concepts)

• Experience integrating third-party eCommerce tools (Klaviyo, Yotpo, Contentful/Sanity, Algolia, Recharge, etc.)

• Experience implementing server-side integration logic and integration workflows

• Strong understanding of DTC eCommerce KPIs, conversion optimization, and performance

• Experience working in agile, cross-functional teams

Nice to have:

• Experience with Shopify Oxygen hosting

• CMS integrations (Sanity preferred)

• Experience with A/B testing and personalization experience

• Prior work in high-growth or enterprise DTC brands

• Experience mentoring junior developers

Our Perks & Benefits:

• Discretionary Bonus - This role will be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual bonus scheme with awards based on both company and individual performance.

• Medical, Dental, Vision and other Benefits - Jellycat offers medical coverage through Blue C