Shopify Middleware Backend Engineer

In this role you will design and build middleware and backend solutions for a headless Shopify setup, leveraging Hydrogen and modern cloud-native patterns. You will work closely with frontend and design teams to translate Figma into functional components and robust APIs. The role focuses on scalable backend services, data modeling, and reliable cloud infrastructure to support a high-traffic e-commerce context. This is a hands-on position that blends architecture, implementation, and ongoing optimization to deliver seamless experiences.

• Collaborate with frontend and design teams to implement headless Shopify solutions using Hydrogen framework
• Translate Figma designs into functional components and integrate them effectively
• Architect, develop and maintain backend services and APIs
• Ensure robust database design and optimize queries for performance
• Implement and manage AWS infrastructure components to support backend services
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following best practices
• Participate in code reviews, testing and deployment activities
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues in a timely manner
• Continuously explore and adopt new technologies to improve development efficiency and product quality

• Shopify Hydrogen framework hands-on experience
• Golang
• ReactJS
• AWS services (API Gateway, Lambda, RDS, S3, Step Functions, SNS, SQS)
• microservices architecture
• PostgreSQL and DynamoDB
• GraphQL API development
• Docker containerization
• TypeScript and NestJS experience
• Figma design integration experience

• collaboration
• effective communication
• problem-solving
• Shopify Hydrogen
• Golang
• ReactJS