We Are Elva is dedicated to uniting strategy, design, and technology with beautiful, branded digital commerce experiences. We work closely with industry-leading brands such as Canada Goose, REEF, Brooks Running, Greyson Clothiers, Stanley 1913, Coola, Free Fly Apparel, Grande Cosmetics, Solo Brands, Simms, and more. As a member of Elva, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with a growing engineering team, collaborating with highly visible brands to develop best-in-class commerce and content experiences. You will be challenged daily by your peers to create high quality work that considers current technical trends in addition to platform and web development best practices. Shopify Plus Architect Elva is seeking a Shopify Plus Architect to join our team. This role will tackle challenging technical problems across a wide range of projects, from internal initiatives to new implementations and ongoing post-launch support. As the Shopify Plus Architect, you will own the end-to-end technical implementation — from discovery through launch and beyond. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of SDLC processes, Shopify best practices, and can collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. This candidate will focus on front-end technical architecture , while also contributing to the broader Shopify ecosystem architecture, including app integrations, Shopify API development, and performance optimization. Core day-to-day responsibilities would include hands-on coding, solution design, release management, and peer developer support. Responsibilities • Strategically assess business requirements through discovery and UX/UI to provide solutions that align with technical best practices. • Partner with project management to support the broad delivery efforts through discovery, estimation, technical planning, and agile/sprint cycles. • Complete technical audits through sales and discovery processes with internal and external teams. • Support contributing developers within project teams through peer programming, estimation exercises, solutions and code reviews. • Stay apprised on industry trends and incorporate best practices into our ecommerce strategy • Point of contact for architectural questions around Shopify best practices, performance, data management and Shopify APIs • Ability to plan and implement custom solutions to handle unique business requirements across a wide range of technical and non-technical constraints. • Contribute to technical initiatives across the organization to support engineering efficiency, quality, and growth. Experience • 5+ years of Shopify Plus development experience • In-depth knowledge of Shopify themes, apps, and custom integrations • Experience with writing clear and concise technical approaches, specifications and documentation • Experience with version control systems, testing, and deployment processes • Strong problem-solving and communication skills • Experience with web-based architecture and technical knowledge of modern frameworks and coding structures • Experience with Liquid, Web Components, and React (vue.js is a plus) • Strong understanding of Shopify API’s, data models and content management, including common integrations and best practices with GraphQL, REST. • Hands-on experience working on common ecommerce integrations/solutions (i.e. Products, Inventory, Orders, Customers, Subscriptions, etc. ) • Strong understanding of best practices around release management and environments, including multi-tenant/store solutions, from pre-launch to post-launch • Experience planning and implementing for Checkout Extensibility • Back-end experience with Node and Ruby On Rails. PHP is a plus. • Development and architecture experience with Javascript, Node.js and React.js. Experience with JS frameworks such as Next.js and Remix a plus. Location We are a remote team across North America, operating out of Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, Vancouver, Portland, Austin, and Denver, and Charleston. EOE Elva is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Elva makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.