Summary

• Based in Woolloongabba studio
  
• Full service digital agency specialising in Shopify, WordPress and ecommerce growth
  
• Clients include The Tea Centre, Likewise and Australia Zoo
  
• Looking for 2+ years agency/freelance experience
  
• Looking for 2+ years Shopify development
  
• Salary ($90k-$95k + Super) pro rata
  
• 3 days/week in-office
  

About Us:

We are Brisbane’s Shopify Plus experts! We are a creative digital agency based in Woolloongabba, bringing together a team of digital professionals passionate about crafting success for our clients. Our cool studio is a hub of creativity, where designers, developers, strategists, digital marketers, and digital project managers collaborate to make our clients' ecommerce businesses thrive.

The Role

As a Full Stack Developer at BA, you will be able to …

• Create clean, maintainable, and scalable code using modern full-stack practices - including Liquid, PHP, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3/SASS, MySQL, and REST/GraphQL APIs.
• Scope and produce fully costed technical development plans for all website projects & retainers detailing time estimates, dependencies, and app/plugin considerations.
• Provide clever and costed solutions to client challenges and deliver development plans on time and within budget.
• Liaise with the Dev Manager and designers to implement designs from supplied mockups.
• Integrate third-party services and apps (eg Klaviyo, Mailchimp, payment gateways, shipping providers, inventory systems), ensuring stable and secure connections between systems.
• Migrate and transform data between systems (e.g. WooCommerce to Shopify), including products, customers, orders, and custom fields/metafields, while ensuring accuracy, consistency, and minimal downtime.
• Test, debug, and troubleshoot across devices, browsers, and platforms using established QA protocols and tools (eg Lighthouse, BrowserStack).
• Ensure that all programs and applications perform as set out in the development plans and meet quality accredited standards.
• UAT and browser testing to identify any bugs.
• Maintain version control discipline (Git/GitHub) ensuring code quality and consistency across the team.
• Stay up to date with Shopify and WordPress ecosystems and latest technologies/AI, adopting best practices and sharing knowledge with the wider dev team.

As a Full Stack Developer at BA, you will…

• Dev work
  Build, maintain, and scope Shopify and WordPress projects. This will include new site builds, updates to existing themes, re-themes, and client retainer work. 
• Website maintenance
  Server, hosting, and domain management - adding DNS records, creating staging sites, migrating databases, and debugging via cPanel. 
• Client Relationship and Project Delivery
  We all have a role to play with client communication and delivering excellent project outcomes. You will communicate proactively with the internal team to maintain project progress. 
• Contribute to meetings/WIPs/briefings
  Internal & external as required.  You will escalate risks or blockers, ensure alignment on upcoming tasks and contribute to project success. 
• Internal Collaboration
  Work closely with cross-functional teams (strategy, design, development, marketing). 
• Documentation & Reporting
  Ensure relevant technical scoping and planning is documented during the project rollout along the Project Management team. You will also document key functionality for client training documents. 
• Process & Efficiency
  Ensure project tasks are updated with time tracking, progress notes and status.
• Quality & Profitability
  Maintain a high standard of project quality, while ensuring profitability by adhering to task budgets and timelines as assigned. You will flag scope creep & budget risk early.
  
• Supporting the team
  Supporting and providing cover for the Development Manager as needed. 

As a Full Stack Developer at BA, you are …

• A strong communicator, you can put the complex into language a client can understand.
• A problem solver and a forward thinker - you identify potential risks early to mitigate future issues and of course future-proof your code.
• You love to collaborate with other team members and departments.
• Time and budget conscious, you flag issues early.
• You want to produce crazy clever work but can also produce the minimum viable product (MVP).
• You don’t have to be reminded to include testing and revision time when you quote.
• Experienced working with a Project Manager, you log time, write clear descriptions of work planned, completed and to be done. 
• All over AI and have an innovative & sensible approach to using it in Development.
• Very keen to contribute to how we do things including what tools, how we produce great work.
• Maybe a freelancer who misses the team, and regular $.
• Maybe returning from Parental or Carer’s leave.

Required Skills & Experience

Essential Skills

• HTML,SCSS/CSS, Javascript, Liquid, PHP.
• Project scoping and quoting experience.
• Proficient in Git Version control, GitHub, Dev and Production environment handling.
• Performance optimisation (eg site speed, responsiveness). 
• Domain management, server support and security.
• Experience in staying up to date with latest tech, including AI.

Mid Level Full-Stack Developer Experience

• Shopify Theme customisation
  • Integrations including apps and 3rd party softwares (Business Central, MYOB etc).
  • Local and Shopify CLI development experience.
  • Metafield and Metaobjects
• Data migration planning and execution including custom scripts.
• API integration.
• Wordpress theme development.
• CPanel and Server management.
• PHP. 
• ACF Pro and flexible content.
• TailwindCSS.
• 2 years of Agency and/or freelance experience (you understand the importance of scoping and fast paced environment).
• 2 years Shopify development.
• Project Management tools  (time management, time tracking and task documentation).

Skills - Bonus Points

• Laravel.
• Blade templating Language.
• Roots sage theme development experience. 
• Docker Engine experience.
• App development.
• Migration experience from other ecommerce platforms to Shopify.
• Experience with Shopify Horizon theme.
• Comfortable working with designs in Figma
• UX/UI understanding and an eye for detail.

What We Offer

• A collaborative, team-oriented culture where learning and growth are encouraged.
• Opportunities for professional development through external courses and industry events.
• Work from home Wednesdays.
• BA for Good program (read about it here https://bacreative.com.au/pages/about).
• A chance to work on innovative projects for a diverse range of clients.
• Quarterly BA Creative events.
• Unlimited proper coffee. 

Please apply via the form including your CV and cover letter which addresses the Required Skills & Experience.