Were hiring a customer and partner-facing technical leader to own the tech side of Shopify ecosystem team. The Lead Solutions Architect, Shopify Ecosystem is the technical authority that sits at the intersection of Shopify merchants, agencies, strategic tech partners, and platform. In this role you will be responsible for building and evolving AssetLink Shopify app, representing ecosystem needs internally, and translating product-market fit into repeatable Shopify adoption.
This role is a highly hands-on IC with outsized influence (reporting to the GM, Shopify). As the motion proves out, youll help define what will become a small ecosystem engineering / architecture function, hiring and leading a team over time, or via managing outsourced development resources.
Why this role matters:
Shopify is one of the most important ecosystems for commerce growth. AssetLink, our Shopify app, is the product surface area that makes real to Shopify customers: an embedded, Shopify-native way to connect a media library to Shopify workflows (Admin, themes, and automation) and scale consistent, high-performing visual experiences across stores and channels.
Responsibilities:
Ship meaningful improvements to the AssetLink app, personally. Youll write production code, make architectural calls, and own end-to-end delivery for the highest-impact adoption blockers.
Make AssetLink feel Shopify-native: embedded Admin UX expectations, app architecture patterns, APIs/webhooks, permissions, and operational readiness that meet Plus / enterprise standards.
Work closely with our partners at Shopify and key ecosystem technology and service partners to align on roadmaps, integration patterns, and joint customer needs with a bias toward what can be shipped.
Run tight feedback loops with Plus merchants, enterprise brands, and agencies to turn real implementation pain into scoped work, shipped improvements, and repeatable enablement.
Own reliability and KTLO: observability, runbooks, safe rollout strategies, and supportability so the app scales without becoming an escalation magnet.
Requirements: 10+ years as a senior software engineer / architect or technical leader, with strong customer-facing experience, and you still ship.
7+ years of JavaScript/node.js
Deep familiarity with Shopify app development and ecosystem patterns: embedded apps, Admin UX expectations, API/webhook design, auth, rate limits, and operational realities.
Proven experience building integrations or platform extensions that need to work across many customer environments (and stay reliable at enterprise scale).
Strong product instincts: you can turn messy external feedback into shippable scope, make tradeoffs, and drive outcomes without hiding behind process.
Executive presence with technical depth: credible with partner engineering teams and equally effective with business stakeholders.
Ability to travel occasionally (typically under 10%) for a small number of high-leverage partner and customer moments.
This position is open to all candidates.