Job Description

VITACUP IS ON THE HUNT FOR A UNICORN. AS WE BEGIN A BRAND TRANSFORMATION, WE SEEK A FULL STACK WEB DEVELOPER TO INNOVATE AND ELEVATE THE BRAND ON ALL OF OUR OWNED DIGITAL TOUCHPOINTS. AS A SHOPIFY DEVELOPER, YOUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE TO OWN AND MAINTAIN OUR CORE DIGITAL PROPERTY AND SERVICE OUR SMALL COLLECTION OF IN-HOUSE APPS. YOU WILL BE TASKED WITH BUILDING MARKETING LANDING PAGES WITHIN OUR FUNNELS THAT SOLVE BUSINESS NEEDS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY SERVING OUR CUSTOMERS WITH PRODUCTS THAT CHANGE LIVES. YOU WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH DIRECTORS, PHYSICAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, DESIGNERS, AND C-SUITE, TO SOLVE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, INTEGRATE VARIOUS SAAS PLATFORMS USING APIS, AND ROLL OUT NEW CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES. 

YOU MUST BE COMFORTABLE DEVELOPING CUSTOM SHOPIFY THEMES AND HAVE A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF REACTJS. FLEXIBILITY WORKING WITH DIFFERENT TECH IS VITAL TO THIS POSITION AS YOU WILL ENCOUNTER VARIOUS LANGUAGES WITHIN OUR TECHSTACK: JS, HTML/CSS/SASS, PHP (LARAVEL), AND A LITTLE RUBY. OUR TEAM LIKES TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR TECHSTACK, SO THE ABILITY TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND CREATE CUSTOM SOLUTIONS, WHEN NEEDED, IS A MUST.

WHO ARE YOU? YOU’LL BE AN EXPERT IN CONVERSION RATE OPTIMIZATION - HELPING DELIVER EXPERIENCES TO CUSTOMERS BY LEVERAGING DATA TO ACCELERATE REVENUE. 

WHAT YOU'LL DO...

• ACT AS ADMIN FOR OUR SHOPIFY STORE, BRINGING TURN-KEY SPECIFIC EXPERTISE ON THE CMS, APP STORE, THEME CUSTOMIZATION (QUIRKS AND ALL)

• DRIVE MOTIVATION TO DESIGN, BUILD LAUNCH, TEST, AND ITERATE WITH AGILE PRINCIPLES 

• TRANSLATE REQUIREMENTS AND MOCKUPS INTO FULLY FUNCTIONING WEBSITES USING HTML/CSS/JS

• CONTINUOUSLY LOOK FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE CONVERSION RATES AND IMPLEMENT A/B TESTS

• RIGOROUSLY EDUCATE YOURSELF ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES AND BEST PRACTICES

• CLEARLY COMMUNICATE TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS TO TEAM MEMBERS AND CLIENTS BOTH VERBALLY AND IN WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION

• IMPLEMENT NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES OR DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES THAT HELP TO MEET CLIENT GOALS AND BUSINESS OBJECTIVES

• DELIVER THE BEST TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR OUR ECOMMERCE PARTNERS - ALL ROOTED IN ACQUISITION, CONVERSION AND RETENTION

• KNOWLEDGEABLE IN SECURITY / PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION PRINCIPLES AND GPDR

• DEVELOPING TESTING PLANS AND TROUBLESHOOTING ISSUES RELATED TO ECOMMERCE ISSUES

• MAINTAIN AND AND ACT AS ADMIN OUR GOOGLE TAG MANAGER ACCOUNT

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• MAINTAIN THE COMPANY'S CORE DIGITAL PROPERTY, BUILT ON SHOPIFY PLUS.

• OWN THE COMPANY'S CODEBASE, FROM SHOPIFY THEMES TO SERVER SIDE APPS BUILT WITH LARAVEL.

• SUPPORT DIGITAL MARKETING TEAMS FOR BOTH PAID AND DIRECT CHANNELS.

• PROVIDING TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE COMPANY.

• PULL & ANALYSE DATA FROM GLEW.IO, GOOGLE ANALYTICS AND SHOPIFY TO ASSIST IN MAKING DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS FOR MARKETING INITIATIVES.

MUST-HAVE SKILLS

• WORKING EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THINGS SHOPIFY: REST API, GRAPHQL API, JS SDK, SCRIPTING API, AND CUSTOM THEME DEVELOPMENT.

• PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH REACTJS (WE USE PREACTJS) OR ANY JS FRONT-END FRAMEWORK.

• A HIGH SENSE OF ACCOUNTABILITY OWNING THE COMPANY'S TECHSTACK.

• CONFIDENCE IN MAKING TECHNICAL DECISIONS THAT CAN IMPACT THE BUSINESS.

• CAN WORK EFFECTIVELY ON YOUR OWN WITHOUT CONSTANT SUPERVISION.

• BUILD CUSTOM WEBSITE FEATURES AND IN-HOUSE TOOLS FROM SCRATCH WHEN AN OUT-OF-THE-BOX SOLUTION IS UNAVAILABLE.

• ABILITY TO FORMULATE, PLAN AND EXECUTE TECHNICAL PROJECTS IN A FAST-PACED ENVIRONMENT.

AWESOME TO HAVE SKILLS

• WORKED WITH UIKIT OR ANY OTHER EXTENDABLE CSS FRAMEWORK.

• ABILITY TO REALIZE AND BUILD UIS WITH ONLY LO-FI MOCKUPS.

• EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH RECHARGE SUBSCRIPTIONS (API, FRONT-END AND THEME BUILDER).

• BACKGROUND WORKING WITH AND ANALYZING WEBSITE TRAFFIC DATA FROM GOOGLE ANALYTICS OR OTHER TRAFFIC ANALYSIS TOOLS.

• THOROUGH TESTING AND DEBUGGING SKILLS WITH BROWSER CONSOLE AND EXTERNAL TOOLS

• EXPERIENCE DEVELOPING FOR RESPONSIVE LAYOUTS FOR A DESKTOP, TABLET, AND MOBILE

• SEO BEST PRACTICES.

• UNDERSTANDING OF CONVERSION RATE OPTIMIZATION OR DATA-DRIVEN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (ANALYTICS, A/B TESTING, ETC).

• EXPERIENCE USING AND/OR BUILDING CUSTOM EXPERIENCES IN DYNAMIC YIELD.

• EXPERIENCE MAINTAINING GROWING CODEBASE REPOS USING GIT AND BITBUCKET.

• BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WEB SERVERS WORK AND BASIC SERVER MAINTENANCE (WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN-HOUSE APPS ON DIGITAL OCEAN, USING RUNCLOUD FOR SERVER MANAGEMENT NEEDS)

WHAT WE’RE ABLE TO OFFER:

• A 100% REMOTE WORK ENVIRONMENT: WE WORK TOGETHER, NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE IN THE WORLD. WE HAVE AN OFFICE IN SAN DIEGO, CA, BUT LET YOU WORK WHERE YOU WANT TO.

• A LASER-FOCUSED SET OF BELIEFS: WE OFFER COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION, BUT WE KNOW THAT DEDICATION STEMS FROM A FIRM VISION AND A SHARED BELIEF IN HOW TO GET THERE.

• BENEFITS

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