Full Stack Commerce Developer_Freelancing

Job Title

Full Stack Commerce Developer

Location:

Experience 8+

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Full Stack Commerce Developer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have strong front-end development experience (with React and Next.js) and significant exposure to commerce / e-commerce platforms (storefronts, checkout flows, integration with commerce backend). They will collaborate with product, UX, backend, and operations teams to deliver scalable, high-performance digital commerce experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain modern front-end web applications (customer facing) using React and Next.js (including SSR/SSG where applicable).
• Build, integrate and optimise commerce storefront features: product listing, cart/checkout workflow, user-account, promotions, payments, etc.
• Work on end-to-end solutions: front-end, API integrations, commerce back-end or headless commerce services.
• Translate UX/UI designs into pixel-perfect, responsive, accessible interfaces, optimised for performance across devices and browsers.
• Design, develop and document REST or GraphQL APIs and services (either directly or in collaboration with backend teams).
• Ensure front-end performance (Core Web Vitals), SEO, accessibility and mobile-first behaviour.
• Integrate with 3rd-party services: payment gateways, analytics, CRM/ERP, commerce platforms (e.g., storefront, CMS).
• Maintain code quality: write unit/integration tests, participate in code reviews, mentor junior engineers.
• Assist in architectural decisions: choose frameworks, libraries, set best practices, ensure scalability and maintainability.
• Monitor and improve reliability, load times, caching, CDN usage, and overall application health.

Required Qualifications / Skills

• 5+ years of full-stack or front-end-heavy development with proven track record.
• Expert in React.js and Next.js (including SSR, SSG, dynamic routing, performance optimisation).
• Strong front-end technologies: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/TypeScript, responsive design, cross-browser compatibility.
• Experience with e-commerce/commerce platforms or building commerce solutions (storefronts, checkout flows, cart logic).
• Familiarity with building/integrating APIs (REST or GraphQL).
• Good backend knowledge (Node.js, Express or similar) and database understanding (SQL/NoSQL) to collaborate effectively with backend teams.
• Knowledge of performance optimisation (code-splitting, lazy-loading, caching, image optimisation, CDN, bundle size).
• Understanding of SEO, accessibility (WCAG) and web best practices.
• Experience with version control (Git), CI/CD, cloud deployments (AWS/Azure/GCP) or at least familiarity.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.

Preferred / Nice to Have

• Experience with headless commerce or hybrid CMS + commerce architectures.
• Experience with commerce-specific platforms (for example: Optimizely Commerce / Optimizely CMS (formerly Episerver) or similar).
• Experience with TypeScript (strongly preferred).
• Familiarity with front-end frameworks/libraries: Tailwind CSS, Styled-Components, Material-UI, etc.
• Experience with GraphQL.
• Familiarity with dev-ops, containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes) or serverless architectures.
• Experience mentoring/leading teams or code review responsibilities.

shobha.jain@appzime.com