Away
Engineering
ApplicationEngineer
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“Application Engineer at Away. Skills: Shopify, JavaScript, Node.js, React. Maintain and update Shopify theme. Implement design changes”
What You'll Achieve.
implement fast, elegant, and conversion-focused digital experiences; deliver new features that help the business scale; ensure a performant and brand-aligned storefront; ensure reliable data flow between Shopify and third-party platforms; ensure our web properties meet technical standards; accelerate the delivery of well-scoped tasks; ensure a seamless e-commerce experience; ensure reliable product analytics and attribution; handle unplanned work or maintenance; ensuring system resilience
Industry & Context.
troubleshoot and resolve bugs; identify solutions for low-to-mid complexity issues; knowing when to escalate more complex trade-offs; identify technical needs within your tasks
working hours are 9am-6pm ET
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3 years of professional software engineering experience, 1 year of hands-on Shopify development, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node.js, Remix, REST APIs, GraphQL APIs, AI-powered coding agents
Nice to Have
Shopify Markets, international e-commerce analytics, GTM, GA4, cloud infrastructure, Vercel, AWS, Shopify POS extensions
What You'll Do.
Maintain and update Shopify theme
Implement design changes
Contribute to development of Shopify apps
Troubleshoot and resolve bugs
Implement updates to Shopify POS UI extensions
Build and manage webhooks
Manage backend event handlers
Follow best practices for performance
Follow best practices for accessibility
Follow best practices for SEO
Reduce technical debt
Assist with upgrades to developer tooling
Align stack with Shopify features
Contribute to engineering documentation
Participate in code reviews
Leverage AI-powered development tools
Partner with teams to ship features
Assist Data Engineering with event tracking
Implement server-side event tracking
Generate documentation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partnering with Product, Brand, and Growth Marketing teams; assisting with features under guidance of senior engineers; serving as a reliable point of contact for operational issues; escalating high-complexity challenges; assisting with maintenance of hardware integrations; supporting a collaborative environment; participate in team code reviews; partner with Growth, Brand, and Product teams; assist Data Engineering; Work closely with your manager; partner with your team
Communication Scope
explain technical approach to peers; explain technical approach to non-technical partners
Process & Methodology
identify and plan technical solutions
Full Job Description
ABOUT AWAY We believe travel makes us better. Launched in 2016 with one perfectly designed carry-on, we now offer a range of luggage and travel essentials for every journey. Together we create, innovate, and embark on this journey as a community of travelers, helping to make travel more seamless for everyone. JOIN THE CREW We are hiring an Application Engineer to join our Technology team. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Engineering, you will play a key role in supporting and enhancing Away’s Shopify storefront, custom theme extensions, and POS integrations. You’ll implement fast, elegant, and conversion-focused digital experiences across our customer touchpoints, partnering with Product, Brand, and Growth Marketing teams to maintain existing systems and deliver new features that help the business scale. WHAT YOU’LL DO AS THE APPLICATION ENGINEER - You’ll maintain and update Away’s Shopify theme, using Liquid templating to implement design changes and features that ensure a performant and brand-aligned storefront - You’ll contribute to the development of internal Shopify apps using Node.js and Remix, assisting with features for promotions, bundling, and checkout customizations under the guidance of senior engineers. - You’ll troubleshoot and resolve bugs within the Shopify storefront and POS integrations, serving as a reliable point of contact for operational issues and escalating high-complexity challenges when necessary - You’ll support Away’s retail team by implementing updates to Shopify POS UI extensions and assisting with the maintenance of hardware integrations - You’ll build and manage standard webhooks and backend event handlers, ensuring reliable data flow between Shopify and third-party platforms like Klaviyo and AfterShip - You’ll follow established best practices for performance, accessibility, and SEO across Shopify surfaces, ensuring our web properties meet technical standards - You’ll help reduce technical debt by assisting with upgrades to developer
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