Principal, Commerce Engineering

VF Corporation

. Set architecture and technical strategy for VF Corporation’s Shopify commerce platform .

Posted 10/14/2026full-timeUnited StatesLead💰 $159,840 - $199,800 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in Shopify architecture and technical strategy, with a strong focus on building and evolving headless storefronts, custom apps, and integrations. Proven ability to lead teams, mentor engineers, and communicate technical tradeoffs effectively across various stakeholders.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Shopify ArchitectureLiquid DevelopmentGraphQL API ExpertiseCheckout CustomizationIntegration Architecture

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Hard Skills

Shopify PlusLiquidOnline Store 2.0Admin GraphQL APIStorefront GraphQL APICheckout UI ExtensionsTypeScriptJavaScriptReactNode.js

Soft Skills

MentoringInfluencing Without AuthorityTechnical Communication

Tools & Technologies

Shopify CLIApp BridgeHydrogenOxygenERP SystemsOMS SystemsPIM SystemsCRM Systems

Industry Keywords

Commerce SystemsHeadless StorefrontsWeb PerformanceObservabilityPeak-Traffic Operations

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudERPGraphQLJavaScriptNode.jsReactRubyTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set architecture and technical strategy for VF Corporation’s Shopify commerce platform
Own the reference architecture for themes, headless storefronts, custom apps, checkout, and integrations
Make and document build, buy, or extend decisions and retire unnecessary custom code
Maintain a 12–24 month technical roadmap aligned with Shopify Editions releases and API versions
Lead design and delivery of checkout customization using Checkout UI extensions and Shopify Functions
Build and evolve storefronts using Liquid, Online Store 2.0, Hydrogen, and Storefront API headless stacks
Design custom apps using the Admin GraphQL API, metafields, and metaobjects
Architect event-driven, idempotent integrations with ERP, OMS, PIM, WMS, tax, payments, and CRM systems
Own Core Web Vitals, conversion performance, reliability, observability, incident response, and peak-event readiness
Plan API upgrades and deprecation migrations
Evaluate and adopt new Shopify capabilities, including UCP and Shopify MCP servers
Represent engineering with Shopify, agency partners, and app vendors
Mentor senior and staff engineers through design reviews, pairing, and written feedback
Define standards for CI/CD, testing, preview environments, security, and privacy
Partner with product, merchandising, marketing, and operations to communicate technical tradeoffs

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of software engineering experience on commerce systems
5+ years of recent, hands-on Shopify experience, including Shopify Plus
Principal- or staff-level impact setting architecture for a multi-team commerce platform
Expert knowledge of Liquid and Online Store 2.0 theme architecture
Expert knowledge of Admin and Storefront GraphQL APIs, webhooks, bulk operations, and rate-limit design
Production checkout experience with Checkout UI extensions and Shopify Functions
Experience building custom apps with Shopify CLI, App Bridge, and app extensions
Experience leading a headless storefront on Hydrogen and Oxygen, or an equivalent Storefront API stack
Experience leading a major migration or re-platform onto Shopify, or a major upgrade within Shopify
Strong TypeScript, JavaScript, React, and at least one backend language such as Node.js or Ruby
Integration architecture across ERP, OMS, PIM, and payments, including queues, retries, and reconciliation
Experience with web performance, observability, and peak-traffic operations
Ability to write clear design documents and decision records
Ability to influence across teams without formal authority
Ability to explain technical tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders
Nice-to-have experience with Shopify Markets, B2B Shopify, Shopify POS, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Adobe Commerce, commercetools, BigCommerce, agentic commerce, subscriptions, loyalty, returns, marketplaces, server-side analytics, consent, privacy, published Shopify apps, open-source contributions, or conference talks

Benefits

Comp & perks

Additional compensation awards may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential
Benefits package, including medical plans
Reasonable accommodations during the application process for qualified individuals