Maya K.
Senior Full-Stack Developer
$120/hr
★★★★★4.9
React
Node.js
Hire Shopify Developers From the Top 1%, Matched in 48 Hours
Hire Shopify developers here with one brief: we hand-match vetted top-1% theme developers, Liquid experts and Shopify Plus engineers to your store and goal within 48 hours, and escrow releases payment only for milestones you approve.
$60 to 130/hr senior band
48h to shortlist
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2 of 3 can start this week All 3 available this month Flexible start dates
Andrei P.
Senior Backend Engineer
$135/hr
★★★★★5.0
Python
AWS
Jonas W.
Mobile Developer
$110/hr
★★★★★4.9
Flutter
iOS
Sofia R.
Product Designer
$95/hr
★★★★★4.9
Figma
Design systems
Nina H.
UX Designer
$105/hr
★★★★★5.0
Research
Prototyping
Tomás L.
Brand Designer
$85/hr
★★★★★4.8
Identity
Packaging
Daniel O.
Conversion Copywriter
$110/hr
★★★★★4.9
Landing pages
Email
Claire B.
Technical Writer
$90/hr
★★★★★4.9
SaaS docs
API guides
Priya S.
Content Strategist
$75/hr
★★★★★4.8
B2B blogs
SEO briefs
Lucas M.
Growth Marketer
$115/hr
★★★★★4.9
Paid social
CRO
Emma T.
SEO Specialist
$95/hr
★★★★★4.9
Technical SEO
Content
Rafael D.
Performance Marketer
$125/hr
★★★★★5.0
Google Ads
Analytics
Hana Y.
Video Editor
$85/hr
★★★★★4.9
Short-form
Motion graphics
Marco V.
Post-Production Editor
$95/hr
★★★★★4.8
Color grade
Sound design
Alice G.
YouTube Editor
$70/hr
★★★★★4.9
Retention edits
Thumbnails
Rachel N.
Small-Business Bookkeeper
$55/hr
★★★★★4.9
QuickBooks Online
Monthly close
Derek C.
Senior Bookkeeper
$75/hr
★★★★★5.0
Reconciliations
AR and AP
Monica F.
Freelance Accountant (CPA)
$105/hr
★★★★★4.9
Xero
1099 filing
Grace A.
Executive Virtual Assistant
$45/hr
★★★★★4.9
Inbox and calendar
Travel
Bianca T.
Operations Assistant
$38/hr
★★★★★4.9
CRM hygiene
Data entry
Jordan R.
Social Media Assistant
$42/hr
★★★★★4.8
Scheduling
Community
Elena M.
Technical SEO Consultant
$120/hr
★★★★★5.0
Audits
Core Web Vitals
Chris P.
SEO Content Strategist
$95/hr
★★★★★4.9
Topic clusters
On-page
Nadia V.
Link and Digital PR Lead
$105/hr
★★★★★4.8
Outreach
Authority
Dana R.
Google Ads Consultant
$130/hr
★★★★★5.0
Search and lead gen
Conversion tracking
Tomas O.
Paid Search Manager
$110/hr
★★★★★4.9
Shopping and PMax
Feed strategy
Sasha W.
PPC Specialist
$85/hr
★★★★★4.9
Account audits
Budget pacing
Ravi K.
Senior Data Scientist
$140/hr
★★★★★5.0
Python
Forecasting
Laura O.
ML Engineer
$150/hr
★★★★★4.9
scikit-learn
MLOps
Sam B.
Analytics Data Scientist
$115/hr
★★★★★4.9
SQL
Dashboards
Tobias A.
Senior DevOps Engineer
$135/hr
★★★★★5.0
AWS
Terraform
Priya N.
Platform / SRE Engineer
$145/hr
★★★★★4.9
Kubernetes
CI/CD
Marcus C.
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
$125/hr
★★★★★4.9
Azure
GitHub Actions
Ava L.
Social Media Manager
$65/hr
★★★★★4.9
Instagram
TikTok
Diego M.
Content and Community Manager
$55/hr
★★★★★4.9
Content calendar
Community
Kayla R.
Paid Social Strategist
$85/hr
★★★★★4.8
Meta Ads
Reporting
Julian C.
Management Consultant
$165/hr
★★★★★5.0
Strategy
GTM
Rebecca A.
Operations Consultant
$130/hr
★★★★★4.9
Process design
SOPs
Victor P.
Financial / FP&A Consultant
$150/hr
★★★★★4.9
Modeling
Fundraising
Grace H.
Freelance CPA
$120/hr
★★★★★5.0
Tax prep
Advisory
Nathan D.
Tax Accountant
$110/hr
★★★★★4.9
S-corp
1040 and 1120
Lena P.
Fractional Controller
$135/hr
★★★★★4.9
GAAP close
Financial reports
Dana R.
Direct-Response Copywriter
$115/hr
★★★★★5.0
Sales pages
Email sequences
Marcus B.
Conversion Copywriter
$100/hr
★★★★★4.9
Landing pages
A/B testing
Sara K.
Ad and Brand Copywriter
$90/hr
★★★★★4.9
Paid social
Taglines
Ivan V.
Senior QA Automation Engineer
$105/hr
★★★★★5.0
Playwright
CI pipelines
Priya M.
SDET / Test Engineer
$95/hr
★★★★★4.9
Cypress
API testing
Dana K.
Manual and Exploratory QA Lead
$75/hr
★★★★★4.9
Test plans
Regression
Ravi T.
Certified Salesforce Developer
$125/hr
★★★★★5.0
Apex
LWC
Megan B.
Salesforce Technical Architect
$160/hr
★★★★★4.9
Integrations
Sales Cloud
Carlos O.
Salesforce Admin and Consultant
$95/hr
★★★★★4.9
Flows
Service Cloud
Lena C.
Senior UX Designer
$115/hr
★★★★★5.0
User research
Figma
Devon M.
UI and Interaction Designer
$100/hr
★★★★★4.9
Design systems
Prototyping
Amara K.
UX Researcher
$90/hr
★★★★★4.9
Usability testing
Journey maps
Elena B.
Senior Webflow Developer
$105/hr
★★★★★5.0
Webflow CMS
Interactions
Jordan R.
Webflow Designer and Builder
$90/hr
★★★★★4.9
Figma to Webflow
SEO setup
Tarek S.
Webflow Migration Specialist
$120/hr
★★★★★4.9
WordPress migration
Core Web Vitals
Sofia M.
Certified Legal Translator
$75/hr
★★★★★5.0
ATA certified
Spanish/English
Yuki T.
Localization Specialist
$68/hr
★★★★★4.9
App localization
Japanese/English
Rami A.
Medical and Technical Translator
$82/hr
★★★★★4.9
Life sciences
Arabic/English
Nadia P.
Senior Commercial Illustrator
$105/hr
★★★★★5.0
Brand illustration
Vector
Cole J.
Editorial and Spot Illustrator
$85/hr
★★★★★4.9
Editorial
Procreate
Hana L.
Children's Book Illustrator
$90/hr
★★★★★4.9
Character design
Book covers
Example profiles for preview. Your real shortlist is hand-picked for your brief once your early-access spot opens.
Fund milestone 1 · $1,800 in escrow · $4,800 in escrow · $12,500 in escrow · released on your approval
What they build
What a freelance Shopify developer actually builds
Most merchants hiring a Shopify developer want one of a few things: a custom theme or a redesign that converts, Liquid work that a theme editor cannot reach, an app or third-party integration, a migration onto Shopify, or a speed and conversion fix on a store that is already live. A senior Shopify developer scopes the work, writes clean Liquid and JavaScript, tests across devices and hands over a store you can run without them.
Theme development
Custom themes or deep customization of Dawn and premium themes, with clean, editable sections your team can update.
Liquid and custom features
Product bundles, subscriptions, custom cart logic, metafields and features no off-the-shelf app handles well.
App and API integration
Connect ERPs, subscription tools, reviews, shipping and marketing apps, or build a private app against the Shopify API.
Store migration
Move from WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce or Squarespace to Shopify with URLs, SEO and data intact.
Speed and conversion
Core Web Vitals fixes, faster themes, cleaner checkout flows and A/B tested changes that lift revenue per visit.
Shopify Plus and headless
Scripts, Functions, Flow automation and headless storefronts with Hydrogen or a custom front end.
Rates
Freelance Shopify developer rates: what to budget
Why senior Shopify talent pays off
A store is your storefront and your checkout, so a bug there costs sales every hour it lives. Developers on SuperGig keep 100% of their rate, quote it up front, and work in milestones you fund through escrow for freelancers, so a broken theme never becomes a paid deliverable.
- Fixed-price milestones available for scoped work like a theme build.
- Platform fee is 10% per project, nothing monthly.
- Wrong fit? Free rematch, new shortlist within 48 hours.
| Specialty | Hourly rate | Typical work |
|---|---|---|
| Theme developer | $60 to 95/hr | Theme customization, redesigns, section building |
| Liquid and app developer | $80 to 120/hr | Custom features, private apps, API integrations |
| Migration specialist | $75 to 120/hr | Platform migrations with SEO and data preserved |
| Shopify Plus or headless dev | $95 to 130/hr | Scripts, Functions, Hydrogen and headless builds |
Bands reflect US-based senior freelancers. For rates across every engineering role, see our freelance developer rates guide, or the full store budget in how much an ecommerce website costs.
Vetting
How Shopify developers earn a place on the roster
- 01 Store portfolio review. Live stores checked for clean code, real performance and conversion results, with their exact contribution verified.
- 02 Technical assessment. A timed Liquid and theme task, defended live, so you know the developer can debug a real store under pressure.
- 03 Live project simulation. A paid task on a real brief, judged on code quality, testing and how they handle edge cases in checkout.
- 04 Reference check. Past merchants confirm delivery, communication and whether the store kept running smoothly after handover.
The screen is built to pass fewer than 1 in 20 applicants.
Ship the store and the growth
A fast store still needs traffic and content. Many merchants pair a Shopify developer with a freelance marketer to drive qualified visits, and a freelance designer for product pages and brand.
- One accountable developer, not a rotating agency bench.
- Escrow milestones tied to a tested, live store.
- Clean handover so your team can edit the theme.
Briefing guide
How to brief a freelance Shopify developer
Share your store and your goal
Send the store URL and say what you want to change: more conversions, a new feature, a faster load. A developer scopes far more accurately from the live store than from a wishlist.
Name the theme and apps
List your theme and the apps you rely on. Half of Shopify work is making new code play nicely with what is already installed, and knowing that up front prevents surprises.
Show examples you like
Link two or three stores whose look or checkout you admire, and one thing you dislike. Examples calibrate a developer faster than adjectives ever will.
Scope the first milestone small
One page, one feature or one fix first. You confirm the fit cheaply, escrow releases on your approval, and the free 48-hour rematch is there if the fit is wrong.
New to hiring on a marketplace? The full process, brief to shortlist to release, is in how to hire a freelancer. Weighing a marketplace against a premium network? See our Upwork alternative comparison.
FAQ
Hiring a Shopify developer: common questions
How much does it cost to hire a Shopify developer?
US freelance Shopify developers usually charge $60 to $130 per hour. Theme customization and app setup sit at the lower end, while custom Liquid work, headless builds and Shopify Plus development reach the top. Most store projects run as fixed-price milestones you fund in escrow and release on approval, so you budget by deliverable rather than open-ended hours.
What can a freelance Shopify developer do?
A Shopify developer can build or redesign a theme, customize Liquid templates, integrate apps and payment or shipping providers, build a custom app, migrate a store from WooCommerce or Magento, improve page speed and conversion, and set up Shopify Plus or headless storefronts. Match the specialty to your goal so you hire the right kind of developer.
How fast can I hire a Shopify developer on SuperGig?
You get a hand-picked shortlist of vetted Shopify developers within 48 hours of submitting your brief. You interview the ones you like, fund a first milestone in escrow, and work starts. If the fit is wrong, a free rematch brings a new shortlist inside 48 hours, so a slow start never costs you sales.
Should I hire a Shopify freelancer or a Shopify agency?
For a theme build, custom feature, migration or speed fix, a vetted freelance Shopify developer is faster and cheaper than an agency, and you work directly with the person coding your store. Agencies fit ongoing multi-channel programs that need several disciplines at once. SuperGig matches you to a single accountable senior developer.
Hire a Shopify Developer This Week
Brief your store and goal today, review a vetted top-1% shortlist within 48 hours, and pay only for milestones you approve.