Shopify-Savvy Senior Developer - Maintenance of Custom Photo Editor App

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Summary

We're a DTC photo book brand replacing a costly third-party SaaS photo editor with our own custom app, deeply connected to Shopify. We need a senior developer comfortable with e-commerce integrations to take over long-term maintenance and evolutions of this editor once it's built. Right now our editor runs on a third-party SaaS: costly, and we have zero control over it — no way to adapt it to our needs. So we're building our own in-house editor to get off it. The developer building it is handling initial development only — he won't be taking on maintenance afterward. We're looking for a senior developer to take over ongoing maintenance and continuous improvement of this editor, on a maintenance retainer (not full-time — volume varies based on needs). Stack: Bun backend, React frontend (fully responsive, mobile-heavy traffic), Shopify (theme dev, Storefront/Admin API). What you'll do: Pick up a codebase you didn't write and get up to speed fast Respond quickly when something's reported (bug, blocker, outage) — same-day fixes Solve problems autonomously, without technical supervision Implement requested features/improvements over time Manage and maintain the connections with our Shopify back office You're a fit if you have: Senior-level experience with production web apps Proven experience with e-commerce/Shopify integrations A track record of taking over and maintaining legacy/existing code A reputation for being responsive, reliable, and autonomous Solid written English (we work async, in writing) Contract type: Ongoing maintenance retainer — not full-time. You're called on when something breaks or an evolution is requested.

  • Less than 30 hrs/week
    Hourly
  • 1-3 months
    Duration
  • Intermediate
    Experience Level
  • Remote Job
  • Ongoing project
    Project Type
Skills and Expertise
Mandatory skills
JavaScript
PHP
Nice-to-have skills
HTML5
jQuery
Activity on this job
  • Proposals:20 to 50
  • Last viewed by client:yesterday
  • Interviewing:
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  • Unanswered invites:
    5
About the client
Member since Feb 27, 2025
  • Latvia
    Riga2:03 PM
  • $2.2K total spent
    11 hires, 3 active
  • 281 hours
  • Retail & Consumer Goods
    Small company (2-9 people)

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