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Hire · Shopify Developer

Hire a senior Shopify developer without the agency markup.

Shopify Plus, Liquid, Hydrogen, and headless experts ready to ship — from $35/hr.

Start in 3–5 days
14-day replacement
Pre-vetted talent
You own the IP

Hire a vetted Shopify developer to build, migrate, customise or scale your store — theme and Liquid work, Shopify Plus, headless Hydrogen, B2B pricing and subscription builds. Changes are made on a duplicate theme and tested end to end before anything reaches your live store.

Transparent pricing

Three seniority tiers. Pick what fits the job — start hourly, move to monthly when you're ready.

Mid Shopify Dev

3-5 yrs experience

$35/hrhourly
$3,500/mofull-time
Most popular

Senior Shopify Dev

5-8 yrs experience

$55/hrhourly
$5,500/mofull-time

Lead Shopify Dev

8+ yrs experience

$80/hrhourly
$7,800/mofull-time

What a shopify dev does for you

The day-to-day work you can hand off to a Livin Services shopify developer.

Build & customize Shopify and Shopify Plus themes

Develop private and public Shopify apps

Migrate from WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce → Shopify

Headless commerce builds on Hydrogen / Next.js

Custom checkout extensions & Shop Pay flows

Performance optimization (Core Web Vitals, mobile LCP)

Integrate Klaviyo, Recharge, Yotpo, ShipStation & more

B2B, wholesale, and multi-currency / multi-region setup

Common engagements

The most common scopes clients hire our shopify developers for.

New Shopify or Shopify Plus store launch

Theme rebuild or redesign

Platform migration with SEO preservation

Custom Shopify app or admin extension

Headless Hydrogen storefront

Subscription / B2B / wholesale buildout

Performance & Core Web Vitals audit + fix

Ongoing development retainer

Tools & stack

What our shopify developers ship with.

ShopifyShopify PlusLiquidHydrogenOxygenReactTypeScriptGraphQLKlaviyoRechargeTailwind

From brief to kickoff in 5 days

01

Tell us the scope

Share the project, timeline, and seniority you need. NDA on request.

02

Get matched

We propose 1–2 pre-vetted candidates with portfolio and rate within 48 hours.

03

Interview & approve

Vet the developer in a 30-min call. Approve, swap, or request another match.

04

Kick off & ship

Sign the MSA, get repo access, and start shipping. Weekly check-ins from day one.

Verified on Google

What clients actually said

These are our real Google reviews, transcribed word for word — including the typos. Open the profile to verify any of them.

Questions

Hiring a Shopify Developer — FAQs

Including the ones with awkward answers — what we will not guarantee, why there is no price list, and when we would tell you not to hire us. If yours is not here, ask and we will answer it before anyone books a call.

Guides on hiring a Shopify Developer

Rates, interview questions, red flags, and onboarding plans for hiring a shopify dev.

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Ready when you are

Tell us the goal in one sentence.

You get a written scope, one fixed price and a start date back — usually within two business days. No form to complete first, and no call to sit through before you know anything.

  • We usually reply within a couple of hours in working time.
  • No discovery fee, no deposit to hold a slot, and no retainer attached to a build.
  • We write the scope down and attach one fixed price to it, before any work starts.

+92 337 0330012 · contact@livinservices.com

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