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Shopify developers · Dedicated & vetted

Hire a Shopify developer who ships.

Hire a Shopify developer without the recruitment, the risk, or the freelance roulette. Get a vetted Shopify expert, dedicated, part-time, or for a single project, backed by a full team and matched to your store inside 48 hours.

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Stores shipped
250+
Engagement
Dedicated · Part-time · Project
Start
In days
Match
Within 48 hours
  • Bunk Beds, Shopify store built by Monkeyman
  • Canopy Beauty, Shopify store built by Monkeyman
  • Quotrell, Shopify store built by Monkeyman
  • Leah Alexandra, Shopify store built by Monkeyman
  • Brand Samsara, Shopify store built by Monkeyman
  • Econess, Shopify store built by Monkeyman
  • Founders Formula, Shopify store built by Monkeyman
  • Menyard Homme, Shopify store built by Monkeyman

A few of the 250+ Shopify stores our developers have shipped.

Ways to hire

Three ways to hire a Shopify developer.

Most brands start with one of these and shift between them as the roadmap changes. You are not locked in.

  • 01

    Dedicated Shopify developer

    A full-time developer who works only on your store, embedded in your tools and standups. The closest thing to an in-house hire, without the recruitment, payroll, or notice periods. Scale up to a full pod when you need to.

    Best for ongoing roadmaps
  • 02

    Part-time / fractional

    A vetted Shopify developer for a set number of hours a month. Enough senior capacity to keep the store moving and handle the backlog, without paying for a full-time seat you cannot yet fill.

    Best for smaller stores
  • 03

    Project-based

    A fixed-scope, fixed-price build handled end to end by our team. You brief it, we ship it, you sign off. No hourly meter and no managing a contractor day to day.

    Best for a defined build
What they do

What our Shopify developers actually build.

Senior Shopify skills across the whole stack, not just a themer who edits settings and hopes.

  • Theme & Liquid development

    Custom Online Store 2.0 sections, Liquid, and pixel-accurate Figma-to-Shopify builds, not a reskinned stock theme.

  • Custom Shopify apps

    Private and public apps on the Shopify CLI, App Bridge, and Functions when the store needs behaviour no app in the store provides.

  • Shopify Plus

    Checkout Extensibility, B2B, Markets, scripts to Functions migration, and multi-store setups for brands on or moving to Plus.

  • Migrations

    Full replatforming to Shopify from WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, and more, with the redirect map and data fidelity handled.

  • CRO & performance

    A/B testing, Core Web Vitals work, and PDP and checkout optimisation, so the developer time actually moves revenue.

  • Integrations

    ERP, PIM, OMS, 3PL, Klaviyo, Recharge, and the rest of the stack wired in and kept talking to each other.

Vs a freelance hire

Hiring a freelance Shopify developer vs hiring through us.

A freelancer can work brilliantly. And when it goes wrong, it usually goes wrong in the same three ways.

  • A team, not a single point of failure

    A freelance Shopify developer disappears when they take a holiday, get sick, or take on a bigger client. You get a developer backed by designers, QA, and a project lead, so work does not stall when one person is out.

  • Vetted before they touch your store

    Hiring a freelancer means you run the vetting, the test project, and the risk. Our developers are already assessed on real Shopify work, so you skip the part of hiring that goes wrong most often.

  • Accountable to an SLA, not a review score

    You get a response-time commitment and someone who owns the outcome, rather than chasing a contractor across time zones and hoping the next message lands.

How it works

How to hire a Shopify developer with us.

  1. 01

    Tell us what you need

    Send a short brief: the store, the stack, and whether you want a dedicated developer, part-time capacity, or a fixed project. No long intake form.

  2. 02

    We match the right developer

    We put forward a developer (or a pod) whose Shopify experience fits your work, with the relevant background so you are not guessing.

  3. 03

    Kick off in days, not months

    Once you approve the fit, the developer is embedded in your tools and shipping inside days. Scale the engagement up or down as the roadmap changes.

Hiring FAQs

Questions about hiring a Shopify developer.

How much does it cost to hire a Shopify developer?

It depends on the model. A dedicated full-time Shopify developer, part-time capacity, and a fixed-scope project are priced differently, and all three are quoted after a short scoping call rather than off a public rate card. Tell us what you need through the form and we come back inside 48 hours with the model and the number.

Should I hire a freelance Shopify developer or an agency?

A freelance Shopify developer can be cheaper per hour, but you carry the vetting, the cover when they are away, and the risk if they vanish mid-project. Hiring through us gives you a vetted developer backed by a team, QA, and an SLA, which is usually the better trade once the store is doing real revenue.

Can I hire a dedicated Shopify developer full-time?

Yes. The dedicated model puts a full-time developer on your store only, embedded in your tools and standups, working as an extension of your team without the recruitment, payroll, or notice periods of a direct hire. You can scale to a full pod when the roadmap grows.

Do you have Shopify Plus developers?

Yes. We staff Shopify Plus developers for Checkout Extensibility, B2B, Markets, scripts-to-Functions migration, and multi-store setups. If you are on Plus or moving to it, mention that in your brief and we match a developer with the right Plus experience.

How quickly can a Shopify developer start?

Usually within days of you approving the fit, not the weeks or months a direct hire takes. We match the developer, agree the engagement, and get them embedded in your tools so they are shipping quickly rather than onboarding for a fortnight.

What if I only need a developer for a single project?

Then the project-based model fits better than a hire. We scope it, quote a fixed price, and ship it end to end, so you get the build without managing a contractor day to day. Many clients start with a project and move to a dedicated developer once the roadmap grows.

Related

Rather scope a specific job?

If you know the shape of the work, these pages cover the productised versions.

Start hiring

Tell us what you need built.

Send a short brief: your store, your stack, and whether you want a dedicated developer, part-time capacity, or a fixed project. We reply within 48 hours with the right match and the number.

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