Frontend Developer

July 14, 2025

Job description

Full job description

We’re Sports Cards Direct, The UK’s Largest Independent Trading Card Retailer, and one of the fastest-growing names in the space. But we’re not just selling cards. We’re building a brand collectors love, a platform that scales, and a team genuinely excited to push what eCommerce can do.

Our in-house creative team is sharp, fast, and always experimenting. Campaigns drop weekly. Features evolve fast. We’ve outgrown relying on external devs, so now, we’re bringing development in-house.

If you’re the kind of developer who wants to build fast, launch often, and have a real say in how things work, this is your place.

The Role

You’ll be the go-to for all things development. Your focus? Building the tools, features, and infrastructure that push our Shopify Plus store forward.

You won’t be uploading products or changing banners, that’s handled elsewhere. Whilst this is a predominantly front-end focused dev role, there will be occasional crossover to backend development as and when required. You will be instrumental in setting up our in-house development team with room to shape, streamline, and grow the function, influencing tech choices along the way.

What You’ll Be Doing

Develop and evolve our Shopify Plus store using Liquid, JavaScript, HTML/CSS
Build and maintain custom features, sections, and landing pages
Create API integrations with external systems (CRM, stock, shipping tools, etc.)
Optimise site speed, structure, and overall user experience
Collaborate with our creative team to bring marketing campaigns to life
Setting up and configuring modern dev tools (Shopify CLI, GitHub Actions / MS Devops, Hydrogen etc)
Stay ahead of Shopify platform changes and roll out updates effectively

Projects You’ll Jump Into

Building product launch pages for limited-edition drops
Creating custom filtering or bundle tools
Improving mobile UX across the site
Streamlining the checkout experience
Developing internal tools or logic for exclusive promotions

Essential Skills

A minimum of 2+ years demonstrable experience of Shopify Plus / Liquid / Shopify Integrations
Vanilla JavaScript, HTML and CSS
Set up and use of GIT-based version control and CI / CD pipelines (Devops, GitHub Actions)
Frontend build tools such as Webpack or Vite, plus experience of NPM / Node
Proven ability to build and integrate RESTful APIs effectively
Figma and task management tools such as JIRA or Azure Devops
A good understanding of Database design with SQL, MySQL, and NoSQL technologies
Working knowledge of cross-browser development and testing, including the use of tools such as BrowserStack
A Proactive, self-managing, fast problem solver who is comfortable prioritising high-impact work
A minimum of 4+ years of commercial development experience

Bonus Points If You Have:

SCSS / SASS skills
Typescript, React or Flutter experience
Progressive Web App (PWA) development
Shopify CLI, Hydrogen exposure
Server-side scripting such as C# .NET Core 6+ (preferable) or NodeJS
Experience of ORM frameworks, such as Dapper or Entity Framework for .NET, and TypeORM or Prisma for NodeJS
Azure Functions, AWS Lambda or .NET Web APIs
Familiarity with Visual Studio / VSCode
Technical SEO knowledge (schema, indexing, speed improvements)
CRO or UX experience
Experience working with content/marketing teams
A passion for trading cards (or at least get the hype)