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Hire Shopify developers who keep your storefront selling
Themes, apps, checkout customizations and the integrations behind your store. A dedicated Shopify developer from Latin America who works your hours and ships changes without breaking the storefront.
TRUSTED BY TEAMS WHOSE CLOUDTASK HIRES HAVE STAYED 5 TO 8 YEARS
How it works
How do I hire a Shopify developer?
You do one thing: interview. We handle everything else.
Post the role
5 minutes. The role, the motion, the tools, the comp band. That is all we need to start.
Review your matches
3 to 5 matches in 48 hours.
Interview and hire
We coordinate interviews. On Managed Staffing, we also handle payroll and compliance across LATAM.
WHY TEAMS TRUST CLOUDTASK
What you get with every hire
Dedicated to your codebase
One Shopify developer who learns your code, your conventions and your roadmap. Not a freelancer who closes a ticket and moves on.
Same hours as your team
Latin America and the Caribbean overlap the US working day, so code review, standups and production issues get handled live.
Searched against your stack
Your theme, the apps you run, your plan and the systems your store syncs with come from your brief, and each profile is checked against them before you see it.
Replacement guarantee
24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire. If the fit is wrong, the guarantee covers the replacement search.
WHY CLOUDTASK
Staffing with numbers behind it
10,000+
hires placed
since 2016
85%
still in seat
past 90 days
24 months
replacement guarantee
on Managed Staffing
12
countries
across Latin America and the Caribbean
TECH STACK
The Shopify stack we screen for
Themes
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Liquid templates and sections
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Online Store 2.0 theme architecture
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Shopify CLI and theme version control
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Theme performance and accessibility
Apps and extensions
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Custom and public app development
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Admin API and Storefront API
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Webhooks
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Checkout and theme app extensions
Headless and integrations
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Hydrogen and headless storefronts
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ERP, inventory and fulfillment integrations
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Metafields and metaobjects
PRICING MODEL
Managed Staffing.
Managed Staffing is open to every role we place. We find the person, handle payments and compliance, and stay involved after the hire with check-ins, visibility, and escalation when something is off. You get the person. We keep the machine running. For roles that create demand, outbound SDRs, BDRs, demand generation and full-cycle AEs, Managed Staffing runs on a six-month minimum term.
Pay
One all-in monthly rate
Per person. That is the number, and there is nothing added to it.
In the monthly rate
- Sourcing from the CloudTask staffing and recruiting company
- Screening and vetting
- Matching coordination
- Worker payments
- Compliance and employment administration
- Onboarding support at day 0, 7, 30 and 60
- Ongoing check-ins with the hire and with you
- Time and activity tracking, on by default
- Performance escalation
- 24-month replacement guarantee. Replacements not capped.
- Health benefits available on request
- Equipment benefits available on request
Stays with you
- The work itself
- Priorities and direction
- Who you hire
$299 to start your search. One time, not a subscription. It applies to your buyout or toward your first placement.
Start your searchPRICING MODEL
Direct Hire.
Direct Hire is open to every role we place. We find the person, vet them, and hand them over. You employ them, you manage them, you own the relationship from day one. Roles that create demand usually land here, because live call feedback and daily coaching work best coming straight from your sales leader, and there is no minimum term.
Pay
20% to 30%
Of first-year base salary. One time, quoted per role, paid when they accept.
In the fee
- Sourcing from the CloudTask staffing and recruiting company
- Screening and vetting
- Shortlist of matched candidates
- Interview coordination
- Offer support
- 6-month replacement guarantee. One replacement, same job description.
Yours when they accept
- Employment and payroll
- Compliance and employment administration
- Ongoing management
- Time and activity tracking
- Health benefits and equipment benefits
$299 to start your search. One time, not a subscription. It applies to your buyout or toward your first placement.
Start your searchHow CloudTask compares
Run the numbers. We did.
The same role, three ways to fill it.
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| US Direct Hire | Staffing Agency | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to First Interview | 48 hours | 3 to 6 weeks | 2 to 4 weeks |
| Payroll & Compliance | Included on Managed Staffing | You manage | Included in rate |
| Vetting Process | Human + AI verified | You screen | Recruiter screened |
| Candidate spam | Screened out before you see a profile | Common | Low |
| Tool Verification | Verified per candidate | Self-reported | Rarely verified |
| Free Replacements | 24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire | None | Variable |
Testimonials
Trusted by teams that hire with us
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LATAM has been a gold mine for talent. Our CloudTask hires understand our company culture and mission, and they connect with our customers in a way that drives high NPS and CX scores.
David Barrett CEO, Expensify -
At first we were an SF-based team only. Then I met Amir Reiter back in 2018. After visiting Medellín, I knew LATAM would be key to our growth and success.
Tim Zheng CEO, Apollo.io -
After meeting my CX and CS team in Medellín, we immediately loved the culture and the work ethic. As a European-HQ company, we found LATAM to be perfect to service our American clients.
Carl Carell CRO and Co-founder, GetAccept
SKILLS
Top skills to look for in a Shopify developer
Editing a theme is the entry ticket. These are the skills that decide whether your store stays fast, stable and easy to change during the weeks that matter most.
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Liquid and theme architecture
Builds sections and blocks that merchandisers can edit safely, instead of hard-coding content into templates.
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Apps that fit the platform
Knows when a custom app, an app extension or a theme change is the right tool, and does not reach for a new app for every request.
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API and webhook work
Uses the Admin and Storefront APIs with rate limits in mind, and handles webhooks that arrive twice or out of order.
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Storefront performance
Measures what each app script and theme change costs in load time, and removes what nobody uses.
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Checkout with care
Customizes checkout only through the extension points Shopify supports, so upgrades do not break the most important page of the store.
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Metafields and data modeling
Models product and content data in metafields and metaobjects that the team can maintain without a developer for each change.
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Safe releases
Works on a duplicate theme, keeps the theme in version control and ships changes when traffic is low, with a way back.
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AI output, reviewed
Uses coding assistants for boilerplate Liquid and API calls, and tests every change on a preview theme before it goes live.
HIRING GUIDE
How to hire Shopify developers
A Shopify hire is judged in the weeks when the store is busiest. This guide covers what a Shopify developer does, the difference between theme, app and headless work, what to test, the red flags and when a dedicated Shopify developer is the wrong hire.
What does a Shopify developer do?
Builds and maintains the code side of a Shopify store: the theme in Liquid, custom apps, checkout and theme extensions, and the integrations that connect the store to inventory, fulfillment, ERP and marketing tools.
Day to day that means shipping new sections and templates, fixing conflicts between apps, keeping the storefront fast and making sure data moves correctly between Shopify and the rest of your systems.
Theme, app or headless: which do you need?
Theme work is Liquid, sections and the storefront your customers see. App work is a separate application that talks to Shopify through its APIs. Headless work replaces the theme with a custom front end, for example with Hydrogen or another framework.
These are different skill sets posted under the same title. Decide which one your roadmap needs before you brief anyone, and say it in the brief.
Apps, scripts and storefront speed
Every installed app can add scripts to the storefront, and old apps often leave code behind after they are removed. Over time the store gets slower and nobody knows why.
A strong candidate audits what loads on each page, removes what is not used and can explain the trade-off between an app and a small custom feature.
Integrations and data
Most serious Shopify stores sync orders, inventory and customers with other systems. That work lives in the APIs and webhooks, and it fails quietly when a webhook is missed or a rate limit is hit.
Ask how the candidate handles retries, duplicate events and reconciliation, and how they notice when a sync has stopped.
What to test in a Shopify developer interview
Give a small task close to your real work: a new section with settings the merchandising team can edit, built on a copy of a theme. Read the Liquid for structure, naming and how it handles empty settings.
Then ask about a time an app or theme change broke the storefront. You want to hear how they found the cause, how they rolled back and what they changed in their release process.
Red flags in Shopify developer candidates
Editing the live theme. A candidate who makes changes directly on the published theme, with no copy and no version control, will eventually break the store during a sale.
An app for everything. If every request becomes a new app install, expect a slower storefront and a monthly bill nobody reviews.
No view on checkout limits. A candidate who promises checkout changes without mentioning the extension points Shopify supports has not shipped checkout work.
Webhooks treated as reliable. If duplicates, retries and missed events never come up, your integrations will drift out of sync.
Speed as an afterthought. A candidate who cannot say how they measure storefront performance will not notice when it gets worse.
When should you not hire a dedicated Shopify developer?
When your store runs well on a standard theme and a few apps, and the changes you need are content and merchandising. A store manager or a short project covers that.
It is also the wrong hire when nobody on your side owns the roadmap for the store. A single developer with no priorities tends to rebuild what already works.
How much does it cost to hire a Shopify developer?
It depends on seniority, the scope of the work and the country the person works from, and any single number describes one scenario and calls it a price.
What is worth understanding is the shape. On Managed Staffing it is one all-in monthly rate per person, with payments, compliance and replacement cover inside it. On Direct Hire it is a one-time fee of 20% to 30% of first-year base salary and the person goes on your payroll. We quote your number before you interview anyone.
Why hire a Shopify developer in Latin America?
Overlap. Development runs on code review, standups and incidents, and Latin America and the Caribbean share most of the US working day, so those happen in real time instead of overnight.
The second reason is communication. Your developer writes pull request descriptions, technical notes and status updates in English, and we screen English live on a call.
How does CloudTask hire for this role?
You send your theme, the apps you run, the integrations you need, the kind of work and the hours you need covered. We source against that brief and come back with 3 to 5 matched profiles within 48 hours, each one screened on a live call and checked against the stack you named.
You interview and choose. On Managed Staffing we handle payments, compliance and onboarding and stay involved with check-ins. On Direct Hire the person joins your payroll from day one. Both carry a replacement guarantee: 24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire.
FAQ
The fine print, in plain terms.
What is the difference between a Shopify developer and a Shopify store manager?
Can a Shopify developer work on our existing theme?
Can I hire a Shopify developer for a headless build?
Can you also find developers for other ecommerce platforms?
What is the $299 for?
Why is there no number on the monthly rate?
Who is the legal employer?
How does tracking work, and can I turn it off?
What happens if the person does not work out?
Is there a platform or subscription fee?
Ready to hire?
3 to 5 matches in 48 hours. Start with a quick role brief to get your shortlist.