About the Role
We’re looking for a Full Stack Developer who helps us build, improve, and scale the digital foundation behind our business. This is a role with real ownership: you’ll work closely with E-Commerce, CRO, Marketing, and IT to turn ideas into fast, reliable, and customer-facing solutions.
Responsibilities
- Build and improve our Shopify Plus storefront, including Liquid, JavaScript/TypeScript, theme architecture, and custom functionality.
- Support projects across checkout, cart flows, apps, and customer experiences.
- Use modern AI coding tools as your daily driver to accelerate development, improve workflows, and help build internal tools and automations.
- Create and iterate on A/B tests and conversion improvements, working closely with our CRO and E-Commerce teams.
- Turn insights into practical changes that improve the customer journey.
- Contribute to our Shopify Plus infrastructure, including custom apps, Shopify Functions, APIs, tracking integrations, and automation workflows.
- Help keep our webshop fast, stable, and scalable by improving Core Web Vitals, code quality, accessibility, and overall frontend performance.
- Work closely with CRO, E-Commerce, Trade Marketing, and IT to translate business needs into clear technical solutions.
Requirements
- 1-3+ years of experience building web applications or e-commerce experiences.
- Ideally hands-on experience with Shopify Plus, Liquid, themes, or Shopify APIs.
- Comfortable with JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML/CSS, and modern frontend development.
- Actively use AI tools in your development workflow and know how to evaluate, improve, and validate AI-generated solutions.
- Like taking responsibility, working independently, and turning ideas into shipped features – while knowing when to ask for input.
- Focus on solving problems and delivering value.
- Know when a solution needs more depth and when a simple approach is the right one.
- Can communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Comfortable working in English.
- Enjoy working with unclear requirements and turning them into concrete solutions.
- Document your work and care about maintainable code.
- Curious about AI, automation, and how technology can make teams faster.
- Want to grow into a developer who creates real impact in a fast-moving environment.
Skills
- Shopify Plus
- Liquid
- JavaScript/TypeScript
- Theme architecture
- Custom functionality
- Checkout flows
- Cart flows
- Shopify apps
- Customer experiences
- AI coding tools
- Internal tools
- Automation
- A/B testing
- Conversion optimization
- Shopify Functions
- APIs
- Tracking integrations
- Core Web Vitals
- Code quality
- Accessibility
- Frontend performance
- React
- Next.js
- Remix
- Tailwind
Location
- Hamburg
- Berlin
- Remote (Germany)
Work Type
- Full-time
- Remote
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 1-3+ years
Benefits
- Ahead snacks, drinks, and merch
- €50 monthly allowance
- Urban Sports Club membership
- Mobility options
- Vouchers from IKEA, MediaMarkt, Lego and more
- 28 vacation days
- Two extra days off (Dec 24th & Dec 31st)
- Regular after-work hangouts
- Annual team offsites
About the Company
- At ahead, we’re building the snack brand for a new generation – one that loves chocolate, cookies & gummies, but doesn’t love what sugar does to their bodies.
- We use cutting-edge food tech to reinvent childhood favorites: no added sugar, no empty carbs – just full taste, better ingredients, and zero compromise.
- The result? Everyday indulgence that actually fits your lifestyle.
- Let’s make low-sugar the new normal. And fun again.
- We’re growing fast, expanding across Europe, and looking for smart, driven, curious minds to join us.
- If you’re ready to change how millions of people snack – for good – we’d love to meet you.
Equal Opportunity
- ahead GmbH is an equal opportunity workplace and is devoted to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.
