About the role

Senior Data Engineer

Engagement Mode: Remote

Timezone: India

Position Overview

We are seeking a senior-level contractor to serve as a fully dedicated frontend/data engineer for a Shopify-based e-commerce platform with a 320K+ SKU catalog. The contractor will take end-to-end ownership of search, discovery, and personalization capabilities, with a direct mandate to improve product discovery and conversion outcomes. This role is not shared across engagements and is expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy in a delivery-critical window.

Key Responsibilities

Design and implement Algolia index architecture for a large, complex product catalog
Build and maintain ETL pipelines syncing Shopify data (products, taxonomy, metafields) into Algolia
Perform SKU-level relevance tuning, ranking strategies, synonyms, facets, and analytics-driven optimization
Lead Algolia UI integration within the Shopify storefront
Implement performant, scalable search experiences (instant search, autocomplete, filtering, sorting)
Optimize search and discovery flows with a strong focus on conversion impact
Implement personalized search and recommendation UI components based on behavioral and metadata signals
Build and manage dynamic content blocks driven by personalization logic
Support integration of AI-assisted content pipelines (product enrichment, metadata/content generation)
Coordinate closely with the Data Engineering team for taxonomy schema and metafield handoffs
Work independently while aligning with product, delivery, and client stakeholders
Deliver against a fixed roadmap and timeline without supervision overhead

Required Skills

Proven, hands-on experience with Algolia (indexing, tuning, analytics)
Strong experience with Shopify (Storefront API, Liquid, metafields, large catalogs)
Frontend expertise using modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks (React or similar)
Experience building and maintaining data pipelines/ETL workflows
E-commerce search, discovery, and personalization experience
Large-scale product catalogs (100K+ SKUs strongly preferred)
Conversion-focused UX optimization
Able to ramp up quickly and operate with minimal onboarding
Comfortable owning architecture and delivery decisions within defined scope
Strong communication skills for cross-team and client-facing collaboration

Preferred (Bonus) Skills

Experience with 320K+ SKU catalogs
AI-assisted content pipeline integration experience
Behavioral and metadata signals analysis
Product enrichment and metadata generation experience