Talal – Shopify, React, Next.js
Talal is a middle-to-senior Shopify theme engineer with 7 years of verified experience in theme development, OS 2.0 migrations, performance optimization, and Shopify Plus features. He demonstrates strong client communication, clear reasoning, and adaptability, with practical delivery across high-traffic storefronts. App/backend skills are developing, with strengths in theme-focused roles and direct client collaboration.
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Senior Front-end Developer
It is a globally recognised sports nutrition brand operating on Shopify Plus, offering premium supplements and performance products. The storefront is built for high traffic and high performance, with a strong focus on scalability, fast page loads, and a consistent customer experience across multiple regions and languages.



- Supported and refined Shopify Markets configurations to ensure correct regional behaviour across storefronts;
- Enhanced and maintained core Shopify Plus theme functionality across templates, sections, and snippets;
- Implemented UI and design improvements aligned with brand guidelines and conversion-focused best practices;
- Supported custom theme logic and frontend behaviour to keep the site scalable and stable during high traffic periods;
- Delivered performance optimisations to improve load times and maintain strong Core Web Vitals;
- Ensured cross-browser and cross-device compatibility through thorough QA and responsive fixes.
Senior Shopify Engineer
It is an official store that is a high-traffic Shopify eCommerce site for licensed merchandise, built to support frequent product drops, high concurrency traffic, and a large catalogue across apparel, music, and accessories. The storefront is optimised for fast browsing on mobile and desktop, with strong collection navigation, filtering, predictive search, and a smooth cart and checkout experience.



- Built and maintained custom bundle functionality within a Shopify Liquid theme, enabling bundled product offers with correct add-to-cart behaviour and a clean UI experience;
- Implemented and refined collection filtering to improve product discovery across large catalogues and reduce time to product selection
- Implemented and configured Shopify Markets (multi-market setup) to support international selling, localisation, and a consistent cross-region storefront experience;
- Delivered site speed and Core Web Vitals improvements by optimising Liquid templates, reducing unnecessary JavaScript, improving asset loading, and removing performance bottlenecks;
- Enhanced predictive search UX and results presentation to help users find products faster, especially during high traffic periods;
- Resolved theme-level bugs across sections, snippets, templates, and cart interactions, improving stability and reducing checkout friction;
- Shipped ongoing UI refinements across collection pages, PDPs, search, and cart to improve usability and conversion consistency.
Shopify Developer
It is a complex store developed in Shopify Plus using JS, Vue.js, Shopify Flow, and scripts, with high-end customisations to its functionality, including third-party setup, rewards and subscription integration, and checkout customisations.





- Designed and implemented new features while troubleshooting and resolving existing issues to improve platform performance and user experience;
- Created custom sections and blocks to enable dynamic, merchant-configurable layouts;
- Tailored third-party and custom Shopify apps (e.g., Recharge) to meet specific business needs;
- Developed custom scripts and automated workflows to streamline operations;
- Implemented Shopify APIs (Cart, Product, Order)
- Delivered high-quality, maintainable code while optimizing site speed through performance tuning, resulting in faster load times and improved Core Web Vitals.
Front-End Developer
This shop was founded in 1974 as a pet food supplier. It’s one of the most reliable and fastest-growing companies, with great customer support and trust. Their main services, in addition to their fascinating products, include nutritional advice, pet ID tag engraving, weight checks, puppy training, self-service dog wash, and pet grooming.



- Developed and maintained home, product, category, and cart pages, ensuring a smooth and user-friendly shopping experience;
- Configured and implemented Klevu (JSv2), enhancing on-site search, filtering, and sorting capabilities for better product discovery;
- Set up and managed metafields for product listings and product detail pages to support dynamic and customizable content;
- Customized and extended Shopify apps to align with specific business and operational requirements;
- Implemented and integrated Shopify APIs (Cart, Product, Order) to support core eCommerce functionalities;
- Built and enhanced custom functionalities using JavaScript to meet unique project needs;
- Developed and optimized features using Online Store 2.0, leveraging sections and modular architecture for flexibility and scalability.
Shopify Developer
It is a leading Shopify theme and eCommerce solutions platform that helps merchants scale by providing a high-performance theme and a suite of add-ons that reduce dependency on third-party apps. The product is built around speed, mobile-first UX, conversion-focused features, and strong merchant support.



- Designed and developed core theme add-ons to extend functionality and support brand-centric features;
- Led the migration of the theme to Online Store 2.0, restructuring templates and sections for improved flexibility and maintainability;
- Implemented metafields and data-driven theme logic to give merchants more control and enable advanced use cases;
- Built dynamic sections and blocks allowing merchants to add and manage flexible content layouts without code changes;
- Delivered SEO improvements across templates, metadata, and key storefront components;
- Implemented global translations for theme settings and UI content to support international merchants;
- Optimised theme performance with a focus on faster loading and improved Core Web Vitals;
- Contributed to customer support by troubleshooting store issues and guiding merchants on best practice implementations.