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Hire a Shopify Theme Developer
Bespoke Shopify theme developers building in Liquid and Online Store 2.0.
What You Get
What You Get
Custom Themes
Placeholder — bespoke themes from design to deployment.
Theme Edits
Placeholder — modify and extend any existing Shopify theme.
Performance
Placeholder — theme speed and Core Web Vitals optimization.
Engagement Models
Three Ways to Work With Us
Dedicated Monthly
Your specialist, full-time, on your tools and in your standups. Best for continuous roadmaps and brands shipping every week.
From $2,400 / month
- 160 hours per month
- Direct Slack access and daily standups
- Mid-level, senior and lead tiers available
- Monthly rolling, 30 days notice
Part-Time Retainer
A fixed block of hours each month for maintenance, improvements and the small jobs that pile up. Best for stores that are stable but not static.
From $800 / month
- 40 or 80 hours per month
- Prioritised task queue
- Unused hours roll over one month
- Upgrade to dedicated at any time
Project-Based
Fixed scope, fixed price, fixed deadline. Best for migrations, rebuilds and anything with a clear finish line.
From $3,500
- Written scope agreed before work starts
- Milestone billing, not full payment upfront
- 30 days post-launch support included
- Blended rate $25 to $45 per hour
A dedicated seat costs roughly a fifth of the loaded cost of a comparable US hire, with no recruitment fee, no benefits and no notice period. Most brands start on a part-time retainer and move to dedicated once the roadmap outgrows the hours. We will tell you honestly if a project quote serves you better than a monthly commitment.
Why KolachiTech
In-House, Freelancer, or Us
| In-House Hire | Freelancer | KolachiTech | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to start | 3 to 5 months | 1 to 2 weeks | Under 1 week |
| Monthly cost | Salary + benefits + payroll tax | Variable, often hourly | From $800 |
| Upfront cost | Recruitment fee, equipment | None | None |
| Vetting | You do it | You do it | Done, with work samples |
| Cover for illness or leave | None | None | Agency bench |
| Code review | Only if you have a second dev | None | Included |
| Scaling down | Redundancy process | Easy | 30 days notice |
| Specialist depth | One person's skill set | One person's skill set | Full team behind each seat |
| Documentation | Depends on the person | Rare | Standard on every handover |
How It Works
From First Call to First Commit
Scope
A 30-minute call to understand your stack, your roadmap and the gap you are filling. We will tell you which role actually solves it, even when it is a smaller engagement than you asked about.
Match
We put forward specialists from our team with the relevant experience, including work samples from comparable builds. You interview them yourself.
Trial Week
Your chosen specialist works a real ticket from your backlog. If the fit is wrong, you owe nothing and we match again.
Scale
Once embedded, adjust up or down each month as your roadmap changes. No renegotiation, no penalty.
Skills & Stack
Skills and Stack
A Shopify theme developer from KolachiTech builds themes that load fast, survive Shopify updates, and follow Online Store 2.0 architecture properly. That means sections built with JSON schema, dynamic blocks that merchants can reorder without touching code, and Liquid that is refactored for Core Web Vitals rather than a vanity speed score.
When you hire a Shopify theme developer from our team, you get someone who understands the difference between a theme that looks good in a demo and one that performs on a live store with 500 products, 12 apps installed, and a mobile traffic majority. Our developers set up Git version control on your theme as standard practice, so changes are trackable and reversible — not lost in the Shopify admin editor.
Case Studies
Brands we've helped grow
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From Our Blog
Written by the Same Team
How to Optimize Shopify Liquid Code for Better Theme Performance
Covers setup, pitfalls and the fixes that actually hold up. Read the full guide.
How to Set Up Shopify Theme Testing and Version Control with Git
Everything laid out in plain English, start to finish. Read it before your next build.
How to Build a Custom Shopify Section Using Liquid and JSON Schema
Clear guidance you can apply to your store this week. Get the full breakdown.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Explore our Shopify development services, browse our case studies, or browse all hire roles. Ready to talk? Book a discovery call.
Tell us what you are trying to ship
A 30-minute call is usually enough to work out which role you need, what it will cost and how soon it can start. No pitch deck, no pressure.
