Ecommerce Manager & Developer - Shopify

E-COMMERCE MANAGER, SHOPIFY & CONVERSION
Swerv Digital, Full-time, Remote (Philippines), Long-term


Do you look at a webshop and immediately see the five things costing the business money? Do you want to work somewhere that hands you a goal instead of a task list, and where AI is not a buzzword but the actual way the work gets done?

Swerv Digital is looking for an E-commerce Manager to own Shopify across our client portfolio: builds, migrations, integrations, and a relentless conversion programme that makes stores better month after month.

Please read the whole post before applying. We ask for something specific at the bottom, and applications that skip it are not considered.


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THE BASICS
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TYPE: Full-time, long-term. We are not hiring for a project.
LOCATION: Remote. You work from the Philippines.
SCHEDULE: Fully flexible. You d ---------- when you work.
SALARY: 1,000 USD per month to start, paid monthly.
GROWTH: Yearly salary re-evaluation plus yearly performance bonuses.
TOOLS: We pay for everything you need, including AI subscriptions, software and apps.
APPLY TO: ----------
TIMELINE: We are hiring within 1 to 2 weeks.


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HOW WE WORK: YOUR SCHEDULE, ZERO MICROMANAGEMENT
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You d ---------- when you work. Fully flexible.

We do not micromanage. Ever. There is no time tracker, no screenshot software, no check-in ritual to prove you were at your desk. We are a small, fast-moving team and that model only functions on trust in both directions.

What we care about is output, ---------- ntum and communication. Ship things. Tell us what you are working on. Flag problems early. Be reachable when it matters. Beyond that, structure your days however you actually work best.

This is a real advantage and also a real filter. Some people thrive with that much freedom and produce more than they ever did under supervision. Others need external structure to stay in motion, and quietly drift without it. If you are honest with yourself and you are the second type, this will not be a good year for either of us.

You should be the kind of person who gets EXCITED reading that paragraph, not nervous.


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ABOUT SWERV DIGITAL
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Swerv Digital is a performance marketing and e-commerce agency based in Aarhus, Denmark. We are a small, tight-knit team, Viktor, Frederik and RJ, and we are looking for someone who will not just fill a role, but genuinely become part of the team for years.

RJ, one of our core tea ---------- mbers, is Filipino. Our team already works across time zones and cultures every day, and it works well. We are direct, open and collaborative. You will not be treated as an outsourced pair of hands. You will be a member of the team with real ownership.

We work with ambitious e-commerce and service businesses across the Nordics and Europe. Real accounts, real budgets, real revenue on the line. We operate as an outsourced CMO and e-commerce manager rather than a traditional agency.

We are paid on performance. Not retainers for activity. Our income is tied to what we actually move for our clients. That shapes everything: what we build, what we ignore, and how we reward the team.


WE ARE EXTREMELY HEAVY ON AI

We are in the top 1% of companies globally in how deeply we have integrated AI into daily operations. Not "we use ChatGPT sometimes." We mean:

- An internal data and operations platform that our AI systems query directly
- 15+ live tool integrations: Shopify, Meta, Klaviyo, Google Ads, Notion, Slack, Ahrefs, Figma and more, all callable by AI agents
- Structured knowledge systems that let AI produce on-brand, compliant work at volume
- Automated weekly performance loops that pull data, apply decision rules and produce recommendations before anyone opens a spreadsheet
- Internal tools we built ourselves for creative intelligence and ad analysis

You do not need to have built any of this before. But you do need to WANT to work this way. If AI feels like a threat or a gimmick, you will be miserable here. If it feels like leverage, like the most interesting thing happening in your field, keep reading.

You will also get access to tooling and resources most people simply cannot get on their own. That is part of the deal, and part of why we care more about your potential than your CV.

Our biggest strength is flexibility. We move fast, constantly test new tools and models, and change how we work as better options emerge. We do not keep old processes for the sake of comfort.


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THE ROLE
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You will own Shopify at Swerv. That means building new stores, migrating stores onto Shopify, wiring up the integration and tracking stack, and running a continuous conversion programme across the portfolio.

We already sell Shopify builds, migrations and a monthly Shopify Unlimited service. Today that work is spread across the team. We want one person to take it, own it, and make it better than we could.

You will also be expected to build SYSTEMS, not just deliverables. Every migration you run should leave behind a better playbook. Every CRO audit should sharpen the framework. Every repetitive task should end up automated or AI-assisted. That compounding is the whole point.

On autonomy: we can give you context, priorities and access. We are not going to hand you a Figma file with every state specced out and a ticket for each button. You get a goal, for example "this store's mobile checkout is leaking, fix it" or "this client needs a B2B setup without Plus budget", and you find the path. Ask sharp questions up front, then go and deliver.

We will say it plainly: if you need detailed instructions to feel comfortable, this is the wrong job for you. That is not a criticism. Plenty of excellent people work best that way. We just cannot provide it.


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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
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SHOPIFY STORE BUILDS
Build complete stores from strategy through launch: information architecture, theme setup and customisation, product and collection structure, navigation, checkout flow, launch QA. New brands and full rebuilds of tired existing stores.

PLATFORM MIGRATIONS
Lead migrations onto Shopify, most often from WooCommerce, Magento or bespoke platforms. Product and customer data, URL and redirect mapping, SEO preservation, payment and subscription continuity, and a launch plan that does not tank traffic.

CONVERSION RATE OPTIMISATION
Run an ongoing CRO programme across the portfolio. Audit stores, find the friction, form hypotheses, prioritise by expected impact, build the tests, read results honestly, ship the winners. Product page structure and content, cart and checkout flow, upsell and cross-sell mechanics, mobile-first UX, page speed, trust elements, merchandising.

INTEGRATIONS AND APP STACK
Own the technical plumbing: Klaviyo, payment providers (Shopify Payments, Quickpay, MobilePay, Klarna), shipping and fulfilment (Shipmondo, GLS, PostNord, DAO), ERP and inventory systems, review platforms, loyalty and subscription apps, product feeds for Meta and Google. Learn which apps earn their monthly fee and which are bloat.

TRACKING AND DATA INTEGRITY
Make sure the numbers we optimise against are real. GA4, Meta Pixel and Conversions API, Google Ads conversion tracking, server-side tracking, Shopify analytics, consent mode and cookie compliance under EU rules. Broken tracking is the most expensive silent problem in e-commerce and you should treat it that way.

THEME AND FRONT-END WORK
Work confidently in Liquid, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Customise themes, build custom sections and blocks, use metafields and metaobjects properly, and learn when a custom build beats a bought theme, and when it does not.

AI-ASSISTED SYSTEMISATION
Turn what you do into repeatable, AI-supported systems: migration playbooks, CRO audit frameworks, reusable section libraries, automated QA checks, AI workflows that let one person cover a portfolio that would normally need three. You will have real influence over our internal tooling and we expect you to use it.

CLIENT COMMUNICATION
Talk directly to clients over email and video. Explain technical decisions in plain language, push back when a request is a bad idea, and take ownership when something breaks.


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REQUIREMENTS
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HANDS-ON SHOPIFY EXPERIENCE
You have built and worked inside real Shopify stores. You know your way around themes, products and collections, apps, and the admin. You do not need to have launched twenty stores, but you need to have actually shipped, not just studied.

FRONT-END SKILLS
Comfortable in Liquid, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. You can open a theme, understand it, and change it without breaking three other things. You are not intimidated by someone else's messy code.

CRO INSTINCT
You can look at a store and articulate what is wrong and why, from reasoning rather than a listicle of "17 CRO hacks." If you have not run formal tests before, that is fine, but you should be hungry to learn how to do it properly.

YOU GENUINELY LOVE WORKING WITH AI
You use it daily. You have opinions about which models are good at what. You have built or automated something yourself, even if it was small and scrappy. When a new tool ships, you have tried it before the newsletter about it arrives. This is not a nice-to-have here. It is how the job gets done.

FLUENT ENGLISH, NON-NEGOTIABLE
You must be genuinely fluent in written and spoken English. Our entire team communicates in English, and you will be writing to clients and joining video calls directly. If we experience a language barrier in the process, it is not a match. We would rather be blunt about this now than waste your time later.

SELF-DIRECTION
You get a goal and you run. You manage your own schedule and priorities without supervision, and you flag blockers early.

A STEEP LEARNING CURVE SOUNDS EXCITING, NOT SCARY
You want to be significantly better in six months than you are today, and you are willing to put in real effort to get there.

OWNERSHIP MENTALITY
When a store breaks on a Saturday, you care. Not because someone is watching, but because it is yours. In a team this size, there is nobody to hand it off to.

RELIABLE SETUP
Stable internet, a computer that can handle real work, a quiet space for calls.

COMMERCIAL INSTINCT
A beautiful store that does not convert is a failure. Every decision should be traceable to conversion rate, average order value, revenue or retention.


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NICE TO HAVE
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- B2B and wholesale experience: customer-specific pricing, net terms, quote flows, gated catalogues, often without Plus budgets
- Klaviyo depth: flows, segmentation, and the Shopify integration layer. We run Klaviyo across most of the portfolio.
- Custom app or Admin API development: private apps, middleware, webhook-driven automation
- Technical SEO: site structure, schema, Core Web Vitals, international and multi-market setups
- Headless or Hydrogen: we do not build headless by default, but knowing when it is genuinely right is valuable
- European market experience: you have worked with EU or Nordic e-commerce brands before


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SALARY, GROWTH AND BONUS
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- 1,000 USD per month to start, paid monthly.
- Yearly salary re-evaluation, based on what you have taken on and delivered, not on how long you have been here.
- Yearly performance bonuses. We are a performance marketing agency. We get paid mostly on the results we deliver, and we think the team should work the same way. When the agency performs, everyone is rewarded.
- Real room to grow. This role starts as owning Shopify. Where it goes depends on you. We are a small company with growing demand, and the people who take on responsibility get more of it, with the title and pay to match.
- We invest in your development. Tools, AI subscriptions, courses, experiments, we pay for them. The better you get, the better we all get.
- We pay on time. Every month. No chasing, no excuses.


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WHY JOIN SWERV DIGITAL
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You will not be one developer among twenty taking tickets from a project manager. You will be the e-commerce lead of a fast-moving agency, with direct influence over how we build, what we sell and what we deliver.

You will work on real accounts with real budgets. Because we are paid on performance, you will see exactly what your work did to the numbers. No vanity dashboards, no theatre.

You get autonomy by default, not as a reward after two years. You get a team that adopts better tools without arguing about it. And you will work at the front edge of AI-driven e-commerce operations, not reading about it, actually building it.

We are looking for someone to grow with us over years, not months.


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HOW TO APPLY
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SEND YOUR APPLICATION TO: ----------

This is important. Applications sent anywhere else will not be considered.

Include the following:

1. A PERSONAL INTRODUCTION
Who are you as a person? What do you like? What drives you? What are you curious about right now? This matters more to us than anything else in your application, so do not rush it and do not make it generic.

2. YOUR PREVIOUS WORK
Give us an idea of your experience: links to Shopify stores you have built or worked on, projects, jobs. Tell us specifically what YOU did.

Important: a long track record is NOT necessary. What matters is a genuine will to prove yourself and appetite for a steep learning curve. Most people have never had access to the kind of resources and tooling we work with, and we know that. We are not filtering for people who already had the opportunity. We are looking for the person who will do the most with it once they have it.

3. ONE CRO TEARDOWN
Pick any e-commerce store you like: one you have worked on, one you shop at, or any brand you find interesting. Tell us the three things you would change first, why, and what you would expect it to do to conversion rate. Keep it short. We are reading your thinking, not your word count.

4. ONE THING YOU HAVE BUILT OR AUTOMATED WITH AI
Any size. A workflow, a script, an agent, a prompt setup you actually use. Tell us what it does and why you bothered. Scrappy is fine. Honest is better.


TWO RULES, PLEASE READ THEM

The word CONVERT must appear in your application. Start your message with it. If the word is not there, your application will not be considered. No exceptions. It is how we know you read the post.

If you do not hear back from us within 72 hours, you have not been selected for an interview. We will not leave you waiting or wondering. We appreciate the time it takes to apply properly, and this is the clearest way we can respect it.

We are hiring within 1 to 2 weeks, so we look forward to hearing from you soon.

We are not looking for the most polished CV. We are looking for the right person.

Tip: make something nice out of your application, so you stand out.