Hire eCommerce Developers
The platform is rarely the reason an online shop struggles. More often it is a checkout that loses people on mobile, stock figures that disagree with the warehouse, or a migration that dropped the old URLs. An ecommerce developer looks at the shop as a system, from product data to the delivered parcel.
Our ecommerce developers are full-stack engineers who work across platforms and do not start from a preferred one. The person assigned works in your accounts and repository and reports to you. We look after employment, equipment and cover.
Problems an ecommerce developer is hired to solve
These six are independent of platform. Whichever system you run, the same questions come up.
Choosing a platform
Comparing hosted and self-hosted options against your catalogue size, pricing rules, markets, integrations and the people who will maintain the shop. You get a written recommendation with the costs of each option, including the costs that are not development.
Replatforming and data migration
Products, customers, orders and content moved to the new system. Every URL with traffic or inbound links gets a redirect. Passwords often cannot be moved because platforms hash them differently, so account reactivation is planned.
Payment integration
Gateways, wallets, local payment methods and pay-later services. Hosted fields or redirects keep card numbers off your servers, which reduces what you must do for PCI DSS.
Stock, orders and accounting
Connecting the shop to an ERP, warehouse or accounting system. We decide with you which system is the source of truth for each field, and build queues and reconciliation reports so mismatches are noticed.
Checkout and page speed
Measuring Core Web Vitals on real devices, cutting scripts that block rendering, fixing layout shift and slow interactions, and removing steps and fields from checkout that do not need to be there.
Search, filters and product data
Attributes cleaned up so that filters work, a search engine that tolerates typing errors and synonyms, and product feeds for marketplaces and shopping channels.
Platforms and services in an ecommerce build
No single shop uses all of these. The point is that the developer can work with whichever ones you have.
- Platforms
- ShopifyWooCommerceMagento / Adobe CommerceOpenCartCustom Laravel builds
- Payments
- StripePayPalRazorpayAdyenApple PayGoogle Pay
- Search
- AlgoliaElasticsearchOpenSearchMeilisearch
- Front end
- ReactNext.jsVue.jsLiquidTailwind CSS
- Back end & data
- PHPNode.jsMySQLPostgreSQLRedisMessage queues
- Measurement
- Google Analytics 4Google Tag ManagerServer-side taggingCore Web Vitals
What level of ecommerce developer to ask for
Decide by the consequences of a mistake. A wrong colour is an annoyance. A wrong tax calculation is a liability.
Junior
Builds product and category pages, loads catalogue data, configures shipping zones and fixes display bugs, all on a test copy of the shop.
Choose when: tasks are well defined and a senior developer approves each release.
Mid-level
Integrates payment, shipping and email services, writes import and export jobs, and tests complete order flows including refunds and partial shipments.
Choose when: the platform is chosen and you need features and integrations delivered.
Senior
Advises on platform choice, plans a migration with its cut-over and fallback, and designs how the shop exchanges data with the other systems in the business.
Choose when: you are choosing or changing platform, or several systems must be connected.
From enquiry to working developer
Describe the shop
What you sell, where, on which platform, and with which payment and shipping providers. Say what is not working or what you plan to change.
You meet one engineer
We name the person we think fits and you talk to them. If you disagree with our choice, we put forward someone else.
A first task of limited size
For instance an audit of checkout, or one integration endpoint. It is real work, small enough to judge quickly.
Week by week
Work is recorded in your tools. A summary each week tells you what was released and what is held up. Invoicing is monthly.
Ecommerce developer rates
Our rates are published. Pick the role and move the sliders for an indicative budget.
Rate card
| Role | Hourly | Monthly* |
|---|---|---|
| Frontend / WordPress | AED 110 | AED 17,600 |
| Backend / API | AED 118 | AED 18,880 |
| Full-stack | AED 129 | AED 20,640 |
| Mobile (React Native / Flutter) | AED 129 | AED 20,640 |
| DevOps / Cloud | AED 147 | AED 23,520 |
| AI / Automation engineer | AED 165 | AED 26,400 |
| QA / Test engineer | AED 92 | AED 14,720 |
| UI / UX design | AED 103 | AED 16,480 |
*160 hrs/month full-time. Rates are indicative for planning, in UAE dirhams (converted from our US-dollar rates at the fixed peg of 3.6725), before VAT where applicable, and depend on seniority, contract length and timezone overlap. Longer engagements and multi-role teams are discounted — ask.
Should you hire an ecommerce developer from us?
We are a good choice when
- You are choosing or changing platform and want the options compared in writing.
- Your shop must exchange data with warehouse, accounting or marketplace systems.
- You need one person who can work on both storefront and back end.
- You are an agency that needs ecommerce development capacity.
Look elsewhere when
- You need a shop online by the weekend with no custom work. A hosted plan will do.
- You want advertising campaigns managed, which is a different service.
- You need a developer present in your office.
- You want a fixed quote for a migration before the old shop has been examined.
Questions on platforms, migrations and payments
Which platform should we use?
It depends on catalogue complexity, how unusual your pricing and checkout rules are, who will maintain the shop, and what it costs to run over several years. Hosted platforms cost less to operate and limit what you can change. Self-hosted ones allow anything and make you responsible for it.
Will a migration hurt our search rankings?
It can, if URLs change without redirects or if page content and structured data are lost. We export the old URL list, map each one, keep titles and descriptions, and check crawl errors after launch. Some fluctuation after a move is normal.
Can customer accounts and order history be moved?
Customer records and orders generally can, subject to what the import of the new platform accepts. Passwords usually cannot, so customers are asked to set a new one. Saved cards stay with the payment provider and need its help to transfer.
Do we need to worry about PCI DSS?
Every merchant that accepts cards has obligations, but the scope varies. If card details are entered on a page or in fields hosted by the payment provider, your part is much smaller. We build so that card numbers never reach your server. Your acquirer confirms which self-assessment applies.
Who owns the work?
You do. Code goes into your repository, accounts with platforms and payment providers are opened in your name, and ownership is written into the agreement.
What if we need to stop?
Engagements run month to month. Tell us before the next month starts. Open work is handed over with notes so that you or another developer can continue.
Tell us about your shop
Platform, rough order volume and the change you have in mind. If you have not chosen a platform yet, say what you sell and to whom. We reply within one business day.