Looking for a Developer?

If you are a business looking for a developer to help you with your online store, finding the right skills and expertise could look to be daunting. With the skillset being technical, how do you vet a candidate? Do you trust in the ratings of a recruiting system? What would be your best approach to finding the right individual for your business?

What eCommerce platform are you on?

To pair down the vast pool of programmers, splitting down the expertise is the first place you want to start with – Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce, BigCommerce and many more are the big players that offer online store environments. A Shopify Developer might have Magento Development skills, same as WooCommerce Development expertise. Given that many storeowners switch platforms due to various needs it requires developers to have multi-platform skills.

What type of tasks do you have?

Once the platform skills are prioritised, is the work you are looking to accomplish in specific areas? Let’s explore what these can be:

Design Change: You might be looking to change your design of your online store, to give it a fresh look and need someone to assist you in choosing a theme and getting your brand situated within it – a Web Designer might be the best approach.

Customer facing interface: It could be a Theme change, or tweaking the Theme to fit a purpose, of upgrading the home page. If it is User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX), then a front-end developer might be what you are looking for.

Back-end systems interconnectivity: If you need to connect two systems so as to transfer data like Orders to a financial system, or fulfilment system which requires Application Programming Interface (API) work, then a Back-end developer would be the right category.

The work can have a blend of needs, or an all-rounded developer, but most times a developer has their strengths and areas they are not as strong in.

Conclusion

There are a lot of techno-speak CV/resumes out there, but breaking down what you are looking to hire for helps you understand your needs, and start off having the right conversation with the right pool of people. Here at Dev2Serve have different developers that cover various areas of eCommerce, and if you are looking to explore your options, feel free to reach out to us.