--- title: 'Technical Lead, Web Development (Shopify / Liquid, Recharge) at ButcherBox' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/technical-lead-web-development-shopify-liquid-recharge-butcherbox-watertown-ak2mz1cp8sfr' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-20' --- # Technical Lead, Web Development (Shopify / Liquid, Recharge) at ButcherBox - **Company:** ButcherBox - **Location:** Watertown, MA - **Posted:** 2026-10-15 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-20 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/butcherbox/jobs/4430294009 ## Job description ## Who We Are ButcherBox is a certified B Corp headquartered in Boston, and honored to be celebrating our fourth year in a row on Inc.'s list of Best Workplaces. At ButcherBox, we believe in better. That’s why we deliver 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef, free-range organic chicken, pork raised crate-free, and wild-caught seafood directly to our members’ doors. All of our products are humanely raised or wild-caught and never given antibiotics or added hormones ever. We’re working to build a world that’s better for all, and we’re inviting everyone to come along. For us, better means treating our planet with respect. It means improving the lives of animals and the livelihoods of farmers. It means never cutting corners when it comes to doing business. Ultimately, it means better meals, enjoyed together. Our team is made up of people who collaborate and support one another. We’re always looking for outstanding people to join our mission! ## About the Job A hands-on technical leader to own the technical health and direction of Shopify storefront. You are responsible for setting standards our web developers build against, staying deep in the code, and partnering with PMs, designers, our engineering and data teams, and our external agency and partners (Shopify and Recharge) to keep the customer-facing experience fast, maintainable, and evolving with the platform. Fosters leadership in others. Leads cross-functional projects. Champions company culture. Models at least three core values and is working on others. Develops high-potential employees. You'll spend meaningful time in the codebase, and meaningful time making the developers around you better. Compensation: $140,000-160,000 base salary + annual bonus Location: Hybrid (2 days a week in office) preferred, open to US-based remote candidates ## What you'll do - Own the technical direction and architecture of the Shopify/Liquid theme and storefront: the patterns, conventions, and structural decisions the team builds within, and the roadmap for paying down what no longer serves us. - Act as Tech Lead for our internal web developers: review PRs, set and enforce coding guidelines, and give clear technical direction on how work should be approached before it starts. - Stay hands-on. Build features yourself, take on the hardest tickets, and prototype the approach when a pattern needs proving out. Roughly a player/coach split, with the coaching never crowding out the code. - Manage the technical relationship with third parties, including our design and development agency partners: scoping work, setting expectations on architecture and quality, reviewing what they deliver, and making sure their output fits cleanly into our codebase. - Stay current with the evolution of the Shopify platform and drive internal adoption of new capabilities: so ButcherBox leans on platform functionality rather than accumulating custom implementations we then must maintain. - Work with our internal engineering and data teams where the storefront meets the broader stack:  APIs and services, analytics and event tracking, authentication, and anything that crosses the boundary between Shopify and our own systems. - Partner with product management to help design, scope, and validate product direction: bringing technical feasibility, effort, and risk into the conversation early, and helping shape what we build rather than only how. - Act as a highly cross-functional player. Translate between the technical and the business, working closely with e-commerce, marketing, design, and data and analytics teams on launches, A/B tests, tracking and pixels, and promotions, etc. - Will work closely with backend engineering across all projects. ## What you bring - 7+ years of web development experience, with substantial time in Shopify/Liquid. - Experience with Recharge or other large key Shopify partners - Demonstrated technical leadership on a team: you've owned architecture, set standards, reviewed others' code, and raised the level of the developers around you, even if the title never said "lead." - Strong HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript fundamentals, with a working command of the broader Shopify ecosystem: theme architecture, apps, metafields and metaobjects, Liquid edge cases, and where the platform's limits are. - A pragmatic, maintainable approach: you extend the theme and its conventions rather than over-engineering or rebuilding from scratch, and you can tell the difference between technical debt worth paying down and technical debt worth living with. - Experience working with and directing external agency partners, and comfort holding a quality bar with people who don't report to you. - Clear communication with non-engineers: you can explain a tradeoff to a PM or a designer in terms of what it costs and what it buys, and you're a credible partner in shaping product direction. - Collaborative and comfortable in an agile cadence, shipping through a PR review process in cross-functional squads. - Understanding of broader Shopify ecosystem like app proxies, applications, checkout extensions, webhooks and similar advanced features. ## Nice to have - Subscription or DTC e-commerce experience, particularly with Recharge or a comparable subscription platform. - Depth in web performance and accessibility best practices: Core Web Vitals, WCAG, and the practical work of holding those standards in a theme that's actively changing. - Experience with A/B testing and experimentation tooling (e.g., Optimizely) and the technical patterns that keep experiments from degrading the codebase. - Strong understanding of data collection, analytics, and event tracking within an e-commerce site. - Experience with Shopify Plus capabilities: Functions, checkout extensibility, Hydrogen/headless: and a clear-eyed view of when they're worth adopting and when they aren't. ## Benefits - Health: medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, an employer-funded HSA, and short & long-term disability benefits - Financial: 401(k) with generous employer match - Annual bonus based on company performance - Time off: unlimited paid time off policy, 20 weeks parental leave, an executive team that encourages a good work/life balance - Personal growth: Annual Learning & Development stipend, and access to a range of personal and professional coaching solutions through BetterUp - Food: a free Custom Classic ButcherBox each month and weekly lunch reimbursement - Other: reimbursement for wellness activities, an exceptional EAP, fertility benefits, life insurance and more ButcherBox is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive environment at all steps in the hiring process. Every qualified applicant will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We are happy provide reasonable accommodations during our hiring process. [Please click here if you need to request an accommodation for your interview.](https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=zXoMNYXuvUSKq2OKFaD2AA7kHkxPHTJAgVs8REdbgaZUOVk0MTcwQUtRRjBERUhQMTRGWUhHU1dHUC4u) ButcherBox does not use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in any part of our hiring process. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us. ## About ButcherBox ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: A direct-to-consumer meat and seafood subscription service delivering humanely raised, responsibly sourced proteins to customers’ doors. - **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped — no outside investors) - **Headquarters**: Watertown, Massachusetts, USA - **Founded**: 2015 - **Founders**: Mike Salguero ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Direct-to-consumer (DTC) food & beverage, specifically meat and seafood subscription - **Target customers**: B2C — health-conscious consumers, families, and individuals seeking high-quality, ethically sourced meat and seafood - **Mission statement**: “Making the world's best meat — humanely raised, responsibly sourced, no shortcuts — the easiest choice you make all week.” They also state: “We’re here for the farmers who raise our animals, the planet we source from, the people who work for us, throughout our supply chain, and the families we feed.” ## Products & Services - **ButcherBox Subscription (Box)**: A monthly subscription box of curated, frozen, humanely raised meat and sustainably harvested seafood. Subscribers choose their preferred cuts and box size. The product is B Corp Certified and features a “never-ever” ingredient policy (no antibiotics, no added hormones, no artificial anything). Delivery is direct to consumer doors nationwide. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (bootstrapped, no investors). The company states, “No investors. No fiduciary board. Just the people we feed.” - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue is not publicly disclosed. As a private, bootstrapped company, revenue figures are not shared. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: None — the company is fully self-funded with no outside investment. Partners include independent farmers, fishermen, and food system workers. - **Growth Signals**: Having served over “1 billion meals” since 2015. Recognized as an Inc. Best Workplaces honoree for three consecutive years (2022, 2023, 2024). The company has grown to ~356 employees (per Built In) and operates both a headquarters in Watertown, MA and fully remote team members across the U.S. ## Competitive Advantages - **B Corp Certification**: One of the most rigorous third-party business certifications for social and environmental performance. ButcherBox is the only B Corp Certified meat and seafood company that sources exclusively from partners with 3rd party animal welfare certification. - **Bootstrapped & Independent**: No investor pressure allows the company to prioritize mission (animal welfare, sustainable farming, worker equity) over profit maximization. - **Longest “Never-Ever” Ingredient List**: 200+ items banned from their supply chain (antibiotics, added hormones, artificial ingredients). - **Direct Relationship with Supply Chain**: Partners with farmers and fishermen directly, paying them fairly and investing in their futures. - **Mission-Driven Advocacy**: Actively campaigns for policy changes (e.g., antibiotic-free school lunches, protecting Bristol Bay watershed) which builds brand trust and differentiation. ## Strategic Focus - **Expanding Access**: Making “the world’s best meat accessible — not just to people who can afford it, but to as many families as possible.” - **Supply Chain Investment**: Investing in soil health research, next-generation sustainable farmer programs, and animal welfare improvements. - **Sustainability**: Minimizing environmental footprint and holding partners to high standards. - **Customer Obsession**: Continuously improving the customer experience (from sourcing to delivery) to remain the easiest choice for ethically sourced protein. ## Why Work Here - **Culture & Values**: The company was named an Inc. Best Workplaces honoree three years running (2022-2024). Core values include: Authentic, Relentless Improvement, Customer Obsessed, Accountable, and Humble. Culture is defined by core values and people, not by unlimited vacation or swag. - **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: ButcherBox is a flexible workplace. They have a headquarters in Watertown, MA, but many team members are fully remote across the U.S. Team members local to Boston are asked to come into the office at least twice a week to build community and collaboration. - **Benefits & Perks**: - Unlimited PTO - 100% paid parental leave - Annual bonus based on company performance - Generous 401(k) match - Full medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and employer-funded HSA - Short & long-term disability benefits - Wellness benefits: fitness reimbursement, mental health counseling sessions - **Free monthly meat/seafood box** (or can be sent to friends/family) - **Engineering Culture**: The company is seeking a Principal Analytics Architect (as of the last job board listing), indicating a data-driven approach to growth and operations. - **DEI & Purpose**: Strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion across the business and supply chain. The mission-driven nature attracts employees who value animal welfare, sustainability, and social impact. ## Sources 1. [butcherbox.com/about](https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/about-us) 2. [butcherbox.com/careers](https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/careers) 3. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/butcherbox](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/butcherbox) 4. [inc.com/profile/butcherbox](https://www.inc.com/profile/butcherbox) 5. 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