Lazer is a world-class digital product studio composed of 180+ senior engineers and designers with backgrounds from companies like Apple, Google, Coinbase, and more. With our product experience, we have designed, engineered, and grown products from $0 to $200M in revenue.
Clients seek out our help because we have the talent to deeply understand their needs and provide industry, technical, or product insights that are uniquely valuable to their efforts. Our clients range from early-stage startups and venture studios to recognizable retail brands and exciting enterprises. Some of our notable clients include Google, Shopify, Coinbase, Alchemy, Hinge, OVO, Polymarket, and more.
We are a remote-first organization headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, with employees worldwide. We believe in providing the best experience possible for all Lazerites by fostering a strong community through regular events, company vacations, competitive compensation, unlimited PTO, and more!
Join Lazer and help us solve problems and build the next generation of products!
Who You Are:You’re a seasoned Senior Commerce Product Designer with deep expertise in Shopify and a passion for building conversion-focused eCommerce experiences. You excel at leveraging Shopify’s capabilities to create intuitive, scalable, and high-performing stores that balance beautiful brand storytelling with commercial results.
4+ years of experience in digital product design, with significant senior-level responsibility on Shopify or eCommerce projects
Hands-on expertise designing and optimizing Shopify stores — including full-site redesigns, theme customization, product pages, collection layouts, cart & checkout flows, and merchant admin experiences
Strong portfolio showcasing commerce-focused work: high-converting Shopify user flows, mobile-first shopping journeys, design systems tailored for Shopify themes, and measurable impact on conversion rates or user engagement
Expert proficiency in Figma (advanced components, variants, auto-layout, prototyping, and design system management)
Comfortable using AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, etc.) to accelerate research, ideation, exploration, and workflow
Deep understanding of Shopify’s platform — including its strengths, limitations, Liquid templating basics for design handoff, admin capabilities, app ecosystem, andeCommerce best practices (CRO, navigation, product presentation, accessibility, performance, and mobile UX)
Excellent communication and presentation skills — able to articulate design decisions tied to business goals, conversion metrics, and Shopify-specific opportunities
Experience with user testing platforms, motion design / micro-interactions for Shopify interfaces, and advanced interaction design is a plus
What You'll Do:
As a Freelance Senior Commerce Product Designer, you’ll join our contractor pool and work directly with Lazer’s commerce clients on Shopify projects. You’ll operate with high autonomy, leading end-to-end design while ensuring seamless collaboration with developers and tight alignment with merchant business objectives.
Lead zero-to-one builds and redesigns of Shopify stores — designing high-converting product pages, collection experiences, cart & checkout flows, navigation structures, and full-site architectures optimized for the Shopify platform
Conduct eCommerce-focused product and user discovery research (user interviews, competitive Shopify audits, journey mapping, usability testing, and CRO analysis) to identify opportunities that increase conversions and reduce friction
Create feature lists, user stories, information architecture diagrams, and Shopify-optimized sitemaps that support scalable merchandising and seamless shopping journeys
Wireframe and prototype end-to-end features and flows with a strong emphasis on mobile-first design, intuitive navigation, trust-building elements, and frictionless checkout experiences
Deliver high-fidelity UI and visual design with exceptional attention to detail, brand storytelling, typography, imagery systems, and conversion-oriented patterns tailored for Shopify themes
Build, evolve, and maintain commerce design systems that ensure consistency, scalability, and efficient theming across Shopify stores and related marketing assets
Prepare and deliver compelling client presentations, clearly communicating design rationale, Shopify-specific recommendations, UX decisions, and expected impact on sales metrics
Collaborate closely with developers for clean handoff (including Figma-to-Shopify asset organization and Liquid considerations), perform thorough design QA, and ensure final implementations match the intended vision while maximizing Shopify’s native capabilities
Manage your own schedules, priorities, and deliverables proactively across multiple retainer or project-based Shopify engagements in a fast-paced consulting environment
AI in our hiring process
We use AI to help us review and shortlist applications based on job-related criteria. A human hiring manager always makes the call on who moves forward. As a company that builds with AI every day, we're all for candidates using it too — just be upfront about how it helped.
Why Work With Us
🚀 Accelerate Your Growth: Work across multiple industries and cutting-edge projects with a team that ships fast.
💥 Maximum Impact: Shape the future of the tech industry by helping ambitious projects reach their potential.
🏅 True Ownership: Everyone ships code and has real autonomy with minimal meetings.
💡 Continuous Learning: Be part of a team of senior engineers and designers who love learning and knowledge sharing.
🤖 You Resist Modern Tools: We leverage AI and cutting-edge technology to build rapidly and focus our energy on solving the most complex, high-impact challenges for our clients.
🏗️ You Crave High Structure: We thrive in an autonomous, fast-moving environment, which means you need to be comfortable with some ambiguity.
😴 You Prefer Conventional Careers: Our consulting approach involves varied projects and direct client interaction — it's not for everyone.
1️⃣ You Like Staying in One Lane: Our projects require adapting to different tech stacks and modern tooling quickly.
🌐 Work From Anywhere: Choose your workspace — all you need is strong wifi and a passion for building!
🧘♂️ Work / Life Balance: We believe in our team’s ability to have it all; a great career, and time to unplug and live…you know...life.
🩺 Employee Care: We provide full benefits (healthcare, dental, vision) for our employees (401k for our US employees)
🏖️ Unlimited PTO: Everyone needs a break. Take at least 15 days off a year, and more if you need—just be cool about it and keep the team in mind.
🎉 Regular Team Retreat: Join us for a week of team bonding at amazing destinations. Recent trips include the Dominican Republic, Cancun, and Hawaii — plus ones welcome.
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