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We essentially use web components as a templating language to dynamically generate a GraphQL query to Shopify. Then render the data as text nodes inside the web components. This is powerful because the components don't include shadow roots. So you can come with your own HTML and CSS.
Most web component libraries are opinionated about design, and give you many CSS custom properties or CSS parts to customize. We tried really hard to invert that, and instead give you the design control. Most of our web components just produce a text node, with no shadow root!
There's a few exceptions, like the cart for example, where it's easier to just have an out of the box component that does it all for you `<shopify-cart>`. Though...you can actually build the entire cart component with the lower level primitives!
"Why shouldn't I stick to server side rendered pages?"
Hydrogen is still server rendered. Server components themselves never execute in the browser.
What we do
Our current stack is React, Redux, CSS Modules, Babel, SystemJS, and webpack. We love JavaScript and we love open-source. We champion autonomy, innovation and accountability. On average we release to prod a couple times a day (501 releases in 2016).
What you'll do
You'll work on an autonomous squad with another front-end dev and a couple of back-end devs. Your squad also has a dedicated product designer, product manager, and QA engineer. From start to finish, you'll work together to design and build products that revolutionize the professional tax industry. You will have opportunities to research new technologies, learn, grow, mentor, and be mentored.
What we look for
We look for candidates who are excited about JavaScript and the front-end web development ecosystem. We look for experience in developing real-world web applications that scale with users as well as features. Beyond technical proficiency, we love candidates who are collaborators, self-motivated, passionate and driven to build excellent products.
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