Shopify Developer

Steve Lutz

Twelve years on Shopify and Shopify Plus. Themes that convert, launches that hold up, stacks that stay maintainable.

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About

I build commerce that ships.

Custom Liquid and OS 2.0 themes, cart and conversion work, and the launch support stores need when traffic is real. I stay close to the theme layer and work with your apps, without forcing a rebuild you do not need.

Focus

What I work on

Background

Where that experience came from

  1. 2024 to Present

    Independent Shopify developer

    Sole owner from brief to deploy for DTC brands on Shopify and Shopify Plus.

    Theme builds, launch support, and ongoing storefront work for DTC brands.

    Liquid OS 2.0 Freelance
  2. About 3 yrs, Plus

    Vuori

    Shopify Plus theme engineering at athletic-apparel scale.

    Owned and shipped custom theme work across cart, navigation, and peak-season launch support. Partnered with UX on A/B tests and kept the storefront stable through BFCM traffic.

    Shopify Plus Cart Themes BFCM
  3. Shopify Plus

    Blenders Eyewear

    Brought theme ownership in-house from an agency model.

    Built and maintained high-velocity merchandising templates, inline cart and upsell patterns aimed at AOV, and launch cadence for BF/CM and product drops.

    Shopify Plus Cart / CRO In-house
  4. 12 years total

    Shopify and Shopify Plus, end to end

    A full decade-plus inside Liquid storefronts, launches, and commerce UX.

    Custom themes, section systems, checkout-adjacent UX, third-party integrations (Klaviyo, GTM, and friends), and the unglamorous production work that keeps a live store converting.

    Themes Integrations Launches

Selected work

A few places the craft shows up

Contact

Got a store that needs a steady hand?

Themes, launches, cart work, or a rebuild that should have stayed a theme. Tell me what you are shipping.