How to Hire the Best Shopware Developer?
Many online entrepreneurs, dissatisfied with their current eCommerce experience, take a decision to migrate their web-stores to Shopware in the hope of better website support, greater diversity of features, and lower maintenance costs. Shopware is definitely able to provide merchants with these options. However, to take full advantage of this eCommerce platform, it’s critical to find the right Shopware developer.
If you want to migrate to Shopware or you are going to build a Shopware website from scratch, this article is exactly what you need. Here I will shed light on the process of finding a perfect candidate for the Shopware developer position.
The number of professional developers in the labor market tends to grow. Nevertheless, the IT recruiting process remains complex. Traditionally, it includes 5 steps:
- Drawing up requirements for a candidate and creating an application;
- Looking for candidates who meet these requirements and making a shortlist;
- Testing and interviewing;
- Decision-making;
- Onboarding.
Let’s consider the first step of the recruiting process, using our Dinarys team as an example when following the essential principles of searching for a candidate. As a Shopware Solution Partner, we have extensive experience in technical specialists’ selection.
Above all, we require the candidate to have basic coding skills in
Shopware 6 development and to be sufficiently experienced in this sphere. If we notice this person doesn’t fully meet our expectations, at least the candidate must be able to learn quickly.
As for the application template, there is no specific one. The most important aspect is to determine the technical skills needed, and the future developer’s position. Сorporate standards are a basic part of the application as well.
For instance, an applicant for a junior software developer position must have at least the following range of skills:
- Being proficient in at least one programming language;
- The ability to create technical documentation in English;
- Team working experience.
Once we define the exact characteristics of the ideal candidate, it’s time to move on to the next step — seeking a candidate.
The HR manager publishes the vacancy for the Shopware developer position on specialized websites and across social media. When the shortlist is ready, the core step of selection starts. It’s about testing and interviewing candidates.
Interviewing developers is art, and picking among the range of options the best one is a great talent.
This article is a little font of knowledge about the process of hiring the best Shopware developer, its specifics and difficulties, and essential questions to ask during the interview.
Keep on reading, and good luck with the selection!
