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Salary is the smallest line: what hiring an ecommerce engineer really costs in 2026.
A merchant approves a req for a senior Shopify developer at $130,000. By the end of the first year that seat has cost $215,000, and the number does not yet include the nine weeks it sat empty. What the same work costs through an agency, a contractor, and a marketplace, and the four line items that sit outside every quote you will be sent.
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