Mission: Shopify is a platform built for independent business owners of all shapes and sizes to start, sell, market and manage their businesses online, in-store, and everywhere between. With a comprehensive set of industry-leading tools, Shopify has helped over 1,000,000 people in
Business owners like you are the heart of Shopify, and we will do everything in our power to support you. We understand that the road ahead may be stressful for you, your loved ones, your employees, and your business. We’re here with you 💚 We’re rolling out a set of product updates and resources to help you respond to this crisis. These Shopify updates include: 💳 Customer gift cards available to merchants on all Shopify plans 🚙 New local pickup/delivery options through Shopify POS 🆓 Extended 90-day free trial for all new sign-ups
Gladly accepting the top spot in retail and 7th of the #FCMostInnovative on behalf of more than a million independent businesses. Thanks for the love Fast Company 🙌.
The first Shopify store was our own.
More than a decade ago we started an online store to sell snowboard equipment directly to those who loved the sport as much as us.
We could have listed our products on a number of marketplaces, but we wanted to own our brand and build relationships with our customers, along with selling our goods. Such a tool didn’t exist, so we built it for ourselves. We soon realized a number of other stores were in need of a hassle-free platform to build their retail business, and Shopify was born. Since then, it's been our mission to make commerce better for everyone.
We focus on making commerce better for everyone, so businesses can focus on what they do best: building and selling their products. Today, our merchants use our platform to manage every aspect of their business — from products to orders to customers, selling online, in retail stores, and on the go.
The opportunity to shape the future of independent business ownership is in our hands.
Learn more about working at Shopify
Here are just a few stories of why people choose Shopify:
Haris Mahmood, Senior Developer
“In my time at Shopify, I've built context and experience in multiple disciplines including front-end, back-end and most recently, mobile development, through the wide range of projects I've been able to take on. I've realized that having this wide context allows me to see the bigger picture, develop an understanding of a decision's implications on another aspect of a project, and communicate with team members far more efficiently.”
Flora McNeil, UX Manager
“One thing that I love is the fact that everything is different every day. You know, you come in every morning and you might have plans but they change pretty quickly and it’s all a rush. In the longer term, the thing that I think I will look back on the most and love the most is the autonomy, the freedom to fail. I really don’t think you make anything original if you don’t have the confidence to fail or risk failure.”
Julie Bruk, Senior Operations Lead
“I love a good challenge, being able to use your craft and at the same time being uncomfortable all the time is an exhilarating feeling. Shopify allows you to stretch in many directions while staying true to yourself. There are so many diverse opinions and skill sets that there is rarely a moment when you don’t learn something new.”
Farhan Thawar, VP of Engineering
"I've always prioritized learning over any other factor in my career. At Shopify, you are a learning machine — you are working with the sharpest people, you're in a high-trust environment which allows you to learn by experimentation, and you're close to our merchants so you can learn from them directly in a high bandwidth way. I'm learning more here faster than I have in my career."
Sylvia Ng, General Manager
“I love working at Shopify because every day we’re enabling entrepreneurs to realize their dreams of making this world a better place. The world’s environment, health, and education challenges are heavily impacted by businesses. It’s so gratifying to help merchants offer sustainable, socially conscious, innovative products — the cool stuff that is our future. Also, the people at Shopify are simply the best.”
Culture is the sum of our beliefs and behaviors. It’s how people act when they think nobody’s watching. Every single one of us influences the environment here through our everyday actions and interactions. Therefore, we all own culture. To have the greatest impact at Shopify, you need to understand why we’re here, what we value, and how we engage with each other. These are the foundations of our culture.
We embrace being multicultural and celebrate the differences that occur naturally within teams, departments, locations, and projects. We see this diversity as a strength.
We might not agree with each other all the time, but the best solutions come out of the agreements we strike when we look at common problems through different perspectives. Regardless of our backgrounds, locations, or teams, our mission and values link us together.
Life at Shopify
To get to know Shopify, you have to get to know our people. How they started here, what they do and what it’s like to work here. It's our people that make up our company culture. Listen to the Life at Shopify podcast to listen to who builds Shopify.
Learn more about working at Shopify
We build products that help people around the world start and grow their businesses. As a workplace, we challenge and support you to hone your craft and make an impact. Visit our careers page for opportunities.
Our engineers and developers are committed to their craft. They're focused on the merchant experience, which means building resilient and reliable systems to minimize interruptions. Figuring out the right approach to those problems? Well, that's the fun part.
Design and Frontend Development
Build what they touch. Learn what they know. Craft the message. Join a world-class team of designers, content strategists, researchers, and FEDs to help merchants get the most out of Shopify.
Support keeps our merchants, products, and people going strong. With the freedom to explore, experiment, and solve real problems, you’ll never stop learning with this team.
Digital by default. Digital by design
Digital by default represents a digital-first way of thinking, working, and making decisions. It means the freedom to work from anywhere and the opportunity to build solutions that help Shopify’s merchants and partners innovate through chaos and emerge, stronger and more adaptable than ever before. Like everything at Shopify, we build with intention and high care and we’re always looking for talented humans who crave big challenges, are curious, resourceful, and know how to have an impact.
What this means for you
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I worked at Shopify full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Shopify is at the top of the Canadian technology scene. Smart, performance oriented, crazy sustained growth means you will see things you can’t see anywhere else. This is how the big companies you know about happened and it’s happening to a Canadian company. You can help. Wins matter in this business and Shopify is winning.
Cons
Pace and growth rate mean even though the company has the best of intentions, often challenges happen because no one has solved issues yet. Sometimes it’s fun being in the rocket but sometimes the g-forces can get you.
Advice to Management
Company values are highly individualistic and while that feels great for a while eventually a collective, team oriented perspective provides more meaning to people. May need a pivot to that over time. Otherwise...thanks. 👍
Application
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify (Montreal, QC) in June 2019.
Interview
Processus très bien organisé et ou on sentait un intérêt pour la personne et la candidature. Beaucoup d'entrevues avec différents intervenants ce qui nous permet d'avoir une bonne idée sur le fonctionnement de l'entreprise et sur le rôle.
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