Avoid if you hate politics - Senior Software Engineer Shopify Employee Review

2.0
1 Nov 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

fast paced, you learn a lot about doing more with less and scaling monolithic applications, which is a transferable skill to other companies.

Cons

Shopify nowadays has a big issue on politics. Most orgs are fighting for budget and trying to impress Tobi. When something goes wrong, upper management goes into a firing spree, trying to find scape goats. If you do not enjoy working 12-14 hour days or working few weekends every month, chances are you are not going to enjoy working here.

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5.0
10 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Remote first culture. If you want freedom of location and a company to truly mean and support it - this is the place.

Cons

Constant change. Nothing to hold on to in this role, compensation, KPI's, tools all change every quarter.

1.0
17 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

High comp and AI forward. One of the few remote places left.

Cons

Upper management basically openly disdains the “working class”, and it’s a major jostle among the VP and Director level for currying favor with the CEO. The investment in AI tooling is smart but also the C suite majorly suffers from AI psychosis, it’s embarrassing, actually.

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