Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

Remote - Americas

The driver’s seat is a hot seat. Engineering Managers drive impact by giving engineers the direction, support, and coaching needed to ship the thing, and ship it fast. This isn’t about herding. Managers are there to make great decisions about product development that impact millions of users daily in the process. Every piece of the rocketship counts.

We expect our managers to be masters of the craft and be able to go deep into the details, mastering the fundamentals and honing their skills. Cavalry officers must be able to ride horses. You have a deep love for the craft and have discovered the greatest impact you can make is through leading others. At the same time, you still enjoy getting your hands dirty, coding for fun or on the weekends.

Why You’ll Love Working at Shopify

• Empowerment at Scale: Make impactful decisions that shape the future of commerce for millions of merchants worldwide.
• Innovative Environment: Lead teams working on cutting-edge projects, from AI-driven translation tools to resilient data platforms and streaming services.
• Growth Opportunities: Cultivate your leadership skills while mentoring engineers and driving their professional development.
• Community and Culture: Be part of a diverse and inclusive work environment that values creativity, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and Inspire: Guide and support elite engineering teams passionate about building innovative infrastructure solutions.
• Drive Impactful Decisions: Oversee the development and execution of strategic projects, making critical decisions that affect product development and user experience.
• Cultivate Technical Excellence: Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within your team, ensuring high performance and accountability.
• Hands-On Leadership: Stay engaged in technical designs and product development, maintaining a balance between management responsibilities and hands-on contributions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, data teams, and other stakeholders to align on project goals and deliverables.

What You Bring

• Proven experience as a technical lead or manager, with a track record of building and leading high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong technical background in software development or infrastructure management, with expertise in relevant technologies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• A passion for mentoring and developing talent, with a focus on fostering a positive team culture.
• Experience with shipping weekly and a commitment to delivering high-quality results.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with cloud technologies, data engineering, or large-scale systems.
• Experience in driving technical projects from concept to completion.
• Knowledge of performance engineering, load testing, or resilience engineering practices.

If you are excited about leading high-performing teams and making a significant impact, we want to hear from you! Join us in our mission to make commerce better for everyone.

At Shopify, we pride ourselves on moving quickly—not just in shipping, but in our hiring process as well. If you're ready to apply, please be prepared to interview with us within the week. Our goal is to complete the entire interview loop within 30 days. You will be expected to complete a pair programming interview, using your own IDE.

This role may require on-call work

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About the discipline

Engineering. It’s our DNA.

Engineering isn't a department at Shopify. It's our DNA. The engineers who thrive here care about the code, the system, and the merchants relying on both. They want hard problems and uncomfortable growth. They find solutions without waiting for permission. They ship weekly. They want commerce to work better for everyone. So does our founder, Tobi, who still codes and still shapes where this thing is going.

They're open source nerds. They pair program because two brains write better code than one. New tools, new models, new approaches. They experiment constantly. Most of what's standard here started as someone hacking on something.

They use AI like a keyboard, reflexively and everywhere, to clear the mundane and make room for thinking. And they work in the open. The fastest way to learn here is to watch someone better than you do the work. If that sounds like you, come build with us.

Infrastructure engineering

Infrastructure Engineers at Shopify build and maintain the systems that handle millions of requests per second and billions of dollars in transactions. At that scale, performance gains matter and weak assumptions surface quickly. Your systems power the experience for millions of entrepreneurs and buyers every minute of every day, including peak events like Black Friday.

Engineers at Shopify spend the majority of their time actually writing code to build and improve infrastructure. You’ll solve problems that don’t exist anywhere else, with challenges that push what’s possible. If that lights you up, come build with us.

Growth and rewards

Mastery-matched compensation.

Explore rewards

~Mastery

At Shopify, getting better at your craft and increasing your impact is how you grow. Twice a year, we assess both in our ~Mastery cycle, Shopify’s performance review. Achieving higher ~Mastery is a promotion, and when you earn a promotion your total rewards grow with it. Crafter and manager are equal paths, so you can pursue excellence in the craft you’re best at.

Total Rewards

With Flex Comp, your Rewards Wallet gives you agency over your compensation mix. Adjust your mix of cash, restricted share units, and stock options (including programs like Long-Term Equity)* to where it makes sense for you, and mix it up anytime as life and priorities change. Buying a house? Want more skin in the game? Just experimenting? It’s your call.

* Flex Comp program offerings vary based on location, role, and employment type. Full details are set out in our Terms & Conditions and related plan documents.

Built for real life

Room for the rest of your life.

Flexible work, remote by design

A flexible vacation policy means most Shopifolk can take the vacation days they feel they need to recharge.

If a change of everyday scenery is more your jam, Destination 90 means you can work from (almost) anywhere in the world for 90 days of the year.

Your setup

Your battlestation is your home base. Request the desk, chair, and AV gear you need to get shit done.

Benefits

You need ‘em, we’ve got ‘em. Our health and welfare benefits may include health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance depending on your country. If you’re in a country without a package, you'll receive a monthly allowance. We also offer mental health support for you and your dependents, including immediate and confidential services like counseling and coaching sessions.

Family support

We offer fertility benefits globally, along with paid parental leave to welcome a new family member.

Applying to work here

Show us your craft.

Read the candidate guide

1Life Story

The Life Story is how we understand the themes of your career journey so far, human to human. What you’ve learned, and how you made a difference. Show us the trophies and the bruises: the problems you’ve solved, the challenges you encountered, the decisions you made, and the lessons you learned along the way.

2Craft assessment

We’re looking for world-class crafters. Crafters obsessed with pursuing excellence in their field. Our craft assessment looks at your personal journey toward mastery, and your potential to go broader and deeper in novel ways.

You’ll start with an online assessment, followed by a craft assessment. Show us what you do best, and how you do it. Shopify’s bar is high, and code wins arguments around here. Let your skills do the talking.

3Craft interviews

Building on your craft assessment, these interviews dive deeper into your experience and technical aptitude. Depending on the role, this may include technical deep dives focusing on projects you've previously worked on, collaborating in a design critique, exploring a dataset using SQL, or taking the lead on solving a problem with your interviewer as your co-pilot.