One of the best places to work in Canada - Staff Software Engineer Shopify Employee Review

5.0
Mar 4, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great culture, great people, wonderful perks and beautiful office (Toronto). Absolutely love working here.

Cons

Recruiting is broken, wish it was more transparent, feels a bit embarrassing to be fairly high up in the ladder (staff engineer) and not have your referrals matter. Meanwhile I interview candidates sourced by recruiting that are subpar, where my interview rejection rate is probably over 70%. It's not just me, it's an opinion that is shared by many in the company.

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5.0
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Pros

Amazing company with incredible product

Cons

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2.0
Jun 29, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Kind and talented co-workers - Generous AI token spend - Fairly transparent company (has been getting less transparent over the years) - Lots of opportunity for impact

Cons

- Product management discipline is quite lacking since the new CTO joined - Microsoft culture is adding more chaos and stress, and causing projects to actually go slower - Managers are afraid to tell the truth to Mikhail about the loopholes in engineering; they just want to look good, so they rush their teams to ship crap - Top engineering leaders are moving out of management roles or leaving the company - Tobi used to be far more involved in ensuring a high engineering bar, but seems to have handed over the reins to the new Microsoft regime

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