Fast-paced changes - Senior Software Engineer Shopify Employee Review

5.0
Feb 26, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Beyond the obvious pros of remote work and competitive Canadian compensation, I appreciate that Shopify isn’t held back by norms or the past. They’re willing to experiment with radical new approaches, and willing to back down when they don’t work. The work itself varies largely by team, but given the scale of the company there are plenty of hard problems to tackle. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed working at Shopify and recommend it to others.

Cons

Frequent changes result in churn and frustrations over lost work. Opinions of senior leadership often arrived too late and caused issues, though this has been steadily getting better with their new review processes.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Base pay is on the higher end for the role

Cons

The new commission structure is among the lowest in the industry. You essentially get your commission paid out in tiny increments spread out quarterly over three years. If the merchant ever leaves Shopify, or goes out of business, you leave or get fired, in that time you lose all payouts.

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