Is Shopify a good company to work for as a Developer?

Developer professionals working at Shopify have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 231 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Shopify employees being 3.3 out of 5 stars. Search open Developer Jobs at Shopify now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Developer interview questions at Shopify .

Does Shopify pay Developer employees well?

Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Shopify with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 231 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Developer salaries at Shopify.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Shopify?

Support Advisor (225) , Software Developer (114) , Software Engineer (113) , Customer Support Advisor (94) , Account Executive (83) , Customer Success Guru (80) , Junior Support Advisor (75) , Senior Software Engineer (72) , Data Scientist (57) , Customer Service Representative (52) , Merchant Success Manager (52) , Team Lead (48) , Customer Success Guru - Remote (42) , Recruiter (40) , Support Specialist (40)

What are the pros of working at Shopify according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and actually care for you and encourage you to use all your vacation and personal days." ((in 483 reviews)); "The people on your team with the same title as you are great to work with." ((in 400 reviews)); "It has a great culture of innovation and you're going to be working with lots of intelligent individuals." ((in 373 reviews)); "Work from home was great" ((in 164 reviews)); "Work/life balance was good for me. 2 hours to spend a week on professional development." ((in 144 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Shopify according to real employee reviews?

"Massive layoffs without any warning AFTER saying there will be no more layoffs privately and publicly" ((in 190 reviews)); "Senior leadership will not take responsibility for any decline in growth or making the wrong strategic decision" ((in 162 reviews)); "poor management and quite top down" ((in 132 reviews)); "Inexperienced managers and leads" ((in 65 reviews)); "Upper management has completely lost touch with what it means to care about their employees." ((in 37 reviews))

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3.5

50% would recommend to a friend

(231 total reviews)

Tobias Lütke

46% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

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Developer employees have rated Shopify with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 231 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Shopify is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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231 reviews

2.0

Jul 9, 2026

Toxic management and blame culture overshadow benefits

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, Salaray, areas of growth, work from home

Cons

Toxic managment, and gaslighting all the time AI push, unmanaged code is about to explode. Top down apporach blaming culture you have no weekends

1.0

Jul 8, 2026

Toxicated and bullying

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Teck stack is very old and obsolete.

Cons

Bullying and lying about their faults, discriminating and nepotism.

5.0

Jul 2, 2026

Future-focused company with rapid growth expectations

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very future focused company Good growth opportunities

Cons

You have to be able to learn and grow at a fast pace

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