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.

How happy are Developer professionals working at Shopify?

56% of Developer employees at Shopify would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 11% in the past 12 months. Developer professionals have also rated Shopify with a 3.1 rating for work-life-balance, 3.4 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.0 rating for culture and values and 3.5 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Shopify?

Support Advisor (225) , Software Developer (114) , Software Engineer (113) , Customer Support Advisor (94) , Account Executive (84) , Customer Success Guru (80) , Junior Support Advisor (75) , Senior Software Engineer (73) , 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 463 reviews)); "The people on your team with the same title as you are great to work with." ((in 408 reviews)); "It has a great culture of innovation and you're going to be working with lots of intelligent individuals." ((in 377 reviews)); "Work from home was great" ((in 160 reviews)); "Good pay and conditions" ((in 140 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 186 reviews)); "Senior leadership will not take responsibility for any decline in growth or making the wrong strategic decision" ((in 171 reviews)); "poor management and quite top down" ((in 136 reviews)); "Inexperienced managers and leads" ((in 64 reviews)); "Upper management has completely lost touch with what it means to care about their employees." ((in 38 reviews))

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Shopify Developer reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(231 total reviews)

Tobias Lütke

46% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Work/Life balance

3.0

Culture & values

2.4

Senior management

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

3.0

Nov 14, 2023

Getting worse by the day

Software developer

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Business Outlook

Pros

- Work from home (for now) - Pay is good for Canadian market for now

Cons

- Benefits are below average for a company of this size/stature - Nickel and dimes employees, taking away benefits and making employees pay for extended health and medical coverage that used to be free. - Talent system revamp that makes no sense - They will pay an external hire more than an internal promotion for the same scope of responsibilities - No room for promotions - The HR Chief is a train wreck

2.0

Nov 12, 2023

Toxic environment

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good coworkers - Sometimes interesting projects - Fully remote

Cons

- Chaotic environment. More time spent dealing with that than building things that ship. - Unclear development and advancement opportunities. Ambiguous performance and comp system. - Ran by a megalomaniac that surrounds himself by incompetent yes-men.

3.0

Nov 9, 2023

Not a good Company due to change and layoffs

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good perks good wlb not a lot going on

Cons

hard to get promoted comp is bad ceo keeps coming out with ways to demoralize staff

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