<h2>About Shopify</h2>Opportunity is not evenly distributed. Shopify puts independence within reach for anyone with a dream to start a business. Since 2006, we’ve grown to over 10,000 employees and generated over $496 billion in sales for millions of merchants in 175 countries. Every 28 seconds, an entrepreneur on Shopify makes their first sale.This is life-defining work that directly impacts people’s lives as much as it transforms your own. This is putting the power of the few in the hands of the many, is a future with more voices rather than fewer, and is creating more choices instead of an elite option.<h2>About you</h2>Moving at our pace brings a lot of change, complexity, and ambiguity—and a little bit of chaos. Shopifolk thrive on that and are comfortable being uncomfortable. That means Shopify is not the right place for everyone.Before you apply, consider if you can:<ul><li>Care deeply about what you do and about making commerce better for everyone</li><li>Excel by seeking professional and personal hypergrowth</li><li>Keep up with an unrelenting pace (the week, not the quarter)</li><li>Be resilient and resourceful in face of ambiguity and thrive on (rather than endure) change</li><li>Bring critical thought and opinion</li><li>Embrace differences and disagreement to get shit done and move forward</li><li>Work digital-first for your daily work</li></ul><h2>About the role</h2>In the Checkout team, Senior Tech Lead Engineers (also referred to as Senior Staff Engineers) use their expertise and passion to multiply the overall output of the team and work with many teams across Shopify to influence the direction of our product and codebase. As a senior technical leader, you'll help drive the product vision to its implementation. You and the team will design and build technically innovative solutions that empower all teams at Shopify to build amazing new features into Shopify’s Checkout. Merchants that depend on Shopify for a highly scalable, performant, and reliable platform benefit directly from the work you do. You will maintain a high bar for quality and lead and mentor other engineers. And of course, you'll be hands-on in the code and contribute technically. Here are just some of the stories from the teams who build and scale Shopify. Checkout is the core of Shopify. Checkout is Shopify. And the impact you will have by working on the widest used Checkout in the world will be massive.What does Front End Development mean at Shopify? Our Front End Engineers collaborate closely with software engineering teams, designers, product managers, and marketers to not only build incredible merchant-facing products and marketing campaigns, but also engineer-facing tools. You'll use the latest web standards in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and modern technologies and frameworks like Typescript, React, GraphQL, Apollo and Ruby on Rails, to develop large front-end web applications and websites that scale and perform well on all devices. You'll work across disciplines and are excited about building human-centered experiences. Front End Development exists across all of Shopify, from Product to Marketing, working closely with the teams that create performant experiences and communicate Shopify's impact on commerce to a global audience. You may also collaborate with our Data and SEO teams, helping us make data informed decisions and driving additional new merchant acquisition. You might focus on creating thoughtful interfaces for our users, shaping our design language, and contributing to our shared component libraries in a maintainable and scalable way. &nbsp;<h2>Qualifications</h2>What you'll do as a Senior Tech Lead Frontend Software Engineer at Shopify: Learn and grow constantly to feed your passion for self-improvement and make those around you better Design and build highly available, resilient and scalable platform primitives &amp; API Work through problems with your team, roll up your sleeves, form an opinion and advocate for engineering-specific roadmap items Collaborate with other Shopify leaders, executives and external partners to provide the best commerce experience for our merchantsA Senior Tech Lead at Shopify typically has 10+ years of experience as a developer. Experience and skills that are important for success in this role: A proven track record of strong technical mentorship Experience building large scale, high throughput distributed systems and scaling web services, particularly those using and analyzing large amounts of data High level of fluency with and experience using technologies and frameworks like (but not limited to) some of our most-used languages - Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, Java/JEE, Node.js, Javascript, React or React Native - or deep experience with any relevant transferrable technologies A passion for efficiency and collaboration, with a history of establishing great relationships with UX and Product Management teams across time zones A commitment and drive for quality, technical excellence and results Curiosity and passion to constantly learn new things; Shopify changes fast, and we need the people who work here to be able to change and learn fast too Proficiency in systems thinking and systems design concepts like transactions, atomicity, idempotency, etc. Raise the quality and speed (team efficiency) bar and move the platform into a position of maximum leverage Use the right tool for the job, fix problems are the right level of abstraction and optimize to meet both functional and non-functional goals &nbsp;All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.We know that looking for a new role can be both exciting and time-consuming, and we truly appreciate your effort.&nbsp;And remember, we want to know what you’re really interested in building and why you want to build it at Shopify, so please give us as much detail on this as you’d like in the answers on the next page.&nbsp;👍 📖At Shopify, we understand that experience comes in many forms. 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<h2>About Shopify</h2>Opportunity is not evenly distributed. Shopify puts independence within reach for anyone with a dream to start a business. Since 2006, we’ve grown to over 10,000 employees and generated over $496 billion in sales for 2 million merchants in 175 countries. Every 28 seconds, an entrepreneur on Shopify makes their first sale.This is life-defining work that directly impacts people’s lives as much as it transforms your own. This is putting the power of the few in the hands of the many, is a future with more voices rather than fewer, and is creating more choices instead of an elite option.<h2>About you</h2>Moving at our pace brings a lot of change, complexity, and ambiguity—and a little bit of chaos. Shopifolk thrive on that and are comfortable being uncomfortable. That means Shopify is not the right place for everyone.Before you apply, consider if you can:<ul><li>Care deeply about what you do and about making commerce better for everyone</li><li>Excel by seeking professional and personal hypergrowth</li><li>Keep up with an unrelenting pace (the week, not the quarter)</li><li>Be resilient and resourceful in face of ambiguity and thrive on (rather than endure) change</li><li>Bring critical thought and opinion</li><li>Embrace differences and disagreement to get shit done and move forward</li><li>Work digital-first for your daily work</li></ul><h2>About the role</h2>Shopify is making enterprise commerce simple. We give high growth, high volume merchants the scalability, reliability and flexibility they need. Shopify is in hyper-growth, building the tools and experiences for some of the biggest brands in the world, and our Technology Services team is front and centre in making that happen. This is where you come in…As a Merchant Solution Engineer, you will engage with merchants to plan and complete engagements focused around both platform usage and the merchants’ overall business needs to drive growth. You will engage directly with our merchants and their technical teams to have solutions-focused discussions around the Shopify platform. You will consult on their ecommerce technology stack and business objectives, and provide guidance on how to best leverage the Shopify platform and ecosystem. You will also advise on best practices around complex integrations and provide solutions to set them up for long-term success on our platform.&nbsp;Merchant Solutions Engineers are Shopify advocates and represent the Shopify brand, values, and product, the role includes merchant-facing activities, including remote and on-site engagements with merchants and supporting community events. You'll be partnering with large Shopify Plus merchants across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, and be a key source of insight to provide feedback to Shopify’s Product, Engineering and User Experience teams.This role can be based anywhere&nbsp;in Australia, New Zealand, or Singapore.<h2>Qualifications</h2>Requirements for the role<ul><li>Native English experience in enterprise ecommerce, digital agencies, solutions engineering, or customer onboarding roles, including experience supporting a wide variety of industries, verticals and business types.</li><li>Knowledge on local ecommerce tech stacks (payment methods, fulfilment and delivery options etc).</li><li>Become an expert on Shopify’s capabilities, application ecosystem and integrations.</li><li>In-depth Shopify platform and ecosystem knowledge to engage with technical merchants and demonstrate possible solutions to showcase the value of the platform as part of their technology stack.</li><li>Experience with Shopify’s APIs or REST and GraphQL experience, Liquid, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and other relevant technologies.</li><li>The ability to identify merchant needs, turning ambiguous requirements into impactful engagements.</li><li>Strong interpersonal and communication skills - you will interact with diverse technical and non-technical groups, and can effectively facilitate and manage interactions with numerous stakeholders.</li><li>Analytical and systems thinking capabilities with an understanding of ecommerce best practices, the commerce ecosystem, industry trends, technology vendor landscape, integrations and systems architecture.</li><li>Familiarity with development lifecycles, version control systems and development environments (git/Github is a plus).</li><li>A solutions mindset - our largest and most advanced merchants like to push the boundaries of commerce and will often custom build solutions to achieve their goals.&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to collect, document, and articulate merchant goals and technical requirements.</li><li>Exceptional writing and presentation skills to express merchant organisational challenges with appropriate messaging for multiple audiences and all levels of leadership.</li><li>Business acumen - language, listening skills, presentation and actions.</li><li>Strong time management and prioritisation skills to support a range of merchants with multiple concurrent requests, and the ability to reprioritise on an ongoing basis.</li></ul>The ability to thrive on change, work well as part of a team and as an individual contributor, as well as the flexibility to work locally, regionally and globally in a matrixed organisation. We evolve at a rapid pace and things change quickly, sometimes even daily! &nbsp;Your responsibilities will include (but not limited to):&nbsp;<ul><li>Execute merchant engagements (service deliveries) within the defined and agreed upon framework.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Build and evolve additional services that fill unmet needs in Shopify’s current platform functionality and partner offerings.</li><li>Manage the communication and expectations of the merchants during pre and post-service engagement, along with internal Shopify stakeholders.&nbsp;</li><li>Provide supporting ecommerce expertise through guidance on best practices, knowledge of industry trends, and the Shopify platform.&nbsp;</li><li>Speak and attend events to evangelise Shopify to current &amp; prospective merchants and technical audiences.</li><li>Identify and participate in case studies and events that increase merchant growth.</li><li>Collaborate with internal Shopify teams to improve merchant and partner experiences and develop internal technical knowledge.&nbsp;</li></ul>Bonus experience<ul><li>Ran or had exposure to running a business or being an entrepreneur.</li></ul>Our belief is that a strong commitment to diversity &amp; inclusion enables us to truly make commerce better for everyone. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities. Please take a look at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.shopify.com/about/environment#SustainabilityReports">our Sustainability Reports</a> to learn more about Shopify’s commitments to our communities, and our planet.At Shopify, we understand that experience comes in many forms. We’re dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team - so if your experience is this close to what we’re looking for, please consider applying.

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