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

Software Developer professionals working at Shopify have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 228 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 Software Developer Jobs at Shopify now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Shopify .

Does Shopify pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Shopify with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 228 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Shopify.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Shopify?

Support Advisor (225) , Software Developer (114) , Software Engineer (110) , 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) , Customer Support (39)

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 476 reviews)); "The people on your team with the same title as you are great to work with." ((in 410 reviews)); "good benefits, work from home" ((in 160 reviews)); "Good pay and conditions" ((in 143 reviews)); "Work/life balance was good for me. 2 hours to spend a week on professional development." ((in 139 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 164 reviews)); "poor management and quite top down" ((in 128 reviews)); "I got a bad review on this section and my manager said "everyone got a bad review on that."" ((in 68 reviews)); "Upper management has completely lost touch with what it means to care about their employees." ((in 37 reviews))

Shopify Software Developer reviews

3.5

50% would recommend to a friend

(228 total reviews)

Tobias Lütke

46% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

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Software Developer employees have rated Shopify with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 228 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Shopify is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

228 reviews

4.0

Mar 4, 2025

Good for a large company with the usual issues

Software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Good culture. Great people. Engaging work. Decent workload.

Cons

Getting slower and more process heavy with every passing year.

5.0

Feb 26, 2025

Great company

Software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance Work from home

Cons

Can’t think of anything really

2.0

Feb 20, 2025

Good for learning how large ecommenrce platform works

Developer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Diverse technology stack offering opportunities to work with a range of tools and platforms. Fully remote

Cons

Frequent organizational changes that can impact team structure and project stability. Lack of a clear, long-term strategic roadmap for annual goals and direction. Inconsistent management approach to vacation time, where guidance on time off can be unclear despite flexibility in policy.

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