Shopify Software Engineer reviews

3.5

50% would recommend to a friend

(230 total reviews)
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Tobias Lütke

46% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Software Engineer employees have rated Shopify with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 230 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Shopify is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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230 reviews
2.0
Feb 18, 2026
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Growth Opportunities. Remote if you look for that. Large exposure to customer-facing problems and understanding of how the business works. Good opportunity for Canadians to get experience at a legit large software company. Good travel and health benefits.

Cons

Top down pressure to use AI tooling to generate subpar code by people who don't understand generative AI/neural networks. CEO has severe dunning-kruger syndrome which permeates into mid-management as well. They pay canadian salaries to americans (canadian midlevel = american junior). Very little incentives to actually get along with your coworkers vs outcompete them.

1.0
Jan 29, 2026

Run

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Quirky brand and cool product

Cons

Toxic culture and monthly layoffs

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