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Join Shopify's Data Engineering Team!

Build the data infrastructure that powers millions of commerce decisions

Building the backbone of commerce data

Data Engineers at Shopify build scalable pipelines and infrastructure that power commerce insights worldwide. By designing resilient systems that transform raw data into valuable assets, you'll create the foundation that millions of entrepreneurs rely on daily. Your work helps businesses of all sizes make smarter decisions and scale effectively.

What makes us different?

Data engineering at Shopify tackles unique challenges at incredible scale—not theoretical problems. Unlike traditional roles, you'll build systems that directly impact merchant success. Your pipelines and infrastructure will process billions of transactions as entrepreneurs rely on your work to run their businesses. Each system you create doesn't just support our platform—it becomes critical infrastructure for commerce worldwide.

How Data Engineering works at Shopify

Here's how you'll build systems that power commerce worldwide:

Design scalable infrastructure

Build data pipelines and systems that handle petabytes of data with reliability and performance.

Drive business decisions

Create data foundations that power insights for merchants and internal teams.

Build end-to-end solutions

Take ownership from data ingestion to transformation, optimization, and delivery.

Cross-team collaboration

Partner with Data Scientists, Product, and Engineering to deliver robust data solutions.

Our collaborative data community

You'll never solve problems alone—join a vibrant community of data experts who learn and grow together.

Pamela Wu

What we do here is translate the inner workings of global ecommerce—lending, shipping, ads, POS, and more—into an easily accessible, reliable knowledge base that drives the business forward. Your outputs directly influence key decisions and power cutting-edge AI applications, with access to the latest AI models and tooling to do this work at scale. You'll collaborate with and learn from experts across a multitude of business domains, gaining insights that make you a better engineer every day.

Pamela Wu — Senior Data Engineer
Jon Hamburg

Data Engineering at Shopify isn't about staying in your lane—it's about expanding what's possible. My team doesn't just build pipelines; we identify opportunities and ship solutions. One engineer built an MCP Server that transformed our Airflow workflow. Another created a notebooks platform that revolutionized data science work. Someone else developed AI agents that cut warehouse shipping time by 50%. You see a problem, prototype a solution, and ship it.

Jon Hamburg — Manager, Data Engineering
Auggie Fisher

Data Engineering at Shopify hits the sweet spot of scale and speed. We're dealing with massive data challenges—petabytes of commerce data, billions of transactions—but with startup agility where you can prototype, test, and ship to production in days, not months. One week you're architecting solutions for our global data warehouse, the next you're building real-time streaming systems that directly affect millions of merchants. It's big tech scale with scrappy startup energy—Shopify nails the best of both worlds.

Auggie Fisher — Director, Data Engineering

Hear from our VP of Data

Nell Thomas breaks down how our data engineers build the backbone of commerce intelligence

Nell Thomas, Shopify's VP of Data, shares how our data engineers build the backbone of commerce intelligence and help businesses scale worldwide.

Learn how we architect data systems that power critical business decisions and enable innovation across the entire commerce platform.

Cool systems you'll build

Next-gen data platform

Build the scalable infrastructure that processes petabytes of commerce data daily. You'll architect data pipelines, optimize storage solutions, and implement the systems that enable real-time analytics across millions of merchants worldwide.

Shopify Magic AI infrastructure

Architect the data backbone for Shopify's AI tools that help merchants create product descriptions, marketing emails, and more. You'll engineer robust feature stores and model serving infrastructure that allow our AI to access contextual store data while maintaining performance at scale.

B2B & marketplace data platform

Create the data systems that power B2B commerce and marketplace connections. You'll build batch and streaming pipelines that process inventory, catalog, and transaction data across multiple businesses and marketplaces, enabling seamless wholesale operations.

Machine learning infrastructure

Design the infrastructure that powers AI across Shopify. You'll engineer feature stores, model serving platforms, and training pipelines that allow our ML systems to scale efficiently. Your work enables personalization, fraud detection, and AI-powered merchant tools.

Tech you'll love

SQLdbtTensorFlowPythonBigQueryJupyterLookerComposerKubernetesAirflow

A day in the life

Quick alignment on priorities and project updates. Share wins, discuss blockers, and coordinate dependencies across teams. These daily check-ins keep projects moving and build strong connections with your colleagues—without getting bogged down in meetings.

What interviews to expect

We match you with teams where you'll thrive as you move through these steps—finding the right fit for your talents and ambitions.
We start with a conversation to see if what makes Shopify different resonates with you. Are you excited about building data infrastructure and pipelines that power critical business decisions at global scale? This call helps us both figure out if there's genuine alignment between what drives you and our approach to data engineering - where we focus on creating reliable, scalable data systems that enable teams across Shopify to make data-driven decisions that directly impact millions of merchants.

We're hiring across levels and product areas—your unique talents will guide where you can make the biggest impact.

What we do

Life-defining work for you — and entrepreneurs

Opportunity is not evenly distributed. Shopify puts independence within reach for anyone with a dream to start a business. We propel entrepreneurs and enterprises to scale the heights of their potential.

Since 2006, we've grown to ~8,000 employees and generated over $1 trillion in sales for millions of merchants in 175 countries. The ripple effect of this is far-reaching.

Your growth at Shopify

TL;DR: At Shopify, you own your career path. Our Mastery Cycle helps you level up your skills, while Flex Comp lets you design compensation that actually works for your life. No corporate ladders—just real growth on your terms.
Read the Mastery article

Ready to ship with us?

We're assembling the brightest minds in Data Engineering to transform commerce worldwide.

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Let's build the future of commerce together!

★ Work where you do your best work ★

We are a fully remote company - It's not where you sit, it's where you ship.

Work from anywhere while connecting when it matters.

The practical stuff: Competitive pay, unlimited vacation (we actually want you to take it), flexible work setup, and a culture that values what you bring, not how you fit in. Learn more here