2023 Dev Degree (Rolling Intake)

About Shopify

In 2004, friends Tobias Lütke, Daniel Weinand, and Scott Lake took to the internet to begin selling snowboarding equipment by opening a store called Snowdevil. Existing e-commerce platforms for the online store weren’t satisfactory, and Lütke, a computer programmer, took it upon himself to build an e-commerce platform of his own. After two months of development, Snowdevil was launched. Two years later in 2006, the platform hosting Snowdevil was launched as Shopify, ultimately filling the niche for the type of platform its founders once sought. Shopify's involvement in e-commerce blossomed quickly. In 2009, they created their application programming interface (API), which allowed for applications specific to Shopify to be sold on their App Store. In 2010, they went even further by bringing Shopify to mobile, adding a Shopify app to the Apple App Store. From there, business owners were able to view and manage their Shopify stores on their favorite devices.

Your role

• Care deeply about what you do and about making commerce better for everyone
• Excel by seeking professional and personal hypergrowth
• Keep up with an unrelenting pace (the week, not the quarter)
• Be resilient and resourceful in face of ambiguity and thrive on (rather than endure) change
• Bring critical thought and opinion
• Embrace differences and disagreement to get shit done and move forward
• Work digital-first for your daily work

Training, development, and rotations

At Shopify, we offer 3, 4, and 8-month internships that are open to everyone. The opportunity to shape how entrepreneurs around the world do business is in your hands. While Shopify’s remote-first internships allow you to design your life around what matters to you most, we know the importance of community. From supplementary learning sessions to virtual workshops and curated in-person experiences, there’s no lack of opportunities to meet and connect with other interns. One week, you might join a cooking class hosted by our in-house Culinary team, and the next, attend a professional development session on how to give better feedback. Your internship will have the benefit of flexibility in your day, along with the support of your community and relationships to make it about more than just the work.

Compensation & benefits

The salary for this role ranges from $49,000 to $84,000. Shopify offers a comprehensive benefits package to all full-time employees in Canada and the United States. This includes health, dental, and vision coverage, as well as life insurance and disability insurance.

Career progression

With over 1 million businesses using Shopify, demand for Shopify developers is increasing tremendously. To provide insight into the Shopify Career Path program, where you can learn and even get paid.

Work-life balance

The Work-Life Balance at Shopify is rated a B+ by 113 employees putting it in the Top 20% of similar size companies on Comparably. 80% of Shopify employees are satisfied with their work-life balance while 40% feel they are burnt out. A well-proportioned work-life balance is necessary to keep employees happy and productive. About 71% of the employees at Shopify work eight hours or less, while 5% of them have a very long day - longer than twelve hours. The Majority of Shopify employees are satisfied with their work-life balance and do not feel burnt out. In general, employees in the Engineering department and employees with 6 to 10 Years of experience believe they have a good work-life balance while employees with 3 to 6 Years of experience and Female employees think there is room for improvement.

Company culture

The best thing about Shopify’s work culture is the freedom of creativity which allows the employers to put their best foot forward. Shopify also tries to cater to their employers’ needs and offers them exclusive access to incentives from food to drinks and other essentials. During COVID, the company extended help to its employers by giving them 2000$ in allowance so that the workers could establish a comfortable work-from-home environment for themselves. The team leaders and managers also support their employees to establish a decent and nurturing work environment in the workplace. 

About you

• 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
• The skills and awareness to manage multiple priorities; Dev Degree interns balance Shopify, university, and their own needs throughout the program
• An interest in computer science and software development; Dev Degree is a work-integrated learning program for those aspiring to build software.
• The desire to fail and learn; we believe that learning by doing is a great way to grow, even if that means facing failure

How to apply

To apply for this position, click the “Apply on employer site” button on this page.

Sources

• us.prosple.com
• salary.com
• youtube.com
• shopify.com
• comparably.com