Great fit for intelligent, hard-working individuals
Great fit for intelligent, hard-working individuals
Transparency (monthly AMAs with the CEO). Accolades (company bonus system based on employee voting). Technical focus (CEO still codes and comments on PRs). Strong focus on simplicity (everyone will challenge you to find a simpler solution). Amazing perks (lunches are really good). Exceptional staff in all departments. Flexible hours (generally 10-5, work from home if sick).
More work than can be completed. You need a strong lead to deflect work and focus on quality.
Young employees. Can make it more challenging to connect if you are 30+.
Inexperienced staff. Reinventing the wheel a lot (not so much bigco cargo culting though).
High expectations and stress that goes with it. Burnout is probably more likely here than usual.
Remote offices don't get treated equally. Move to Ottawa if you can, great city.
Keep vigilant on culture. We are growing so fast, and it would be sad if we turned into IBM (or Blackberry).
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The first thing you do during your application is complete a coding task, which you send with your application. Two weeks later, I received a request for a Skype interview with one of the intern recruiters. Their interviews work differently: instea
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On the screening phone call, we discussed my background and what I would like to do at Shopify. After that, I was invited for an onsite interview to discuss my open-source projects. It was a strange experience chatting with an HR representative who
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I applied at Shopify in late April and received an invite to chat about a month later. The first interview was a quick 15-30 minute chat about why I wanted to work at Shopify, why I wanted to leave my current employer, and so on. After the call, I r
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Ottawa, CanadaJanuary 1, 2017The first thing you do during your application is complete a coding task, which you send with your application. Two weeks later, I received a request for a Skype interview with one of the intern recruiters. Their interviews work differently: instea
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Ottawa, CanadaApril 1, 2015On the screening phone call, we discussed my background and what I would like to do at Shopify. After that, I was invited for an onsite interview to discuss my open-source projects. It was a strange experience chatting with an HR representative who
Software Developer
Ottawa, CanadaJuly 1, 2020I applied at Shopify in late April and received an invite to chat about a month later. The first interview was a quick 15-30 minute chat about why I wanted to work at Shopify, why I wanted to leave my current employer, and so on. After the call, I r
