Blog posts about Culture

A friend of mine used to get into heated debates all the time. This was before Twitter—well before. Now when you talk to him you would never be able to tell. I asked him to share with me his secret for how he was able to overcome that ur...

Pair programming is one of the most important tools we use while mentoring early talent in the Dev Degree program. It’s an agile software development technique where two people work together, either to share context, solve a problem, or ...

By Carlos Pereira, James Lockhart, and Cecilia Hunka When the iOS 14 beta was originally announced, we knew we needed to take advantage of the new widget features and get something to our merchants. The new widgets looked awesome and co...

As technical folk, we sometimes hear about “how to do business with other cultures.” But what about “how to code with other cultures”? How do you trust a code review from someone whose upbringing of never publicly correct someone else p...

During my engineering career, I made a choice to leave the Individual Contributor (IC) track and move into a technical leadership role. At the time, I felt that I had achieved knowledge and technical depth in a number of engineering disc...

I think a lot about examinations and how they don’t end, even after you’re done with school. Performance reviews at work can feel a lot like an exam, and with that can come all those familiar nervous feelings leading up to it, and the pr...

The interview process can be one of the most daunting aspects of finding a new gig—but it doesn’t have to be. Our recruiters and interviewers are here to support you throughout the process with clear communication and expectations so you...

I had been in the same engineering org for seven years before the pandemic hit. We were a highly collaborative and co-located company and the team were very used to brainstorming and working on physical whiteboards and workspaces. When i...

With Avanti Ketkar and Maria Robledo "Here's your laptop, a link to all the documents and content, and the team you'll be leading. Good luck!" Welcome to day one. This is fine. Sounds familiar? It's not an uncommon onboarding reality ...

RailsConf held an in-person conference for the first time in two years, taking over the Oregon Convention Center in Portland for three days of keynotes, technical tutorials, and talks on developer culture.  The 16th edition of the gathe...

In March 2020—the early days of the pandemic—Shopify transitioned to become a remote first- company. We call it being Digital by Design. We are now proud to employ Shopifolk around the world. Not only has being Digital by Design allowed...

Being a constant learner is a core value at Shopify, and you’ll often find Shopifolk discussing their recent discoveries in Slack. Back in March, we tapped into these conversations to round up our tech talent’s top book recommendations t...

How we think, absorb information, and maximize time—these are the topics Shopify developers and engineers are reading up on. We have a book bar of the company’s favorite reads and make sure any employee who wants a copy of any title can...

An important component of being an engineer is getting hands-on experience in the real world, which internships can provide. This is especially true for engineering internships, which are critical for helping students develop real-life s...

Update (March 11, 2022): The reader survey is now closed. Thanks to all who provided feedback. Keep in touch with us on Twitter at @ShopifyEng.   Hello Shopify Engineering readers, We’re conducting a survey so we can get a better sens...

Five years ago, my team and I launched the first machine learning product at Shopify. We were determined to build an algorithm-powered product that solved a merchant problem and made a real impact on the business. Figuring out where to s...

Let’s get this out of the way: I really, really like Tailwind. It's my preferred way to style websites, and it enables developers to build beautiful storefronts quickly with Hydrogen, our React-based framework for building custom storefr...