Technical Lead, Demo Engineering (Remote, North America)

Company Description

About Shopify

Opportunity is not evenly distributed. Shopify puts independence within reach for anyone with a dream to start a business. Since 2006, we’ve grown to over 10,000 employees and generated over $500 billion in sales for millions of merchants in 175 countries. Every 28 seconds, an entrepreneur on Shopify makes their first sale.

This is life-defining work that directly impacts people’s lives as much as it transforms your own. This is putting the power of the few in the hands of the many, is a future with more voices rather than fewer, and is creating more choices instead of an elite option.

About you

Moving at our pace brings a lot of change, complexity, and ambiguity—and a little bit of chaos. Shopifolk thrive on that and are comfortable being uncomfortable. That means Shopify is not the right place for everyone.

Before you apply, consider if you can:

• 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 — and embrace differences and disagreement to get shit done and move forward
• Work digital-first for your daily work

Job Description

At Shopify we believe in making commerce better for everyone including entrepreneurs and enterprise brands alike. We do this by providing the scalability, reliability and flexibility merchants need to build, grow, adapt and evolve their business. For the enterprise, Shopify powers commerce for notable brands like AllBirds, Gymshark, Staples and more. Our enterprise solutions teams work directly with brands like these to help them develop and drive their commerce strategies. 

The Demo Engineering role is critical in this process. Working closely with Engineering, Sales, Product, and prospective brands, Demo Engineers provide crucial support in the closure of new business. They develop strategic tools and conceptual solutions designed to wow merchants, accelerating their realization of what’s possible with Shopify. 

As a Technical Lead you will play a critical role in supporting solution engineering in various ways:

• Create custom branded experiences, illustrating the art of the possible on the Shopify platform using a range of programming languages and tools
• Develop generalized demo assets to populate our demo library
• Work with a variety of languages and build full-stack tooling to automate tasks, including:
  • Remix and Hydrogen
  • Ruby and Rails
  • NodeJS and Python
  • React and TypeScript
• Design and build custom storefront prototypes using GraphQL APIs, Liquid for theme building and TailwindCSS
• Serve as the technical expert on our team, owning high-priority projects
• Unblock your teammates in technical challenges and serve as a mentor for the team, boosting morale and sharing knowledge
• Play a critical role in defining our technical strategy and communicate feedback to stakeholder teams to help influence the roadmap
• Learn and develop transferable skills that will benefit a career in Engineering, Product, Sales, and more

As a technical lead, you will have the opportunity to make a direct impact on sales, technology, and help shape the standard of Demo Engineering at Shopify. You will have the chance to work with some of the most popular and enterprise brands, building the art of the possible. This is a great opportunity to become a leader in this industry and grow your career as a software engineer.

Here’s what you can expect:

• A collaborative, creative environment where we value experimentation and learning
• Autonomy. We don’t believe in micro-management 
• Opportunity to grow and learn from with each new challenge you tackle 
• A culture that values authenticity, openness and diversity

Qualifications

You’ll need to have:

• BS/BA in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or similar experience
• Past experience with Ruby and Rails, with a desire to expand your skills into other languages
• Experience with JavaScript, with an interest in frameworks like React
• Passion for backend development and database connectivity, with a willingness to explore languages like Python and NodeJS
• Experience with SQL
• Strong technical aptitude and a consistent record of execution
• Self-starter attitude with the ability to work independently and own your development pipeline
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to multitask and r