About Shopify

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 over 8,300 employees and generated over $1 trillion in sales for millions of merchants in 175 countries.

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.

Your tasks

About the role

Looking for a Senior Software Streaming Pipelines Engineer to join our team reimagining how merchant data flows through modern streaming architectures. This isn’t your typical ETL role – you’ll be crafting solutions that challenge conventional approaches to data processing at global scale. What makes this exciting?

• We’ve developed a declarative pipeline framework using Apache Beam, Google Cloud Dataflow, and ClickHouse that transforms how data engineers build streaming systems. Imagine YAML-driven pipelines that eliminate boilerplate code, real-time stream processing across multiple regions, and an architecture that makes complex data transformations feel effortless.
• You’ll work across multiple languages – Kotlin, Ruby, Python, and Rust – choosing the right tool for each challenge, alongside dbt for elegant data modelling and our custom framework that turns pipeline development into a configuration exercise rather than a coding marathon.
• The puzzle? Replacing entrenched batch systems with streaming-first architecture while merchants never notice the transition.
• You’ll tackle fascinating problems: How do you handle late-arriving data in distributed streams? What’s the most elegant approach to backfill terabytes while maintaining real-time processing? How do you architect lightning-fast real-time modelling that seamlessly combines data from multiple tables?
• We embrace AI and LLMs to accelerate repetitive tasks, freeing you to focus on the creative problem-solving that makes this work truly rewarding.

If you love turning “impossible” requirements into beautiful solutions, this is your playground.

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
• Use AI tools reflexively as part of your fundamental workflow
• Embrace differences and disagreement to get shit done and move forward
• Work digital-first for your daily work

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We hire people, not resumes. If you think you’re right for the role, apply now.