Infrastructure Engineers

Infrastructure engineers build and develop the blocks that move all of Shopify forward. It's basically building the infrastructure that powers the infrastructure for commerce [aka Shopify]. They handle absurdly high amounts of traffic [think: millions of requests per second] and deliver performant, resilient and seamless shopping experiences for everyone, everywhere.
At Shopify, every developer is expected to spend the majority of their time coding. Working on infrastructure doesn't mean just managing it; it means actually writing code to build and improve the infrastructure.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Write code to build and maintain infrastructure that supports millions of transactions during global peak shopping periods
- Design and optimize high-performance systems that push technology to its limits and handle critical workloads
- Develop comprehensive monitoring and observability solutions to ensure system reliability and performance
- Build scalable data infrastructure that powers commerce experiences for merchants and customers worldwide
QUALIFICATIONS
- Strong expertise in infrastructure engineering with proven coding experience building scalable systems
- Proficiency with containerization and orchestration using Kubernetes, Docker, and infrastructure-as-code with Terraform
- Experience with monitoring and observability platforms, particularly Prometheus and related tooling
- Hands-on experience with distributed systems technologies including Kafka, MySQL, Redis, and cloud platforms like GCP
At Shopify, we pride ourselves on moving quickly—not just in shipping, but in our hiring process as well. If you're ready to apply, please be prepared to interview with us within the week. Our goal is to complete the entire interview loop within 30 days. You will be expected to complete a live pair programming session, come prepared with your own IDE.
This role may require on-call work
Ready to build the backbone of Shopify? Join the team that's making commerce better for everyone.