UX Developer Intern - Fall 2020

Job Description

Shopify is the world’s fastest growing commerce platform, with no plans to slow down. We power over a million entrepreneurs around the world. To help them, our team makes our client-side scalable, approachable, and an extraordinary experience for all. We ship on quality instead of on time. Our teams deploy new code many times a day, and our production scale is massive. We’re talking hundreds of thousands of online stores, and hundreds of millions of requests a day. Thousands of entrepreneurs will see your work within seconds – a tough but incredibly rewarding responsibility. Our UX Developers work closely with the software engineering team, designers and product managers to make incredible merchant-facing products, buyer experiences, and developer tools. You’ll gain a ton of perspective as you connect with different people that work on related parts of Shopify. We want to take complex concepts and make them approachable for all entrepreneurs. We want to help the rest of our R&D organization build great UI, and we want to ensure code quality and an amazing user experience. You can learn more about what our teams are up to by reading our UX Development stories ! You can also check out our Eng blog and Partner blog .

As a UX Developer, you'll work on things like:

• Collaborating with other disciplines across Engineering, UX, and Product to help develop front-end solutions for merchant problems
• Writing well-structured semantic HTML, building maintainable and scalable CSS, and working with modern JavaScript (ES6+, ReactJS)
• Building high quality interactions that focus on allowing users to achieve their intended goals using whatever input method they need (e.g. keyboard-only, mouse, touch)
• Working with designers to find solutions for implementation issues (e.g. keyboard navigation, complex flows, performance impact)
• Understanding and advocating for merchants, partners, and buyers, their challenges, and the impact that UX and Shopify as a whole can make
• Building and Rebuilding user interfaces

You’re the kind of person who:

• Has an interest and a soft spot for the end user
• Loves challenging yourself with projects or hacking just for fun
• Is a constant learner
• Has a creative mindset and approaches challenges in unique ways
• Has a passion for solving tough problems with code
• Takes ownership of the projects you work on
• Enjoys research and figuring out how pieces of an entire project work
• Takes pride in creating simple solutions to code complex problems
• Has a strong commitment to quality

Life at Shopify Interns at Shopify are fully integrated with their teams and the things you will work on are thoughtfully considered. If your team is working through a tough problem, so are you. If they are travelling to another city, you’ll be joining. There won’t be any latte fetching, there are no “intern projects” and you’ll have access to a wide range of perks based on your individual interests. Mentorship will be available to you and you’ll join +5000 exceptionally bright people who are serious about personal growth, learning and shipping some amazing products and features. We build products that support all kinds of entrepreneurs - from the one-product independent business owner, to rapidly scaling brands like Kylie Cosmetics. We’re also the platform for those that haven’t taken the first step toward getting started yet, and we try to level the playing field for anyone with a great idea to start and grow their business. High trust and flexibility have always been a part of our culture, and if you’re expecting to be told exactly what to do, Shopify may not be the place for you. We don’t claim to have all the answers, and that’s why we look for independent thinkers, collaborators, and people hungry to grow alongside their team. Find out more about our past interns experiences and learn more about how we approach mentorship at Shopify . Shopify internships are 4 and 8 month paid terms, and are open to students, co-ops, recent graduates and those early on in their development careers. The 4-month Fall Internship will run September 8 - December 18, 2020. The 8-month Fall/Winter Internship will run September 8 - April 23, 2021. We will be accepting applications until May 12th at 9:00am EST . Applications will not be accepted after this date and time. Applications will be reviewed and interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis in the weeks following. In Your Application 1. Include your resume. 2. We're always looking to see where passion and engagement shows itself in all aspects of your life. Please answer the 2 questions outlined in the application to tell us why you want to join Shopify and work in UX Development. 3. If you have some work you’re really proud of and want us to see, please attach it to your application! You can share it as a file or as a URL. Experience comes in many forms, many skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. If your experience is close to what we’re looking for, consider applying. We know that diversity of thought makes for the best problem-solving and creative thinking, which is why we're dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team and encourage everyone to apply. The Hiring Process 1. Candidates that move beyond the initial application stage will be invited to a “ Life Story ” interview with a Recruiter on the Intern Program team. The intention of the Life Story interview is to construct your own personal timeline, including decisions you’ve made, what you’re passionate about, and the path you’ve taken to bring you to where you are today. 2. After the Life Story, successful candidates will be invited to a 60 minute technical interview with 2 Shopify developers. You will be informed in advance of the interview of what you need to bring. Generally, we ask that candidates bring a frontend project to present to our interviewers, and specifically something that includes code they have written personally. The second half of the interview is a problem-solving exercise with the devs. 3. After the technical interview, successful candidates are placed on teams based on their interests, skills and experience - each placement is done individually and with significant consideration. Timelines of decision will be clearly communicated to candidates by their Recruiter throughout the process and you will always hear back from us. #noghosting **If you are in the University of Waterloo co-op program you must apply through Waterloo Works . If you do not apply through Waterloo Works, it is your responsibility to contact your co-op rep to have this posting added to your profile. At Shopify, we are committed to building and fostering an environment where our employees feel included, valued, and heard. Our belief is that a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion enables us to truly make commerce better for everyone. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities. Apply for this job