[Hiring] Associate General Counsel @Shopify

Role Description

At Shopify, we're not just building software—we're revolutionizing how the world does business. And behind every game-changing platform feature, every major enterprise deal, every innovative partnership, and every merchant success story is our incredible Legal team, solving unprecedented challenges and paving new paths in the digital commerce landscape.

Our Commercial Legal team is where legal expertise meets entrepreneurial energy, and we're scaling fast. We're hiring multiple lawyers in our Revenue Legal team, where you’ll craft enterprise deals and scalable commercial frameworks for the world’s most recognizable brands.

This isn't typical legal work. You'll be:

• Deal-Making: Negotiating complex enterprise revenue deals
• Strategic Building: Creating scalable frameworks, playbooks and templates
• Problem-Solving: Tackling unprecedented legal challenges in commerce, fintech, and technology integrations

We're collaborative, curious, and committed to making commerce better for everyone. You'll work alongside brilliant legal minds and passionate business leaders who value both intellectual rigor and creative problem-solving.

Success at Shopify requires intellect, humility, and a sense of humour (or humor if you're in the U.S.). We take our work seriously but never ourselves. Expect fast-paced intensity balanced with genuine care for each other, strategic thinking mixed with practical execution, and the kind of environment where your ideas can reshape how we do business.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial law experience with deep SaaS and technology expertise
• Ability to thrive in dynamic, entrepreneurial environments
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to build trust with business partners
• Keen interest in creative legal problem-solving and researching novel areas of law

Requirements

• J.D. or LL.B and license to practice in any common law province in Canada or any U.S. state
• 8+ years of relevant legal experience, with a mix of law firm and in-house experience
• Substantial experience drafting and negotiating complex technology agreements (e.g., SaaS, licensing, cloud services)
• Experience supporting a large sales organization
• Experience managing multiple projects, priorities, stakeholders and deadlines
• Strong written and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to match your tone to your audience
• Proven track record with technology-related commercial agreements

Benefits

• Opportunity to craft enterprise deals and architect scalable legal frameworks for our revenue teams
• Experience negotiating complex enterprise SaaS agreements with Fortune 500 companies and emerging unicorns
• Creating playbooks and templates that scale across global sales organization
• Bringing multi-million-dollar deals with global brands and strategic revenue partnerships home

Bonus Experience

• Experience with financial solutions and payments
• Privacy and data law expertise
• Ironclad or similar contract management platform experience
• Regulatory or ecommerce law background
• Experience in high-growth tech environments
• Use of AI tools in legal services delivery