[Hiring] Associate General Counsel, Partnerships @Shopify

Role Description

At Shopify, we're not just building software—we're revolutionizing how the world does business. Our Commercial Legal team is where legal expertise meets entrepreneurial energy, and we're scaling fast. Right now, we're looking to hire for the critical area of Partnership Legal supporting our partnerships teams with integrations, APIs, and strategic alliances.

Whether you're architecting API partnership frameworks, or tackling novel legal challenges in fintech and payments that literally don't have precedent, you'll be directly impacting how we bring commerce solutions to merchants worldwide and connect Shopify with the global ecosystem.

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

• Strategic Building: Creating scalable frameworks, playbooks and templates
• Problem-Solving: Tackling unprecedented legal challenges in commerce, fintech, and technology integrations
• Impact-Driving: Your work directly enables millions of merchants to build their dreams

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
• Substantial experience drafting and negotiating complex legal agreements (SaaS, partnerships, licensing, API/SDK arrangements)
• Proven track record with technology-related commercial agreements

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

Benefits

• This is your chance to join a team that's literally reshaping global commerce, working on deals and challenges that push the boundaries of what's possible in legal and business innovation.
• We're looking for multiple brilliant lawyers who want to grow with us as we scale.