Apprentice Product Manager - Spring 2027

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.

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 hyper growth
• 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
• Shopify’s Apprentice Product Manager (APM) role is a paid 12 month position, made up of two team placements, designed to develop early product talent into future product leaders.
• As an APM, you’ll learn how products are developed at Shopify, supported by a dedicated mentor, a working community of peers, and a comprehensive learning program.
• You’ll work alongside some of the best product managers in the industry on products that will have a real impact on our merchants.

The Opportunity

• Join a high performing Product team that will constantly push you to grow and improve. Real talk - get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
• Own real product problems for real merchants
• Learn Shopify's product management craft across two different team placements, each with a Senior Product Manager to guide and coach you
• Use AI daily for prototyping, research, analysis, and building
• Participants are expected to learn rapidly, adapt, and achieve impactful results for our merchants within 12 months.
• If you prefer detailed direction and a clear roadmap to follow, this role probably isn’t for you.

Qualifications

We are looking for

• A history of creating something that didn't exist before and seeing it through
• Comfort operating without a playbook. Figuring out what needs to happen and making it happen.
• A track record of doing more with less, stretching limited time, resources, or experience further than expected
• Genuine interest in the audience affected by what you build: merchants, buyers, or communities
• A pattern of picking up new skills, domains, or responsibilities quickly
• Hands-on experience making things with AI. We're looking for people who've used AI to do real work, not people who've listed it on a resume.
• Legally eligible to work from the locations listed by the chosen program start date
• Able to work a minimum of 40 hours per week as of March 2027. This is not a part time opportunity.

Key Info

• This application will close November 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST
• Program start date: March 8, 2027. You cannot change or delay your agreed start date. No exceptions will be granted given the short-term nature of this program. We want you to get the most out of it!
• You may not be enrolled in an academic program while participating in the program. This is a full time opportunity.
• You must have legal authorization to work full time (40 hours a week) in the locations listed. Shopify will not provide visa or immigration support.
• You’ll hear back from us within 3-4 weeks from the job posting closing date
• We hire people, not resumes.
• If you think you’re right for the role, apply now!
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• About the discipline

Product at Shopify

• Every discipline at Shopify works close to real merchant problems.
• You'll join a team that owns meaningful scope, ships to a high bar, and helps millions of entrepreneurs start, run, and scale their businesses.
• Growth and rewards

Mastery-matched compensation.

~Mastery

• At Shopify, getting better at your craft and increasing your impact is how you grow.
• Twice a year, we assess both in our ~Mastery cycle, Shopify’s performance review.
• Achieving higher ~Mastery is a promotion, and when you earn a promotion your total rewards grow with it.
• Crafter and manager are equal paths, so you can pursue excellence in the craft you’re best at.

Total Rewards

• With Flex Comp, your Rewards Wallet gives you agency over your compensation mix.
• Adjust your mix of cash, restricted share units, and stock options (including programs like Long-Term Equity)* to where it makes sense for you, and mix it up anytime as life and priorities change.
• Buying a house?
• Want more skin in the game?
• Just experimenting?
• It’s your call.
• * Flex Comp program offerings vary based on location, role, and employment type.
• Full details are set out in our Terms & Conditions and related plan documents.
• Built for real life

Room for the rest of your life.

Flexible work, remote by design

• A flexible vacation policy means most Shopifolk can take the vacation days they feel they need to recharge.
• If a change of everyday scenery is more your jam, Destination 90 means you can work from (almost) anywhere in the world for 90 days of the year.

Your setup

• Your battlestation is your home base.
• Request the desk, chair, and AV gear you need to get shit done.
• You need ‘em, we’ve got ‘em.
• Our health and welfare benefits may include health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance depending on your country.
• If you’re in a country without a package, you'll receive a monthly allowance.
• We also offer mental health support for you and your dependents, including immediate and confidential services like counseling and coaching sessions.

Family support

• We offer fertility benefits globally, along with paid parental leave to welcome a new family member.
• Applying to work here

Show us your craft.

• Read the candidate guide
• The Life Story is how we understand the themes of your career journey so far, human to human.
• What you’ve learned, and how you made a difference.
• Show us the trophies and the bruises: the problems you’ve solved, the challenges you encountered, the decisions you made, and the lessons you learned along the way.
• We’re looking for world-class crafters.
• Crafters obsessed with pursuing excellence in their field.
• Our craft assessment looks at your personal journey toward mastery, and your potential to go broader and deeper in novel ways.
• You’ll start with an online assessment, followed by a craft assessment.
• Show us what you do best, and how you do it.
• Shopify’s bar is high.
• Let your skills do the talking.
• Building on your craft assessment, these interviews dive deeper into your experience and technical aptitude.
• Depending on the role, this may include technical deep dives focusing on projects you've previously worked on, collaborating in a design critique, exploring a dataset using SQL, or taking the lead on solving a problem with your interviewer as your co-pilot.
• Pssst.
• Extraordinary technical work speaks for itself.Skip the resume.
• Show us what you’ve built instead.
• Take the /alt path