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Back PRINCIPAL ENGINEER, DATABASE PLATFORM (MYSQL) * Remote - Global * Engineering Apply Now 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 hypergrowth * 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 * Embrace differences and disagreement to get shit done and move forward * Work digital-first for your daily work Shopifyhttps://www.shopify.com ABOUT THE ROLE Shopify’s mission is to make commerce better for everyone. Our Database Platform team provides Shopify with the foundational technologies the company uses to build our products. As Shopify scales to build new features and onboard new merchants, our product needs efficient and scalable distributed databases. This allows Shopify to provide most merchant and customer impact, while guarding the integrity of the data. To succeed at this challenge, we need a solid database platform to store, manage and serve the source of truth for our applications. The Databases group in Infrastructure is seeking a skilled Principal Engineer to help evolve such a platform and collaborate closely across Shopify in shaping the future of an event driven mission. We manage thousands of MySQL databases as the source of truth for Shopify. As we grow, we also improve the tooling in order to reduce the manual toil, and improve resiliency and performance. Responsibilities: * Independently propose, champion, drive clarity and simplicity on projects with Shopify wide impact * Proficiently evolve all aspects of a Database stack, including our MySQL and Vitess installations * Collaborate with other principal engineers and tech leads to set and drive technical strategy and roadmap towards unified datastores strategy at Shopify * Stay updated on the latest database technologies and patterns and apply those learnings back to our goals * Mentor and coach engineers, take part in shaping culture to build a healthy and impactful team What you bring to the team: * Strong communication and collaboration skills * You have demonstrated Industry/Company wide impact using MySQL (Percona) and related database technologies * Championed and delivered on complex technical projects touching many engineering teams that led to measurable impact * Collaborated with staff-level leads across multiple teams, building trust, influencing direction, and fostering collaboration * Experience working with and influencing open source community and/or cloud vendors * Ability to dive into the codebase to influence by prototyping and building WE HIRE PEOPLE, NOT RESUMES. IF YOU THINK YOU’RE RIGHT FOR THE ROLE, APPLY NOW. Apply Now FIRST THINGS FIRST We want to ensure you’re the type of person who will thrive here so we can move you quickly through our hiring process. Before completing the job application, please check all the statements that apply to you below: I am always seeking (often uncomfortable) growth and deepening my craft expertise I thrive on change in an ambiguous environment and can keep pace to ship weekly I want to work remotely for my daily work It looks like you might not be a great fit for Shopify at this time — while we encourge everyone to apply, we are looking for someone who can meet all these criteria. Submit APPLICATION *Required Name* Email* Resume* Linkedin Profile* Location* Start typing and select a location from the dropdown. 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