Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Security

Shopify is hiring a Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Security to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Security, you'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a full-time, work-from-home role open to candidates across the US (Remote — Anywhere in the US). About the role You'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure, partnering with a friendly, distributed team across US time zones. We care about outcomes over hours and give you the autonomy, tools, and support to do your best work from home. What you'll do: • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability • Monitor systems and respond to incidents • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code • Partner with engineering on scalability and security • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil What we offer: • Paid parental leave • Flexible working hours across US time zones • 100% remote, work-from-anywhere-in-the-US culture • Competitive salary and meaningful equity • Annual learning and professional development budget How we work We're remote-first and async-friendly. Expect clear documentation, regular feedback, supportive teammates, and real opportunities to grow your career. Shopify is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.

Minimum qualifications: • 7+ years of experience, including leading teams or projects • Scripting skills (Bash, Python, or Go) • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure • On-call and incident response experience • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar Nice to have: • Familiarity with modern collaboration tools (Slack, Notion, Linear) • Comfort communicating clearly and proactively in writing