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Shopify is hiring a Lead Developer Advocate in San Francisco to help make Shopify the commerce layer for AI applications. The role leads developer advocacy strategy and works directly with founders and engineers building products on Shopify. Applications close November 28, 2026.
- Decide which developers, use cases and communities to prioritize, and how to reach them.
- Build relationships with accelerators, investors and developer platforms to meet teams early and help them choose Shopify.
- Run meetups, hackathons, workshops and office hours, and share code, demos and lessons in public between events.
- Pair with founders and engineers to integrate Shopify, clear technical blockers and ship to production, pulling in Product, Engineering or Partnerships when needed.
- Turn repeated work into reusable code, tools and docs, pass developer feedback to Product and Engineering, and track engagement and adoption.
- Candidates need experience building a developer relations or technical ecosystem program from strategy to execution, a hands on engineering or solutions background with APIs and authentication, experience with AI development tools, and a record of running developer events and publishing technical content.
Location: San Francisco, CA, United States (the posting says the role is based in San Francisco and works with developers in person)
How to apply: Apply on the Shopify careers site
To apply for this job please visit www.shopify.com.