Associate General Council, Partnerships - Shopify - Remote - Americas

At Shopify, we're not just building software—we're revolutionizing how the world does business. And behind every game-changing platform feature, every major enterprise deal, every innovative partnership, and every merchant success story is our incredible Legal team, solving unprecedented challenges and paving new paths in the digital commerce landscape. 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. You'll support our partnerships teams by negotiating strategic transactions and partnership agreements while identifying and mitigating critical legal risks. You'll focus on: Strategic partners including developers, sales channels, apps, and financial solutions partners; Technology integrations with partners in financial solutions and payments spaces; Projects for discovering Shopify merchants on third-party marketplaces worldwide; Development of applications by large partners (social media, aggregators) to allow merchant sales on these channels; API access agreements and developer ecosystem partnerships. 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.