Pros
I find working at Shopify totally stress free, intellectually rewarding and challenging. Our hours are totally flexible as long as work is completed to the high standards we set. My team has absolutely no politics or internal strife, everyone works well together, mentors each other and encourages learning. I have so many opportunities to learn new languages, new frameworks and am encouraged to complete self-development at every opportunity. Since the entire company went remote in 2020, it has opened up opportunities across the whole company and many different areas of development and I know I can change direction and explore another aspect of our engineering infrastructure if that's what I want to do. And Shopify cares (and I mean really cares) about our well being and work / life balance. There has never been any issue if I need some sick time, or personal time for whatever reason. They support everything I need to do family-wise, the flexible working hours make managing a career and family very easy and their health cover is great. I also know I can advance my career with this company, I can clearly see how to achieve this and what I need to do to get to where I want to go. Shopify provides a framework for everything need to accomplish and reach the different roles in the company and it's a meritocracy, promotion doesn't just depend on how long you have been here, but the impact you make in your role.
Cons
I honestly don't have any cons to add here. I'm in my 40s and so have had numerous jobs, have travelled, have spent time in academia and ran my own business for a decade. I can honestly say that I never worked anywhere remotely as good as we have it here in Shopify. I think perhaps I could attain a higher salary as a developer in some other software companies in Ireland, however I don't believe for a second that I would have the same quality of life as Shopify has provided me with. That reason alone means I will be with them for the very, very long term.