Engineering Editorial Lead: Technical Content Strategy

Bazeta; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Shopify is seeking an Editorial Lead, Engineering & Technical Content to own how our technical work is presented to the world. You’ll shape and publish narratives across our Engineering Blog, X channel, and partner platforms, working closely with Engineering and Communications.

The role combines technical writing, editorial leadership, and content production to amplify Shopify’s engineering story. You will coach engineers to write compelling pieces, produce complex deep-dives when needed, and

Responsibilities

• Design and run the content strategy for the Shopify Engineering Blog, from topic sourcing and triage through development, finalization, and distribution
• Own and maintain the editorial calendar, aligning senior engineering stakeholders on positioning and deadlines, and moving content through production to on-time publication
• Embed with Engineering: join R&D channels, team syncs, and technical reviews to proactively identify work worth writing about
• Coach engineers to write pieces they are proud of, improving structure, clarity, and impact while preserving voice
• Write complex pieces yourself when needed: deep-dive architecture breakdowns, postmortems, and “how we built this” narratives

Skills

Technical editorial

Writing craft

Editorial leadership

SEO/GEO fundamentals

Tools

CMS

SEO tools

Analytics

Job description

Shopify is seeking an Editorial Lead, Engineering & Technical Content to own how our technical work is presented to the world. You’ll shape and publish narratives across our Engineering Blog, X channel, and partner platforms, working closely with Engineering and Communications.

The role combines technical writing, editorial leadership, and content production to amplify Shopify’s engineering story. You will coach engineers to write compelling pieces, produce complex deep-dives when needed, and