# Perspectives on Onboarding: Joining Shopify as an Engineering Leader

DevFeed: [Perspectives on Onboarding: Joining Shopify as an Engineering Leader](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/perspectives-on-onboarding-joining-shopify-as-an-engineering-leader-1507.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/onboarding-shopify-engineering-leaders>)

Author: Jennie Lundrigan

Published: 2022-06-27T14:00:01Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>)

Tags: [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning.md>), [management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/management.md>), [onboarding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/onboarding.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>)

## AI overview

This article presents perspectives from Avanti Ketkar and Maria Robledo on joining Shopify as engineering leaders. It explains how Shopify's intentional onboarding program provides context, relationships, tools, and cultural understanding to help new leaders build trust and reach impact more quickly.

## Source excerpt

What's it really like for new engineering leaders at Shopify? I asked Avanti Ketkar and Maria Robledo, who both joined the team this past year, to spill the tea about their first few months. They share their perspectives on how the onboarding experience helped them build context, relationships, and trust.