# The Engineering Story Behind Flex Comp

DevFeed: [The Engineering Story Behind Flex Comp](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-engineering-story-behind-flex-comp-1326.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/building-flex-comp>)

Author: Eric Poirier

Published: 2022-10-05T18:00:02Z

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>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui.md>)

Tags: [back-end](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/back-end.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>), [user-interface](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-interface.md>)

## AI overview

Shopify describes the engineering work behind Flex Comp, a compensation system that lets employees allocate their total rewards among base salary, Restricted Stock Units, and Stock Options. The article covers the product vision, employee-facing interface, delivery constraints, prioritized backlog, and the collaboration of front-end and back-end teams to solve technical challenges.

## Source excerpt

How we built Flex Comp: Shopify's new approach to compensation that gives employees the ability to choose how they want to allocate their total reward between base salary, Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Stock Options today, with new features like Shop Cash in the future.