Shopify has tapped industry veteran Cathy Polinsky as the company’s new vice president of engineering as it plans to double the size of its engineering team this year.
As the newest senior leader on Shopify’s engineering team, Polinsky will lead Shopify’s efforts to build its e-commerce infrastructure and will lead the company’s efforts to double its engineering team in 2021 by hiring 2,021 new technical staff.
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Polinsky has previously served as CTO of Stitch Fix, an online personal shopping service, where she took the company public. Before that, she spent time with Salesforce, Amazon, Oracle, and Yahoo.