Joseph Kim

Updated Feb 15, 2026

Based in Toronto, Canada.

I first joined Shopify more than 10 years ago as an intern.

Since then, I got a CS degree at UWaterloo, studied fashion at CSM, designed a typeface, learned to drive manual, and lived in New York, London, Tokyo, and Seoul.

Today, I'm the lead designer of Talent at Shopify. I built software that powers performance, feedback, mastery, and rewards with pi, Cursor, and Figma. Now, I'm thinking a lot about agentic work.

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