Carl Rivera
Chief Product Officer of Nubank; former Chief Design Officer of Shopify; co-founder of Tictail.
At a glance
Roles
Shopify (before)
Interviews to start with
Tobi Lütke x Carl Rivera: Designing For Ambition
Writing to start with
Why We Built Shop
Connections
Nubank, David Vélez and 2 others
See all 4
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- Carl Rivera is a design and product leader, Nubank's Chief Product Officer from 18 May 2026.
- He reports to Nubank's founder and CEO, David Vélez.
- Before that he spent more than seven years at Shopify, as Chief Design Officer and as VP of Product, Merchant Services.
- Earlier he co-founded Tictail and was its CEO; Shopify acquired it in 2018.
Why it matters
- For people following how commerce and fintech products are designed: he led design at Shopify and its Shop app, and now runs product at one of the largest digital banks.
Key facts
- Nubank
- Chief Product Officer, effective 18 May 2026 (announced 5 May 2026); on the executive team, reporting to David Vélez1
- Works with at Nubank
- Ethan Eismann (Chief Design Officer) and Eric Young (Chief Technology Officer)1
- Shopify
- More than seven years in senior design and product roles, until 20261
- Chief Design Officer, Shopify
- Led design company-wide1
- Interviewed by Tobi Lütke
- As Shopify's Chief Design Officer, on Shopify's YouTube channel, 10 November 20253
- VP of Product, Merchant Services, Shopify
- Oversaw Payments, Financial Services, Lending, Advertising, Retail, Shipping, Taxes, Shop and Channel Partners1
- Shop
- Helped turn Shop into a leading consumer shopping platform1
- Tictail
- Co-founder and CEO of the venture-backed commerce platform, acquired by Shopify in 20181
- Writing for Shopify
- Three Shopify blog posts in 2020, including "Why We Built Shop"2
Roles
Before
Part of until May 2026
Shopify (Chief Design Officer; earlier VP of Product, Merchant Services. Joined from Tictail, which Shopify bought in 2018) source on Shopify
Interviews to start with
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Tobi Lütke x Carl Rivera: Designing For Ambition (opens youtube.com)3
56 minutes with Tobi Lütke on why Shopify has a Chief Design Officer, the phone call that led to Shop, the Tictail acquisition, AI interface patterns and design systems.
Writing to start with
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Why We Built Shop (opens shopify.com)2
His Shopify blog post on the Shop app.
Connections
Related
- NubankChief Product Officer from 18 May 2026
- David VélezNubank's founder and CEO, to whom he reports
- TictailCo-founded it and was its CEO; Shopify acquired it in 2018
- Tobias LütkePersonInterviewed him as Shopify's Chief Design Officer, November 2025
Links
Sources
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