Information Technology
Information Technology at Shell means working alongside our leading experts in the field to push the boundaries of our operations.
Digitalisation and the Future of Energy at Shell
Digitalisation and information technology are transforming the energy industry—making operations more efficient, improving safety, and enabling lower emissions.
At Shell, digital technology plays a vital role in how we work and where we’re headed. We’ve been developing and deploying digital solutions for decades, and today, we’re embedding them across every part of the business. From automating everyday tasks to supporting critical decisions, Shell IT empowers teams to do more with data and work smarter at every level.
We’re using technology to power smarter trading and help shape a net-zero energy future.
In Trading & Supply, our Information and Digital Technology (IDT) teams are helping strengthen the competitive advantage of one of the world’s largest energy trading operations—supporting fast, informed decisions through technology that’s both future-facing and grounded in business needs.
We live our core values of honesty, integrity, and respect, so you can grow your career in an inclusive, purpose-led environment that encourages you to bring your best.
Join us in shaping the future of energy through technology that drives real-world impact.
Our Organisational Functions
Enterprise IT
Enterprise IT owns Shell's digital technology roadmap and steers our overall IT strategy to drive business outcomes and enable efficient IT architecture, data, risk, governance, and integration.
As the architects of IT solutions, we deliver Market Standard IT Platforms by maximising impact from data. In addition, we design technology solutions that help to maintain a streamlined IT architectural foundation.
Business IT
Business IT partners with Projects, Technology, Upstream, Downstream, Integrated Gas, and Renewables to deliver IT solutions supporting business goals.
We provide strategic IT plans, portfolio management, and delivery and hold accountability for tech solutions, strengthening business strategies.
We manage information risk and compliance, and we identify, create, and protect value from technology and data.
Information & Digital Engineering
Information and Digital Engineering builds skill pools and career paths. We unite business and IT skills, powering progress through capability centers.
These centers drive learning and upskilling. They focus on Design Engineering, Enterprise Resource Planning, Data & Analytics, and Project Management.
We also cover Software Engineering, Change, Business Products, Citizen Development, Digital Core, and Strategy.
Information & Digital Services and Operations
This team runs Shell's IT systems. We enable our global workforce to collaborate. We deliver reliable, secure, and affordable IT operations, supporting business strategies. We build enterprise technology and operate IT for all assets. We enable effective, reliable, and secure work.
We create digital foundations for operating IT systems. Millions rely on them daily. We execute controls, ensuring trustworthy financials, and we detect and manage data and cyber incidents.
Why join Information Technology?
IT solutions are serving millions
At Shell, our Information Technology (IT) team works on complex challenges to power progress and deliver impact.
We do this through industry-leading delivery capability and people development centres. We have 80 million digitally connected customers, which translates to an opportunity to deliver digital transformation.
Grow your skills
For Shell, digitalisation is not just about technology. It is also our culture, people, and agile working methods. Being a part of this global team means being part of an ecosystem of external and internal stakeholders, customers, and partners. We use advanced infrastructure and partner with the world's best tech and cloud providers to accelerate and scale digitalisation across our businesses.
Partners in our energy transition
Information Technology at Shell has an ever-growing ecosystem of partnerships with industry leaders. For example, Shell has built a partnership over three decades with a strategic alliance to contribute toward a world with net-zero emissions. Together we aim to deliver new solutions to customers in support of their energy transition and carbon reduction ambitions. Shell has agreed to supply Microsoft with renewable energy, helping Microsoft to meet its commitment to 100% renewable energy by 2025.
