StarApps Studio

Job Title: Chief of Staff (AI & Data-Driven Strategy) 

Company: StarApps Studio 

Experience: 4-6 years 

Location:Pune (On-site) 

About StarApps Studio 

StarApps Studio is a fast-growing Shopify app development company building high-impact ecommerce SaaS products for global merchants. We operate in a high-ownership, fast-execution environment where data, clarity, and speed matter.

Role Overview 

We are looking for a highly analytical and operational Chief of Staff to serve as the right-hand strategic partner to our founders and leadership team. This role is a force multiplier—you will drive executive execution, improve high-level decision-making, and lead strategic initiatives across the company. This requires strong analytical thinking, AI fluency, and the operational rigor to turn visionary ideas into measurable results.

Key Responsibilities

• Executive Strategy & Alignment: Act as a strategic partner to founders by managing business priorities and driving key organizational deliverables.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Own the execution of high-impact cross-functional initiatives across Product, Growth, Support, and Operations.
• Business Intelligence: Build dashboards, trackers, and comprehensive reports to empower data-backed leadership decision-making.
• AI & Operational Excellence: Leverage AI tools (ChatGPT, automation, analytics) to aggressively optimize workflows and scale internal productivity.
• Operating Rhythm: Drive the cadence of leadership by preparing strategic meeting agendas, synthesizing notes, and ensuring relentless closure on action items.
• Market & Product Strategy: Conduct deep-dive market, competitor, and product research within the Shopify and SaaS ecosystem to inform strategic direction.
• Stakeholder Management: Drive seamless communication and alignment between internal teams and external partners.
• Trusted Advisor: Maintain strict confidentiality and high ownership while handling ambiguous, complex business challenges.

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a Chief of Staff, Operations Associate, Strategy Consultant, or in a similar strategic role.
• Strong data-driven mindset with proven experience using Excel/Google Sheets, dashboards, and reporting tools.
• High proficiency with AI tools like ChatGPT, Notion AI, automation workflows, and prompt-based productivity.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills paired with strong stakeholder management abilities.
• Proven ability to operate in a fast-paced startup environment, taking high ownership of outcomes.
• Elite organizational skills, sharp attention to detail, and the ability to multitask seamlessly across competing priorities.
• Experience in ecommerce, SaaS, the Shopify ecosystem, or tech startups is a strong advantage.
• Comfortable working directly with founders and independently solving ambiguous, unstructured problems.

What We Offer

• Direct exposure to startup leadership and strategic decision-making.
• A high-impact role with a significant ownership and growth trajectory.
• The opportunity to work at the cutting-edge intersection of AI, ecommerce, and product execution.
• Competitive compensation with performance-driven growth opportunities.

At StarApps, we build innovative solutions designed to scale. We are looking for a disciplined, detail-oriented individual to join our team and support our daily financial and administrative operations. If you have a foundational grasp of accounting and love keeping things organized, we’d love to meet you.

The Role

As an Accounts & Operations Assistant, you will be the backbone of our daily office functions. You will handle basic bookkeeping tasks while ensuring smooth communication between our team, vendors, and clients. This is an excellent role for someone early in their career looking to grow within a fast-paced tech environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Support: Assist with daily data entry, invoice processing, and maintaining accurate expense records.
• Documentation: Organize and manage physical and digital financial records (receipts, tax documents, and contracts).
• Communication: Act as a point of contact for basic vendor inquiries and internal team coordination.
• Banking & Compliance: Help prepare documents for monthly reconciliations and assist the senior finance team during tax filing periods.
• Admin Tasks: Provide general administrative support to ensure the office/team operates efficiently.

Requirements

• Experience: Approximately 1 year of professional experience in an accounts-related or administrative role.
• Education: A degree in Commerce, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred.
• Software Skills: Good Proficiency in MS Excel and familiarity with accounting softwares is a plus.
• Communication: Clear verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Attitude: A high level of integrity, a "no task is too small" mindset, and a sharp eye for detail.

Why Join StarApps?

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic, tech-driven environment.
• Mentorship from experienced finance and operations professionals.
• A collaborative culture that values initiative and growth.

StarApps Studio is a product-driven SaaS company building Shopify apps that power thousands of online stores. We’ve developed 6 highly-rated Shopify apps (averaging 4.9★) used by 30,000+ Shopify merchants worldwide, including over 1,000 Shopify Plus stores. In just a few years, our bootstrapped team grew from $5.5M to $10M in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) by obsessing over quality and merchant success. We’re a tight-knit, 20-person team based in Baner, Pune, on a mission to help e-commerce brands create world-class shopping experiences.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Full Stack Developer who will own features end-to-end with an emphasis on backend excellence. In this role, you will design and optimize complex data models and API architectures in Ruby on Rails, implement robust background job queues (e.g. delayed_job) for heavy workloads, and perform rigorous performance tuning to ensure our systems scale. On the frontend, you'll build and integrate React components to deliver complete, user-friendly features. This is a role for someone who loves tackling deep technical challenges in the backend while also crafting intuitive user interfaces – an opportunity to leverage your backend expertise while driving full-stack product ownership.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect & Optimize Backend: Design scalable database schemas and efficient data models. Develop high-performance RESTful APIs and services in Ruby on Rails, ensuring clean, maintainable code and great performance.
• Backend API Development: Design, implement, and maintain robust backend services and RESTful APIs in Ruby on Rails to support new features and internal tools.
• End-to-End Performance Tuning: Optimize application performance across the stack – from minimizing frontend load times to improving backend query efficiency – for our high-traffic, data-intensive apps.
• Collaboration & Agile Delivery: Work closely with designers, product managers, and QA to translate requirements into technical solutions. Participate in sprint planning, code reviews, and daily deployments to ship features continuously and reliably.
• Quality & Maintenance: Write clean, maintainable code with appropriate test coverage (unit and integration tests) to ensure reliability. Monitor, debug, and resolve issues in production, and continually refactor and improve existing code for stability and performance

What We’re Looking For (Requirements)

• 4–8 Years Experience: Proven experience as a software developer in a product company (experience in e-commerce or SaaS is highly preferred). You have built real products used by actual customers at scale.
• Ruby on Rails Expertise: Strong command of Ruby on Rails. Experience designing RESTful APIs, working with MVC architecture, and using Rails best practices. You should understand how to structure large Rails applications for maintainability.
• Backend Proficiency: Comfortable building server-side applications and APIs with Ruby on Rails. You can implement business logic, integrate with databases, and create RESTful endpoints (bonus if you’ve worked with GraphQL or other backend frameworks).
• Database Skills: Proficiency with PostgreSQL (or similar RDBMS). Capable of writing complex SQL queries, optimizing queries/indexes, and designing efficient relational schemas. Familiarity with Redis or caching strategies is a plus.
• Front-End Proficiency: Comfortable building user interfaces with React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript. Able to implement frontend components that consume APIs and provide a smooth user experience.
• System Design & Quality: Solid understanding of web application architecture, performance tuning, and scalability concerns. Experience with profiling, benchmarking, and optimizing web applications. Commitment to writing clean, maintainable code with proper tests.
• Product Mindset: You care about the why behind the features. You are comfortable digging into requirements, questioning assumptions, and ensuring that we build solutions that truly solve merchant problems.
• Adaptability & Collaboration: Excellent problem-solving skills, communication, and ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You are a self-starter who can take ownership of tasks and drive them to completion, but also know when to ask for help.

Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 (Tailwind/Bootstrap), modern build tools (Webpack, Babel).
• Backend: Ruby on Rails (REST APIs, background jobs), some services in Python.
• Database: PostgreSQL.
• Cloud & DevOps: Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, RDS, CloudFront), Docker, CI/CD for daily deployments.
• Tools: Git (GitHub), Agile issue tracking (JIRA/Trello), and a keen use of automated testing.

(Don’t worry if you aren’t familiar with every item – we value willingness to learn. This is our current stack, and we continually adopt new technologies that improve our products.)

Why Join Us

• High Impact & Ownership: Your work will directly enhance the shopping experience of 50M+ shoppers daily. At StarApps, developers deploy code daily and see the immediate impact on thousands of merchants – you’ll own projects end-to-end and build features that matter.
• Fast-Growing, Profitable Startup: Join a bootstrapped, profitable company on an exciting growth trajectory (from $4M to $10M ARR). There’s no bureaucracy here – just a passionate team obsessed with product quality and merchant happiness. You’ll be part of our core team as we scale, with ample opportunities to grow into leadership roles.
• Cutting-Edge Tech & Challenges: Work with modern technologies (React, Rails, AWS) on performance-intensive applications. Tackle complex challenges in scaling, optimization, and UX for a global user base – continuously sharpen your skills in a supportive, learning-focused environment.
• Collaborative Culture: We are a small 25-person team that operates like a close-knit family. You’ll work side by side with experienced founders and a talented team that values innovation, humility, and continuous improvement. Our culture is open, empathetic, and growth-oriented – every voice is heard, and every team member plays a crucial role in our success.

Growth & Benefits: We invest in our team’s growth. Expect a competitive salary, performance bonuses, and whatever tools you need to do your best work. We sponsor professional development (courses, conferences, books) and encourage knowledge-sharing. You’ll enjoy a flexible leave policy, team off-sites, and the excitement of building a global product from our new office in Baner, Pune.