Category product Manager

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.

Urgent Onsite Hiring: Location Viman Nagar Pune,

Seeking a skilled and experienced Full Stack PHP Developer to contribute to the development of scalable, secure, and high-performance digital platforms.

The role involves working with custom PHP frameworks similar to Laravel (PHP 8+, Laravel 12+), MySQL, and front-end technologies such as Bootstrap, Blade, React.js etc.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in full-stack development, RESTful API integration, and implementing complex workflows in a multi-stakeholder environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and optimize backend modules using Laravel (PHP 8+, Laravel 12+), ensuringmodularity and scalability

• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and integrate existing APIs.

• Build responsive UI components using Blade, Bootstrap 5, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and jQuery

• Develop interactive dashboard components using React.js

• Manage user workflows including role-based access control (RBAC) and session handling

• Collaborate with UI/UX, DevOps, QA and Project Management teams to ensure timely feature delivery

• Optimize and manage MySQL schema and queries for large-scale datasets

• Use Git (GitHub/GitLab) and CI/CD pipelines for clean and versioned deployments

• Implement and manage Amazon S3 storage for secure file upload, retrieval, and deletion, including configuration of S3 buckets, IAM permissions, pre-signed URLs, and storage lifecycle policies

• Ensure adherence to GIGW 3.0, CERT-In, and accessibility/security standards

• Ensure code quality, performance, and security of the applications

• Participate in requirement analysis, system architecture, and technical design discussions

• Write clean, modular, and well-documented code, following modern development standards

• Troubleshoot and debug issues, implementing fixes and performance improvements across layers

• Adhere to software development best practices and agile methodologies

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, or related field

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience in full stack development

• Expertise in Laravel (PHP 8+) and MySQL, including schema optimization

• Strong knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, and other modern front-end tools

• Experience using AI-powered tools for development, code generation, testing, documentation, or productivity enhancement (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Postman AI)

• Proven experience in both developing and integrating RESTful APIs, including third-party or government APIs

• Hands-on experience with React.js for building dashboards or dynamic user interfaces

• Experience integrating Power BI dashboards or frontend visualization libraries

• Understanding of RBAC, secure authentication, and session/token management

• Working knowledge of Git-based version control systems, CI/CD workflows, and modern deployment tools(e.g., GitLab CI, Laravel Forge)

• Implement and manage Amazon S3 storage for secure file upload, retrieval, and deletion, including configuration of S3 buckets, IAM permissions, pre-signed URLs, and storage lifecycle policies

• Exposure to Agile development and cross-functional team collaboration

Strong UI/UX Designer Profile

Mandatory (Experience 1) - Must have 4+ years of hands-on experience as a UI/UX Designer

Mandatory (Experience 2) - Must have hands-on experience across the end-to-end UI/UX process, including user research, user flows, and information architecture

Mandatory (Tools 1) - Advanced proficiency in Figma for wireframing, prototyping, and high-fidelity UI design

Mandatory (Tools 2) - Familiarity with modern design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator) and/or Sketch

Mandatory (Portfolio) - Strong portfolio is mandatory, showcasing detailed case studies with user research, design rationale, UX process, wireframes, and final UI outputs across web and/or mobile platforms

Mandatory (Note): CTC Hike range will be 10-20%

·         Maintained a high profile in the professional and business communities.

·         Skilled in cold calling, consultative selling and partnering with others.

·         Preparing analysis reports for clients.

·         Working on Email campaign.

·         Coordinate efforts to improve the customer experience at the point of sale.

·         Manage product sales growth and individual sales effectiveness by reviewing sales activity schedule.

·         Maintain strong relationships with key contacts in existing clients and develop new clients.

·         Liaise between the technical team and clients, as well as senior management and stakeholders.

·         Managing a team &Motivating team members to achieve sales target.

·         Negotiating contracts and making partnership with clients.

·         Working on campaign management and lead nurturing.

·         Develop incentive and marketing programs for customers

·         Oversee high volume pipeline management 

We are #hiring !!

PHP developer 

Skills in HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, PHP, DHTML, XML, JavaScript, jQuery/Prototype and AJAX, WordPress

Generating WordPress themes and plugins.

Conducting website performance tests.

Full-stack developers will be most preferred.

Other CMS/framework(LARAVEL) experience will be an added advantage

Experience Preferred

Job Location: Bhubaneswar, Odisha

The Unique Culture

https://www.theuniqueculture.com/ 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Strong customer service orientation
• Basic computer knowledge and typing skills
• Flexibility to work in shifts, including weekends and holidays
• Handle inbound/outbound customer calls regarding product/service inquiries and issues
• Ability to empathize with customers and provide appropriate solutions
• Good problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and target-driven environment

• Do you like the idea of playing Master Shifu for product development teams? Or, what organizations think of it as playing an Engineering Manager.

• Do you live by the mantra of “buck stops with me”. Seriously, we also don’t know who Buck is and we are also looking for him.

• Have you led a product team of 15+ members in the past to successful outcomes? Okay, we would love to talk even if you unfortunately ran into a failure.

• Do you speak both binary and Humanary? Python , dialect, to talk to geeks and the Humanary, English or Hindi dialect, to talk to Clients. 

• Do you practice Agility? No, we don’t mean asanas from Baba Ramdev but things like Scrum or Kanban

• Do you practice Curiosity over Complacency? I..e are you a lean mean learning machine?

• Can you envision a solution architecture after hearing the product's vision and user stories? Do things like scalability, performability, flexibility, maintainability give you goosebumps of joy?

• Do you have an eye for good user experience?

Did you say Yes to all of them? My My! Love you! I’m sure your current team loves you too. But, if for whatever reason, you are looking for a new home then we would love to talk to you. We are a certified Great Place to Work, which means it’s a place where people love working with each other. And, you would too.

Send me an email, will ya?