Python Developer

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.

• Experience in Python
• Experience in any Framework like Django, and Flask.
• Primary and Secondary skills - Python, OOPs and Data Structure
• Good understanding of Rest Api 
• Familiarity with event-driven programming in Python 
• Good analytical and troubleshooting skills

Job Summary:

As a Shopify App Developer at [Your Company Name], you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining custom applications for the Shopify platform. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create solutions that meet our clients' needs and improve their eCommerce operations. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Shopify app development, excellent problem-solving skills, and a passion for delivering exceptional user experiences.

Key Responsibilities:

• App Development: Design, develop, and deploy custom Shopify apps using Shopify’s API, Polaris, and other relevant technologies.
• Customization: Customize and extend Shopify’s existing functionalities to meet specific client requirements.
• Integration: Integrate Shopify apps with third-party services, APIs, and data sources as needed.
• Maintenance & Support: Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Shopify apps and provide ongoing support and maintenance.
• Collaboration: Work closely with project managers, designers, and other developers to ensure that app solutions align with project goals and client expectations.
• Testing & Quality Assurance: Conduct thorough testing of applications to ensure reliability, performance, and adherence to Shopify’s standards.
• Documentation: Create and maintain clear documentation for code, processes, and app functionality.
• Innovation: Stay updated with the latest Shopify developments, industry trends, and best practices to continuously improve app functionality and user experience.

Qualifications:

• Experience: Proven experience in developing Shopify apps, including a portfolio of past projects or apps.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Shopify’s APIs, Liquid templating language, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and familiarity with Shopify Polaris design system.
• Programming Languages: Strong knowledge of backend programming languages such as Ruby, PHP, or Node.js.
• Database Management: Experience with database technologies such as MySQL, MongoDB, or PostgreSQL.
• Problem-Solving: Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Team Player: Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

Skills:

• Expertise in Python 3 on AWS serverless
• Experience in AWS serverless stack Appsync, Lambda, Cognito, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, SQS, S3, Code commit & Code Deploy.
• Proficient in modern microservice-based architectures and methodologies.
• Experience in a database technology, preferably No-SQL such as AWS DynamoDB.
• Build human-centric UX with us using technologies like React, TypeScript, GraphQL, and CSS-in-JS.
• Experience building data processing pipelines (SQS, Kinesis, DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, or similar)
• Deep technical hands-on experience developing in REST/JSON or SOAP/XML, combined with strong knowledge of concepts such as CORs (Cross Origins Resources), headers, security, JSON and http concept.
• Experience with Github and advanced Github features (good to have).
• Must have worked as a part of Agile Teams and DevOps practices such as continuous Integration tools (e.g. Jenkins), code repository, creating CI/CD pipelines is required.

• Developing and maintaining all server-side network components.
• Ensuring optimal performance of the central database and responsiveness to front-end requests.
• Collaborating with front-end developers on the integration of elements.
• Designing customer-facing UI and back-end services for various business processes.
• Developing high-performance applications by writing testable, reusable, and efficient code.
• Implementing effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions.
• Running diagnostic tests, repairing defects, and providing technical support.
• Documenting Node.js processes, including database schemas, as well as preparing reports.
• Recommending and implementing improvements to processes and technologies.
• Keeping informed of advancements in the field of Node.js development.

Responsibilities: 
Developing and maintaining all server-side network components. 
Ensuring optimal performance of the central database and responsiveness to front-end requests. 

Collaborating with front-end developers on the integration of elements. 

Designing back-end services for various business processes.ses. 

Developing high-performance applications by writing testable, reusable, and efficient code. 

Implementing effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions. 

Running diagnostic tests, repairing defects, and providing technical support. 

Documenting Node.js processes, including database schemas, as well as preparing reports. 

Recommending and implementing improvements to processes and technologies. 

Keeping informed of advancements in the field of Node.js development. 

Skills: 

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, or similar. 

At least two years' experience as a Node.js developer. 

Extensive knowledge of JavaScript, web stacks, libraries, and frameworks. 

Knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3. 

Superb interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills. 

Exceptional analytical and problem-solving aptitude. 

Great organizational and time management skills. 

Availability to resolve urgent web application issues outside of business hours. 

We are looking for a Node.js Developer who is proficient with writing API's, working with data, using AWS and capable of applying algorithms mainly machine learning-based to solve problems and create/modify features for our students. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

Responsibilities

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Use of algorithms to drive data analytics and features.
• Ability to use AWS to solve scale issues.

Intro

We are looking for an Software Engineer (SDE1) to join our team and drive the technology growth of our pay later platform. At Rely, we want passionate and talented individuals that want a challenge building the next generation payment products for Millennials across Asia. Together we will build the best products using amazing technology.

What will you do

• Design and implement business critical, high performance large scale services.
• Translate business requirements into scalable and extensible design.
• Coordinate with cross functional teams (Data, UX, QA etc.) on planning and execution.
• Continuously improve code quality, product execution and customer delight.
• Proactively manage stakeholder communication related to deliverables, risks, changes and dependencies.
• Building and managing automated build/test/deployment environments.
• Work with team members on functional and nonfunctional requirements and spread goals across the team.
  
  

What will you need

• 2+ years of hands-on experience with python and a backend framework (ideally django)
• 1+ years Hands-on experience working with Javascript and JS frameworks (Angular, React)
• Hands-on experience in designing, developing, testing and deploying applications large scale applications in any language or stack
• Experience working with high scale distributed systems.
• Practical knowledge of scalable software design.
• Good working knowledge of AWS
• Proficient with APIs, web protocols, OAuth, git.
• Ability to understand and implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
• Well versed with Lean methodologies, TDD and Test Engineering and Automation.
• Ability to design and implement low latency RESTful services.
• Willingness to learn new languages and methodologies.

What would be a bonus

• Experience in production environments with large data sets
• Experience in scaling systems to millions of users.
• Work experience in a fast-growth startup
• Experience in DevOps tools but not limited to Docker, Kubernetes
• Experience in Gunicorn and Nginx