
Shopify App Developer/ Software Engineer - Ruby on Rails
at A Shopify App Startup in India founded by two IIM Alumni.
We’re looking for a Ruby on Rails Software Engineer/Shopify App Developer who has experience working with the Shopify platform and is able to work on a Shopify app.
Your Daily Challenges
When we welcome you aboard we’ll introduce you to your Team, which consists of a front-end developer, a Shopify App Marketer who grew 2 apps to million dollar annual revenue, and a product manager.
These are the people you’ll work closely with on Product development day-to-day. Once you get settled in and learn more about the team, your day to day activities will look something like this:
- Own the end-to-end development cycle for the Shopify app you’ll be working on.
- Coordinate with fellow developers to get things done on time.
- Implement high quality code in an agile, test driven development environment
- Review exception reports to identify and fix bugs
- Development of new apps and features
- Maintenance of existing features
- Collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Contributions of ideas to improve the product
Your Experience
- 3-5 years of experience with Ruby on Rails
- Experience with Shopify app development
- Familiar with Sidekiq, PostgreSQL
- Good understanding of HTML and CSS (positioning and styling)
- Excellent communication skills
- Takes pride in writing clean, organized, efficient code
- An eye for detail
- Experience with vanilla JavaScript and React a plus
- Experience working in an entrepreneurial/startup environment
Your Compensation
- The compensation range for this role is INR 14-18 LPA (~25K USD) + up to 5% equity.
- The compensation varies with experience and qualifications.
- This is a full-time remote/work from home position.
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