Chennai, India
Rene V V Sundar
Lead Full Stack Engineer
Nine years building production e-commerce and CRM systems end to end — from Shopify Liquid and the GraphQL Admin API through React and Next.js front ends to Node services on AWS.
About
I work across the whole stack. Most of my time goes to JavaScript — React, Next.js, Remix on the front end; Node and Express behind them — but I've shipped plenty of PHP and Laravel too, and I handle my own deployments on AWS and bare Ubuntu boxes.
The thread through my work is commerce. I've built custom Shopify themes in Liquid, private apps on the Admin API, and headless storefronts, alongside CRMs and internal tools for the businesses running them. Knowing both the storefront and the systems behind it is what I bring that most people don't.
I currently lead a small development team, covering code quality, delivery timelines and delegation without stepping away from writing code myself.
Selected work
VB Dace — storefront rebuild ↗
Shopify · GraphQL · ReactRebuilding the storefront on the Shopify GraphQL Admin API with React, addressing long-standing performance problems through incremental upgrades rather than a rewrite.
VB Dace — returns CRM
Node.js · React · AWSAn end-to-end return-management system covering the full workflow, built and deployed independently.
Sundari Silks
Shopify · Liquid · JavaScriptA full custom Shopify theme built from scratch, replacing a legacy theme that carried significant bugs and performance debt.
Custom Shopify apps
Remix · Node.js · Shopify Admin APIInternal tools and integrations built on the Shopify Admin API to automate merchant operations.
Detailed case studies are in progress.
Skills
- Frontend
- ReactNext.jsRemixTypeScriptJavaScriptHTMLCSS
- Backend
- Node.jsExpressMongoDBMySQLPHPLaravelRESTGraphQL
- Shopify
- Liquid themesGraphQL Admin APIApp developmentHeadless storefronts
- Infrastructure
- AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda)UbuntuNGINXSSL / TLSCI/CD
Experience
- Lead Full Stack Developer · Benfy Commerce2020 — Present
- Full Stack Developer · Benfy2018 — 2020
- Junior Web Developer · Benfy2017 — 2018
Contact
Open to Senior and Lead full-stack roles in Chennai. The fastest way to reach me is email.
renesundar14@gmail.com