Senior Backend Engineer, Photoroom
€65-100k
+ Stock-Options/BSPCE
More information about location
Mobile app for creating product pictures
Job no longer available
Mobile app for creating product pictures
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
€65-100k
+ Stock-Options/BSPCE
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
PhotoRoom's mission is to enable entrepreneurs and small businesses to compose images that stand out.
Role
Who you are
- You have 3+ years of experience in backend development with Django, Django Rest Framework, or a similar REST framework
- You are always the most pragmatic person in the room. You favor speed of iteration over perfect, always leverage frameworks and libraries to avoid reinventing the wheel
- You have experience working with a relational database at scale, architecturing schemas, and running migrations with minimal downtime
- Bonus points if you have a hands-on experience with a PostgreSQL database larger than 100 GB
- Bonus points if you have experience working with WebSockets at a scale
- You have experience working on products requiring complex architectures
- You have a strong sense of ownership. You take initiative and you are at ease to make product & technical decisions
- You have worked as part of a talented team and have experience in a fast-growing startup
- You are fluent in English (French is not required!)
What the job involves
- You'll be the first engineer in the backend team, taking over our CTO who has been working on the backend so far
- You will have full ownership of the backend: used by millions of users to save their content and share it across devices
- You will own your work from A to Z: it goes from working on the architecture & coding features to monitoring releases' performance (we use Datadog for monitoring)
- You will develop the first version of live collaboration/multiplayer (like on Figma or Google Docs)
- You will get fast feedback from our users and will iterate quickly (we update the backend several times a week). You will follow the usage of the product and make decisions based on that
- You will work within a small multicultural team composed of ~30 passionate, friendly & committed folks
Our take
Images are one of the most important parts of any business's digital strategy. Not only do images portray a lot of information quickly, they also help to grab attention, engage viewers, and, often most importantly, sell products. For example, articles including images can get up to 94% more total views than those without, and, as a general rule, the better quality images that are used on an online store, the more products that are likely to be sold as a result.
This growing trend is what PhotoRoom is relying on. PhotoRoom makes use of AI which automatically crops people and objects in an image, giving users plenty of room for manoeuvre when it comes to creative freedom. For example, influencers and people reselling clothes and fashion items have been relying on PhotoRoom to make their products look appealing, and this niche of creators is only one part of a massively scalable consumer base of individuals using their phones as their main creativity platform.
With earnings based on a subscription model, the key challenge for PhotoRoom will be keeping its users engaged on a long-term basis. That being said, with operations now on both Android and iOS, PhotoRoom is in a strong position to keep growing.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2024
$43m
SERIES B
Nov 2022
$19m
SERIES A
Total funding: $63.4m
Company benefits
- Stock-Options/BSPCE
- We are flexible: you can work from anywhere in Europe and come once a month in Paris (fully reimbursed), or come to the office more often
- We offer substantial support for relocation (10k€ signing bonus), including finding an apartment in Paris and supporting you with the visa procedure
- PhotoRoom is an international team and we work in English. We offer language lessons for those who need them (English & French)
- Extended parental leave
Company HQ
Bonne-Nouvelle, Paris, France
Leadership
Matthieu Rouif
(CEO)Matthieu has founded and co-founded multiple companies, including HeyCrowd and As-App, and has experience in product management for the likes of GoPro and Stupefix.
Eliot Andres
(CTO)Eliot has considerable experience in software and deep learning engineering, and is also the author of 'Hands-On Computer Vision with TensorFlow 2'.
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