Senior Frontend Engineer [Remote in Europe]

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About us

Photoroom was launched in 2020 after being accepted into Y Combinator and has become the world's most popular AI photo editor over the past four years. Our mission is clear: to create the best visuals for your commerce. Photoroom puts the power of great images into more people's hands through our powerful and innovative features, from our best-in-the-world background remover to our generative AI model and tools: AI Images, AI Backgrounds and Shadows, AI Expand, and many more. Processing over 5 billion images a year and downloaded over 200 million times, Photoroom is now the world's #1 AI photo-editing app, available across mobile, web, and via an API in over 180 countries. We are at an exciting stage of our journey. Having successfully raised our Series B, we aim at sustaining 80% YoY growth. Photoroom is a profitable, remote-friendly company headquartered in Paris with a global team of over 80 world-class deep learning, product, and marketing experts with backgrounds at the world's best companies. We are a diverse team of entrepreneurs building for entrepreneurs.

TL;DR

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Web Frontend Engineer, specialising in frontend architecture, to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and implementing a scalable, high-performance web application that delivers exceptional user experiences. Your expertise in React.js, state management with MobX, and frontend performance optimization will be crucial in building applications that cater to millions of users. As a Senior Web Frontend Engineer, you'll engage with technologies like Typescript, React.js, MobX, Canvas, TailwindCSS, Turborepo, Vite, Playwright, Web Performance.

We are flexible: you can work from anywhere in Europe within a 3-hour flight from Paris (HQ) and come to our office once a month (fully reimbursed) or more often. This ensures effective collaboration and supports our commitment to reducing our carbon footprint. We offer substantial support for relocation (up to 10k€), including finding an apartment in Paris and supporting you with the visa procedure. We currently sponsor visas for individuals relocating to France or already based here. We are unable to sponsor visas for remote positions outside of France at this time.

Technology - new MacBook Pro, monitor, keyboard, etc. Socials - Biannual company retreats, weekly Happy Hour & Game Time GB. Photoroom is an international team and we work in English. We offer language lessons for those who need them (English & French).

About the role

• You will architect and develop a scalable and high-performing web application using React.js, TypeScript.
• You will effectively manage the application state, ensuring responsive and efficient user interfaces with MobX.
• You will own your work from A to Z: collaboration with cross-functional teams to integrate frontend components with backend services, implementation of design specs, plan workload, communicate risks, analyse the product design complexity.
• You will optimize web application performance, focusing on rendering speed and runtime efficiency.
• You will continuously stay updated with emerging frontend technologies and best practices, integrating them into our projects to drive innovation and excellence.
• You will work within a small multicultural team of ~80 passionate, friendly & committed folks.

About you

• You have proven experience in architecting and developing large-scale web applications, like SaaS platforms that have scaled to millions of users and/or 10s of developers.
• You have in-depth knowledge of React.js and a strong understanding of component-based architecture.
• You have expertise with state management using MobX or good knowledge of the observer pattern.
• You have good communication skills: you don't hesitate to reach out to the relevant stakeholders to gather the right information, and you know how to showcase your work.
• You are autonomous, pragmatic & favour speed of iteration over perfect.
• You believe that fast iteration is the best way to learn.
• You have excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to break complex technical challenges into smaller ones and deliver them.

If you think you have what it takes but don't meet every single point above, please still apply. We'd love to chat and see if you could be a great fit.

Hiring Process

• Screening call with the Recruiter
• Technical interview with the Hiring Manager
• Home technical assignment, followed by a review with the team
• Culture fit interviews and meet the team!
• Reference check & Offer

Support

If you have a medical condition or an individual need for an adjustment to our process, and you believe this may affect your ability to be at your best - please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make any adjustments that may be needed.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to enabling everyone to feel included and valued at the workplace. We believe both the company and its culture are strongest when composed of diverse experiences and backgrounds. That's why:

• We have flexible working hours
• We trust people to work remotely
• We extended the length of the parental leave

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, family, gender identity, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.