Senior Backend Engineer

Photoroom; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Hybrid work in Paris

Private health insurance

€1,000 annual L&D budget

Relocation support up to €10k

Team onboarding & offsite

MokaCare mental health support

Sports & cultural reimbursements

Job summary

Photoroom is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer in Paris to own the pricing system across all apps. You will help deliver product growth initiatives and pricing architecture while collaborating with frontend and backend engineers, product owners, and the pricing team.

The role involves owning architecture from A to Z, improving performance, and scaling to millions of users. Hybrid Paris office with a competitive equity package and health benefits awaits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience with Django and Django Rest Framework.
• Experience with relational databases at scale, designing schemas and migrations with minimal downtime.
• Experience scaling SaaS and subscription management with Stripe and RevenueCat.
• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL/MySQL databases larger than 100 GB.
• Experience designing endpoints in collaboration with frontend engineers, delivering OpenAPI docs and supporting documentation.
• Pragmatic approach, favour speed of iteration and reuse of frameworks/libraries.
• Strong ownership, initiative, and decision-making for product & technical aspects.
• Fluent in English; French not required.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture and coding features from A to Z, including monitoring releases' performance.
• Own delivery and architecture of the pricing system used by all products and users.
• Iterate quickly based on user feedback; backend updated multiple times a week.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and deliver seamless user experiences.
• Optimize endpoints to reduce latency and scale to higher usage.

Skills

Backend development

Django

Django Rest Framework

OpenAPI

API design

SQL at scale

OpenAPI documentation

Tools

Stripe

RevenueCat

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Job description

About Us

Founded in 2019 and part of Y Combinator's 2020 cohort, Photoroom is the leading visual solution for e-commerce.

Founded in 2019 and part of Y Combinator's 2020 cohort, Photoroom is the leading visual solution for e-commerce. We've raised Series B funding and reached 300+ million users worldwide, processing over 5 billion images annually and serving both small businesses and major enterprises like Amazon, DoorDash, and Decathlon through our mobile app, web platform, and API. We're a team of 100+ passionate builders giving e-commerce businesses superpowers to create visuals that help them grow, making the hardest parts of selling online disappear. We focus on craft, innovation, and collaboration to create exceptional impact for e-commerce businesses worldwide.

Role Summary

We're looking for a Senior backend engineer to own the pricing system for all apps at Photoroom. You'll help deliver Product Growth initiatives and pricing architecture while collaborating closely with other engineers (both frontend and backend) and product owners.

Compensation: 95k to 105k + Stock-Options/BSPCE

Location: Paris (hybrid)

About The Role

• 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 own the delivery and the architecture of the pricing system used by all our products (iOS, Android, Web, API) and millions of users.
• You will get fast feedback from our users and will iterate quickly (we update the backend multiple times a week). You will follow the usage of the product and make decisions based on that.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., product, front-end) to actively help design and deliver seamless user experiences.
• You will optimise existing endpoints, driving down latency and ensuring we can continue to scale to ever greater usages

About You

• You have 5+ years of experience in backend development with Django and Django Rest Framework
• You have experience working with a relational database at scale, designing schemas, optimising Django queries, and running migrations with minimal downtime
• You have experience with scaling SaaS and subscription management (Stripe, RevenueCat)
• You have a hands-on experience with a PostgreSQL/MySQL database larger than 100 GB
• You have experience designing endpoints in direct collaboration with frontend engineers, delivering both Open API and developer manuals/supporting documentation
• You are always the most pragmatic person in the room. You favour speed of iteration over perfect, always leverage frameworks and libraries to avoid reinventing the wheel
• You have a strong sense of ownership. You take initiative and you are at ease to make product & technical decisions.
• You are fluent in English (French is not required!).

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.

Benefits

• Office in Paris (Hybrid, from the 9th)
• Regular team gatherings including in-person onboarding, yearly company offsite, and team retreats
• Competitive equity package with stock options/BSPCE
• €1,000 annual L&D budget
• Private health insurance
• Access to personalised mental health support via MokaCare
• Sports and cultural activities reimbursement
• Relocation support (up to €10k) for roles based in France

Hiring Process

• Screening call with Talent Manager (30min)
• Technical interview with Hiring Manager (45min)
• Take-home assignment (duration varies by role) and live review with the team (45min)
• Culture fit interviews and meet the team (~3h in total)
• Reference check and offer

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

We're committed to enabling everyone to feel included and valued at work. We believe our company and culture are strongest when composed of diverse experiences and backgrounds.

That's also why we have flexible working hours, trust people to work in a hybrid environment, and extended parental leave.

All qualified applicants 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.