Senior Backend Engineer - (Django)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity / BSPCE

€1,000 annual L&D budget

Private health insurance

Team on-sites and offsites

Relocation support up to €10k

Hybrid Paris office

Job summary

Photoroom in Paris (hybrid) seeks a Senior backend engineer to own the pricing system across all apps. You will shape pricing architecture, drive Product Growth initiatives, and collaborate with frontend and product teams to scale performance.

With 5+ years of Django and DRF, you will design scalable relational databases, manage subscriptions with Stripe and RevenueCat, and deliver OpenAPI-enabled endpoints. Fluent English and strong ownership are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend experience with Django and DRF.
• Experience designing relational schemas at scale and performing migrations with minimal downtime.
• Experience with SaaS pricing and subscription management (Stripe, RevenueCat).
• Hands-on with PostgreSQL/MySQL databases larger than 100 GB.
• Collaborating with frontend engineers to design endpoints and OpenAPI documentation.
• Pragmatic, fast iteration, leveraging existing frameworks to avoid reinvention.
• Strong ownership and willingness to make product and technical decisions.
• Fluent in English; French not required.

Responsibilities

• Own pricing system architecture and implementation across iOS, Android, Web, and API.
• Collaborate with product and frontend teams to deliver pricing features and growth initiatives.
• Monitor performance and scale; optimize endpoints to reduce latency.
• Iterate rapidly based on user feedback and usage metrics.

Skills

Django

Django REST Framework

Database design

OpenAPI / API docs

API design

Performance optimization

English communication

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. 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!).

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 insuranceAccess 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.