Senior Frontend Engineer, Web team [Remote in Europe]

Photoroom; City Of London; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI photo editing company is seeking a Senior Web Frontend Engineer to design and implement high-performance web applications using React.js. The role allows for remote work across Europe with regular team gatherings and a strong focus on collaboration and innovation. Ideal candidates will have significant experience with large-scale applications and superior frontend skills. Attractive benefits include flexible working, a home office grant, and a competitive equity package.

Benefits

Work flexibly from anywhere in Europe

30 days annual leave

Competitive equity package

€1000 one-time home office grant

Private health insurance

Annual learning and development budget

Qualifications

• Proven experience in architecting and developing large-scale web applications.
• In-depth knowledge of React.js and state management using MobX.
• Good communication skills for stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop a scalable web application using React.js and TypeScript.
• Manage application state ensuring responsive user interfaces with MobX.
• Optimize web application performance focusing on speed and efficiency.

Skills

React.js

MobX

Frontend performance optimization

Communication skills

SaaS platform experience

Job description

Photoroom 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 goal is to create the technology allowing anyone create studio-level product images in minutes.

With over 300 million downloads and processing 5+ billion images annually, we serve both individual creators and major enterprises like Amazon, DoorDash, and Decathlon through our B2C app and B2B API solutions.

We're a profitable, remote-friendly company that has raised Series B funding and aims for 40% year-over-year growth. Our team of 100+ passionate builders focuses on craft, innovation, and collaboration, creating exceptional impact for entrepreneurs and businesses worldwide.

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.

Location: Remote across Europe with monthly Paris office visits (fully reimbursed)

About the role

• You will architect and develop a scalable and high-performing web application using React.js and 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 leverage state-of-the-art AI-based tooling to automated the manual, repetitive, and mindless, so that you can focus on the meaty problems.

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 state management using MobX or good knowledge of the observer pattern.
• You know how to leverage AI tooling to work faster without compromising quality.
• 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 & favor speed of iteration over perfection. You believe that fast iteration is the best way to learn.

Benefits

• Work flexibly from anywhere in Europe within a 3-hour flight from Paris (HQ)
• Regular team gatherings, including in-person onboarding in Paris (1-2 weeks), yearly company offsite and team retreat, quarterly in-person meetings (monthly during probation period), and social events like winter party and hackathons.
• 30 days annual leave plus local public holidays
• Competitive equity package with stock options/BSPCE, giving you ownership in our growing company
• €1000 one-time home office grant OR €400 per month co-working space stipend
• €1,000 annual learning and development budget for training, courses, books, and skill development
• Private health insurance
• Access to personalised mental health support, including 1:1 sessions with therapists or coaches, self-care tools, and well-being resources via MokaCare
• Sports and cultural activities reimbursement
• Relocation support (up to 10k) available for those choosing to move to France, including apartment finding and visa assistance.

Note: Visa sponsorship and relocation support are only available for positions based in France. We cannot sponsor visas for remote positions outside of France.

Hiring Process

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

Support: We value diversity and aim to create an inclusive experience for all applicants. Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to make the process more accessible for you.

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 remotely, 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.