Senior Frontend Engineer, Web [Remote in Europe]

Photoroom; Berlin; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Senior Web Frontend Engineer to design and develop scalable web applications using React.js and TypeScript. This role is essential for delivering exceptional user experiences to millions of users. You will work within a diverse, multicultural team and leverage cutting-edge technologies like MobX, Vite, and TailwindCSS. The company offers a remote-friendly policy with relocation support and a competitive salary package, including stock options. If you're passionate about frontend development and eager to make an impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Technology setup: MacBook Pro, monitor, keyboard

Biannual retreats

Weekly Happy Hour & Game Time

Language support: English & French lessons

Relocation support: Up to 10k€ for housing and visa assistance

Qualifications

• Proven experience with large-scale web applications or SaaS platforms.
• Deep knowledge of React.js and component architecture.
• Expertise in MobX or similar state management patterns.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop scalable web applications using React.js and TypeScript.
• Manage application state with MobX for responsive UI.
• Collaborate across teams to integrate frontend with backend.

Skills

React.js

TypeScript

MobX

Web Performance

Problem-solving

Tools

Turborepo

Vite

Playwright

TailwindCSS

Canvas

Job description

About Us

Photoroom, launched in 2020 after being accepted into Y Combinator, has become the world's most popular AI photo editor. Our mission is to create the best visuals for your commerce. We empower users with innovative features like background removal, AI-generated images, backgrounds, shadows, and expansion tools. Processing over 5 billion images annually and downloaded 200 million times, we are the leading AI photo editing app available globally across mobile, web, and API platforms.

Having raised Series B funding, we aim for 80% YoY growth. Based in Paris with a remote-friendly policy, our diverse team of over 80 experts works globally. We are building for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs.

TL;DR

We seek a Senior Web Frontend Engineer specializing in frontend architecture to design and develop scalable, high-performance web applications using React.js, MobX, and related technologies. Your role is crucial in delivering excellent user experiences for millions of users.

Technologies involved include Typescript, React.js, MobX, Canvas, TailwindCSS, Turborepo, Vite, Playwright, and Web Performance.

Salary: 70k€-100k€ + Stock Options/BSPCE

Work location: Anywhere in Europe within 3 hours of Paris, with options for office visits and relocation support. Visa sponsorship available for France-based candidates.

Benefits

• Technology setup: MacBook Pro, monitor, keyboard, etc.
• Social activities: Biannual retreats, weekly Happy Hour & Game Time
• Language support: English & French lessons
• Relocation support: Up to 10k€ for housing and visa assistance

About the Role

• Architect and develop scalable web applications using React.js and TypeScript.
• Manage application state with MobX for responsive UI.
• Collaborate across teams to integrate frontend with backend, implement designs, and plan workloads.
• Optimize web performance focusing on rendering speed and efficiency.
• Stay updated with emerging frontend technologies and best practices.
• Work within a multicultural team of around 80 passionate professionals.

About You

• Proven experience with large-scale web applications, SaaS platforms, or similar.
• Deep knowledge of React.js and component architecture.
• Expertise in MobX or similar state management patterns.
• Strong communication skills and proactive stakeholder engagement.
• Autonomous, pragmatic, and fast at iterating solutions.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, capable of breaking down complex challenges.

If you meet most requirements but not all, we still encourage you to apply. We look forward to connecting!

Hiring Process

• Screening call with recruiter
• Technical interview with the hiring manager
• Home technical assignment and team review
• Culture fit interviews and team meet
• Reference check & offer

Support & Inclusion

If you have specific needs or require adjustments, please inform us. We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, offering flexible hours, remote work, extended parental leave, and equal opportunity employment.