Senior Django Backend Engineer

Senior Django Backend Engineer Join to apply for the Senior Django Backend Engineer role at Photoroom. About Photoroom 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 to 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. About the Role You will own your work from A to Z: from architecture and coding to monitoring releases’ performance (we use Datadog). You will get fast feedback from our users and iterate quickly (we update the backend multiple times a week). You will follow product usage and make data‑driven decisions. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams (product, front‑end) to design and deliver seamless user experiences. You will optimise existing endpoints, driving down latency and ensuring we can scale to ever greater usage. About You 5 + years of backend development experience with Django and Django Rest Framework. Experience working with a relational database at scale, designing schemas, optimising queries, and running migrations with minimal downtime. Hands‑on experience with PostgreSQL/MySQL databases larger than 100 GB. Designing endpoints in collaboration with front‑end engineers, delivering Open API docs and developer documentation. Pragmatic, favour speed of iteration and reuse of frameworks. Strong sense of ownership, initiative, comfortable making product and technical decisions. Fluent in English (French not required). Compensation £/€ 100k + Stock‑Options/BSPCE. Location Remote across Europe with quarterly Paris office visits (fully reimbursed). Benefits Work flexibly from anywhere in Europe within a 3‑hour flight from Paris (HQ). Regular team gatherings, onboarding in Paris, yearly company offsite and team retreat, quarterly in‑person meetings, social events. 30 days annual leave plus local public holidays. Competitive equity package with stock options/BSPCE. €1 000 one‑time home office grant OR €400 per month co‑working space stipend. €1 000 annual learning and development budget. Private health insurance. Personalised mental health support. Sports and cultural activities reimbursement. Relocation support (up to €10 k) 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 Screening call with Talent Manager (30 min). Technical interview with Hiring Manager (45 min). Take‑home assignment and live review with the team (45 min). Culture fit interviews and meet the team (~3 h total). 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 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. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr