Head of Cross-Platform SDK (Rust)
Overview
Photoroom is looking for a Head of Cross-Platform SDK (Rust) to lead their Rust-powered platform team and shape the backbone of Photoroom’s editing experience across iOS, Android, Web, and beyond.
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. With over 300 million downloads and processing 5+ billion images annually, Photoroom serves both individual creators and major enterprises like Amazon, DoorDash, and Decathlon through their B2C app and B2B API solutions. They are a profitable, remote-friendly company that has raised Series B funding and aims for 40% year-over-year growth.
Responsibilities
- - Own the long-term strategy and execution of the internal Rust-based cross-platform SDK
- - Act as the keystone for iOS, Android, Web, and API teams by providing stable, performant, and well-documented SDKs
- - Scale and mentor a senior Rust team while maintaining a strong culture of ownership, quality, and collaboration
- - Conduct hands-on code review, performance optimisation, architectural decision-making, and solve deeply complex cross-platform challenges
Required Skills
- - Proven experience leading deeply technical teams in product companies, including hiring, mentorship, and strategic ownership
- - Strong technical depth — able to debug low-level issues, reason about performance, review complex Rust code, and guide ICs through ambiguity
- - Experience building cross-platform libraries, SDKs, or developer-facing tooling (Rust, C/C++, or similar)
- - Strong cross-functional collaborator — able to translate complex technical constraints into clear trade-offs for Product, Design, and Leadership
- - Empowering leadership style with real technical credibility and hands-on involvement
Benefits
- - Up to 150k (local currency) + stock options
- - Remote-friendly within a 3-hour flight from Paris (monthly visits, fully reimbursed)
- - Relocation support up to €10k + visa sponsorship (France-based roles)
- - Full tech setup + annual company retreats
- - English-first environment, with English & French lessons available
About the company
Photoroom is the world’s leading AI photo editor for businesses, helping sellers of all sizes create high-quality visuals that drive clicks, trust, and conversions. Built for commerce, Photoroom uses best-in-class AI to remove backgrounds with exceptional precision and generate realistic, on-brand images for product listings, ads, social content, logos, and more—without requiring design skills. From individual creators to enterprise teams, Photoroom reduces photo production costs by up to 90%, enables bulk editing and API-driven automation, and delivers proven results, including higher click-through rates and lower acquisition costs at scale.
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