Head of Real-Time & Editing Engine (Rust)
Overview
Photoroom is hiring a Head of Real-Time & Editing Engine (Rust) to own the core engine behind Photoroom’s live editing 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.
Responsibilities
- - End-to-end ownership of our Rust-based real-time editing engine, including rendering, document models, synchronisation, and collaborative editing.
- - Low-latency, high-performance systems that power live editing across mobile and web platforms.
- - Engine leadership — growing and mentoring a senior team working at the intersection of graphics, performance, and product-critical infrastructure.
- - Technical depth and quality — architectural decisions, performance profiling, debugging concurrency issues, and setting a high bar for engine reliability.
Required Skills
- - Experience leading highly technical engine or infrastructure teams within product-driven environments.
- - Strong systems-level expertise — comfortable with Rust internals, memory models, concurrency, and performance trade-offs.
- - Background building real-time systems, engines, or performance-critical libraries used by other teams.
- - Excellent cross-functional communication — able to partner closely with Product and Client teams while setting clear technical boundaries.
- - Hands-on, credible leader who stays close to the code and technical decision-making.
Benefits
- - 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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