Senior Backend Engineer - (Django)

The role

You will own the pricing system for all apps at Photoroom. You will work on architecture, coding features, and monitoring releases to deliver Product Growth initiatives.

What you will do

• Own work from architecture and coding to monitoring releases performance
• Own the delivery and architecture of the pricing system used by all products
• Iterate quickly based on fast user feedback
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and deliver user experiences
• Optimise existing endpoints to drive down latency and ensure scaling

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend development with Django and Django Rest Framework
• Experience working with a relational database at scale, designing schemas, optimising Django queries, and running migrations with minimal downtime
• Experience scaling SaaS and subscription management (Stripe, RevenueCat)
• Hands-on experience with a PostgreSQL/MySQL database larger than 100 GB
• Experience designing endpoints in direct collaboration with frontend engineers, delivering Open API and developer manuals/supporting documentation
• Fluent in English

Benefits

• Office in Paris (Hybrid, from the 9th)
• Regular team gatherings including in-person onboarding, yearly company offsite, and team retreats
• Competitive equity package with stock options/BSPCE
• €1,000 annual L&D budget
• Private health insurance
• Access to personalised mental health support via MokaCare
• Sports and cultural activities reimbursement
• Relocation support (up to €10k) for roles based in France

Before you apply

• Screening call with Talent Manager
• Technical interview with Hiring Manager
• Take-home assignment and live review with the team
• Culture fit interviews and meet the team
• Reference check

About the company

Photoroom is an AI photo and video solution for e-commerce. It is an international team of 130+ with offices in Paris and New York.