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Contract: Senior FastAPI Backend Engineer

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✨ About us ✨

Photoroom was 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 mission is clear: to create the best visuals for your commerce.

Photoroom puts the power of great images into more people's hands through our powerful and innovative features, from our best-in-the-world background remover to our generative AI model and tools: AI Images, AI Backgrounds and Shadows, AI Expand, and many more.

Processing over 5 billion images a year and downloaded over 200 million times, Photoroom is now the world's #1 AI photo-editing app, available across mobile, web, and via an API in over 180 countries.

We are at an exciting stage of our journey. Having successfully raised our Series B, we aim at sustaining 80% YoY growth.

Photoroom is a profitable, remote-friendly company headquartered in Paris with a global team of over 80 world-class deep learning, product, and marketing experts with backgrounds at the world's best companies. We are a diverse team of entrepreneurs building for entrepreneurs.

TL;DR

Who: We are looking for a FastAPI contractor/freelancer, expert in async Python to help us add new AI features in Photoroom.

Project: 6 months, renewable. You will build and enhance AI features, improve private API speed, and integrate multiple services to deliver high-quality images to our users

Day rate: €500—€800*

Location: remotely from anywhere in Europe

*We can go higher for outstanding profiles and adapt to the cost of living if it is higher than in Paris.

About the project

You’ll collaborate with the AI Tools squad implement and improve AI features in the Photoroom app (Logo maker, AI Images and other features available on the homepage of the app)
You’ll design and architect new features, chaining a mix of internal and external services to generate breathtaking images for our users
You’ll monitor and scale the growing load on the FastAPI service, leveraging Datadog to find optimizations and bottlenecks or implementing smart caching of pipeline steps

About you

You have experience designing and updating internal REST APIs, collaborating with other teams to gather their requirements and monitoring and improving the performance of existing services, ideally with Datadog.
You have work experience with FastAPI or a similar async Python http framework (has to be async).
You have experience with integration testing in a large Python project and wiring multiple external services or APIs together reliably
You have worked in a fast-paced startup in the past
Bonus: You have experience with image libraries in Python (Pillow, OpenCV)
Bonus: you have worked with Server Side Events

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.

🌈 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to enabling everyone to feel included and valued at the workplace. We believe both the company and its culture are strongest when composed of diverse experiences and backgrounds.

That's why:

- We have flexible working hours

- We trust people to work remotely

- We extended the length of the parental leave

All qualified applicants will 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.

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What You Should Know About Contract: Senior FastAPI Backend Engineer, Photoroom

Are you a passionate engineer ready to tackle exciting challenges? Photoroom is on the lookout for a Contract: Senior FastAPI Backend Engineer to join our vibrant team! Photoroom, the world’s leading AI photo-editing app, is trusted by millions to create stunning visuals for commerce. With our powerful features like the background remover and AI-generated images, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our platform. As a crucial part of the AI Tools squad, you will work on enhancing existing AI features and designing new ones, seamlessly integrating various services to deliver top-notch images to our users. You'll utilize your expertise in async Python and FastAPI to enhance the speed of our private API and monitor its performance as we scale. With over 5 billion images processed annually, the impact of your work here will be massive. Plus, the work is fully remote, so you can contribute from anywhere in Europe! With a competitive day rate ranging from €500 to €800 (or even more for exceptional candidates), this six-month renewable contract offers both flexibility and a great work-life balance. At Photoroom, we believe in diversity and inclusion, fostering an environment where everyone feels valued. If you're ready to innovate and be part of a thrilling journey, come be a superstar with us!

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What are the responsibilities of the Contract: Senior FastAPI Backend Engineer at Photoroom?

As the Contract: Senior FastAPI Backend Engineer at Photoroom, your responsibilities will involve designing and enhancing AI features, integrating multiple external services, and improving the performance of our private API. You'll collaborate with the AI Tools squad to create exceptional visuals and utilize tools like Datadog for monitoring and scaling the FastAPI service.