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 technology that allows anyone to create studio‑level product images in minutes. With over 300 million downloads and more than 5 billion images processed annually, we serve individual creators and major enterprises such as Amazon, DoorDash, and Decathlon through our B2C app and B2B API solutions. We are 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.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Head of Cross‑Platform to lead our world‑class Rust cross‑platform team to the next level. You’ll drive our long‑term technical vision and make bold strategic bets to push the envelope of our internal SDK while managing the team.
* Long‑term strategy and execution of our internal Rust‑based engine, encompassing rendering, document model, data synchronisation and real‑time collaboration.
* Cross‑functional partnership—serving as the keystone behind our iOS, Android, Web apps and API.
* Team leadership—scaling our team while maintaining culture and excellence, fostering knowledge sharing and bottom‑up initiatives.
* Technical excellence—code review, performance optimisation, and troubleshooting complex issues.
Key Opportunities to Drive Impact
* Establish technical direction for our ambitious goals around agentic image editing.
* Advance our wgpu‑based rendering pipeline for a best‑in‑class editing experience.
* Create space for calculated risk‑taking alongside rapid shipping excellence.
About You
Must‑Haves
* Proven experience leading deeply technical teams within product companies, with strategic decision‑making and hiring‑mentorship experience.
* Technical depth for mentorship—spot code issues, debug failures, analyse performance bottlenecks, and guide ICs through complex technical challenges.
* Cross‑platform experience building tools and libraries for other developers, in Rust or C/C++.
* Cross‑functional collaboration—work closely with other Engineering teams, Product, Sales, etc., and simplify deeply technical topics for non‑technical stakeholders.
* Empowering leadership style with technical credibility—set context, maintain hands‑on expertise, code review proficiency, and opinionated technical guidance.
Nice‑to‑Haves
* Experience with rendering APIs such as OpenGL, WebGL, Vulkan, Metal, WebGPU, DX12, etc.
* Experience ensuring maintainability and scalability of large (>100k LOC) Rust codebases.
* Experience with text‑rendering pipelines or vector‑graphics editing pipelines.
Hiring Process
* Screening call with Recruiter
* Technical Interview
* Technical presentation with current team
* Culture fit interviews
* Reference check & Offer
We’re committed to enabling everyone to feel included and valued at work. We offer flexible working hours, remote work, extended parental leave, and other benefits to support 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.
Seniority Level
Director
Employment Type
Full‑time
Job Function
Other
Industries
Technology, Information and Internet
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