Photoroom launched in 2020 after being accepted into Y Combinator and has become the worlds most popular AI photo editor over the past four years.

Our goal is to create the technology allowing anyone to 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.

Were 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.

TL; DR: Photoroom is looking for a talented Senior/Staff Applied Scientist to work on ML solutions from requirements to product, owning the process, contributing to an open‑source diffusion model, and impacting millions of users.

About The Role

• You are the eleventh engineer in the ML team, working alongside great talent from various backgrounds.
• You will have full ownership of your ML work streams when applicable, or work with teammates on big topics.
• You will master the whole pipeline, from training models to putting them into production and monitoring performance.
• You will work on new features, new applications, and 0→1 solutions.
• You will get fast feedback from our users and iterate quickly, making data‑driven decisions.
• You will work within a small multicultural team of ~75 passionate, friendly & committed folks.

About You

• 3+ years of experience with PyTorch, Tensorflow or Jax, and willingness to work with PyTorch.
• Extensive experience with diffusion models for image creation or editing; trained diffusion models from scratch or performed deep surgery on pretrained models.
• You are the most pragmatic person in the room, favoring speed of iteration over perfection and leveraging frameworks to avoid reinventing the wheel.
• You have experience working on product‑level complex architectures.
• You have a strong sense of ownership, initiative, and product & technical decision experience.
• You have worked as part of a talented team in a fast‑growing startup.
• You are curious, comfortable explaining or learning as needed, and value knowledge sharing and humility.
• You are fluent in English (French not required).

Hiring Process

• Screening call with our Head of AI
• Home technical assignment, reviewed with the team
• Culture fit interview and meet the team
• Reference check & offer

Support & Equal Opportunity

If you have a medical condition or an individual need for an adjustment to our process, and you believe this may affect your ability to be at your best - please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make any adjustments that may be needed.

Were committed to enabling everyone to feel included and valued at work. We believe our culture is strongest when composed of diverse experiences and backgrounds.

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

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

Industries

Technology, Information and Internet