About Photoroom
What is Photoroom?
Photoroom is a Paris-based company that makes photo and video editing tools for e-commerce sellers. Its home page says "Turn your product photos into listing images and videos that help you sell." and its adverts say it serves businesses through its mobile app, web platform and API. The adverts say "Founded in 2019 and part of Y Combinator’s Summer 2020 cohort" and "Backed by Series B funding"; the company page puts the Series B at $43M ("TechCrunch covered our Series B ($43M) as well as our first Series A ($19M)") and says "Photoroom is profitable and used by millions every month." The adverts read on 12 November 2026 describe "international team of 130+, with offices in Paris and New York" and the Head of GenAI Platform advert names customers including Amazon, Shopify, eBay, DoorDash, Decathlon and Depop. The privacy policy says "Photoroom, a French joint stock company having its head office located 229 rue Saint-Honoré - 75001 Paris (France)".
Where will I work?
Photoroom is headquartered in Paris: the company page says "Our HQ is based in Paris." and the Head of GenAI Platform advert offers "Hybrid working from our Paris headquarters". None of the seven live adverts on 12 November 2026 was a remote role. Ashby tagged three as Hybrid (Head of GenAI Platform and Senior People Ops Manager in Paris, and VP Sales in New York City with Paris as a second location) and set no workplace type on the other four, whose text says, for example, "Location: Paris, (Hybrid)", "Location: Paris (hybrid)" and "Location: Paris, hybrid 3 days in the office.". The Senior People Ops Manager advert asks for someone "Based in Paris and able to work from our office at least three days per week." and the VP Sales advert says "This is not a remote role." It prefers New York and adds "We are also open to candidates based in Paris." Older company pages differ: the company page FAQ, which carries no date, says "We hire remotely in Europe within a 3-hour flight from our Paris HQ and encourage people to come to the office at least once a month" and gives the team as "just over 90 people", and the 2024 diversity report (19 March 2025) says "Team members are spread across 13 different countries"; the adverts say 130+, so they are the better guide to the open roles.
What is the Photoroom team like?
The seven open roles sit in five functions, using the labels on the company page: R&D (Head of GenAI Platform), G&A (Senior People Ops Manager), Sales (VP Sales), Product (a Staff Product Manager and two Senior Product Managers) and Engineering (a Senior Backend Engineer working in Django). The adverts describe the culture as "We take ownership of what we build, move quickly to learn what works, and speak candidly". The company page says "Photoroom is composed of individuals who care about work-life blend and personal growth." English is the working language ("English is our working language", People Ops advert) and the backend advert says "French is not required!" Three product adverts look for people who "thrive in small teams with high autonomy". Two adverts post a salary figure, "95k to 105k" for the backend role and "150-300K$ depending on seniority" for VP Sales; the other five do not.
Work-Life Balance
Every one of the seven adverts read on 12 November 2026 carries the same sentence under its diversity statement: "That's also why we have flexible working hours, trust people to work in a hybrid environment, and extended parental leave." It is the only statement of hours flexibility found: the company page, about page, legal pages, impact page and the blog posts read do not state it, so it rests on the adverts alone. No advert or page states core hours, an overlap window or a time zone (0 of 7 adverts). Three product adverts also say a candidate should be able to "operate in a fully remote, async-first environment that offers no scaffolding around you" (the Staff Product Manager advert says "a remote, async-first environment"); that is a candidate attribute, and the Core Product advert also says "hybrid 3 days in the office", so it is not read as a company policy. Leave is stated in two adverts and differently: "30 days annual leave" in the Head of GenAI Platform advert and "25 days + 8–10 RTT" in the Staff Product Manager advert; the other five give no number of leave days. None of the adverts mentions on-call duty, weekend work or shifts.
Perks and Benefits
- "Competitive equity package with stock options/BSPCE, giving you ownership in our growing company" (Staff Product Manager advert); the Head of GenAI Platform advert says "Competitive salary and meaningful equity"
- "€1,000 annual learning and development budget for training, courses, books, and skill development" (Staff Product Manager advert)
- "Private health insurance" (Staff Product Manager and Senior Backend Engineer adverts); the Head of GenAI Platform advert says "Private healthcare"
- "Access to personalised mental health support, including 1:1 sessions with therapists or coaches, self-care tools, and well-being resources via MokaCare" (Staff Product Manager advert)
- "Regular company off-sites and team retreats" (Head of GenAI Platform advert)
- "MacBook Pro and full home office setup" (Head of GenAI Platform advert)
- "Sports and cultural activities reimbursement" (Staff Product Manager advert)
- "extended parental leave" in all seven adverts, with no number of weeks
- "Visa sponsorship and relocation support up to €10,000 available" (Head of GenAI Platform advert); the Staff Product Manager advert adds "Visa sponsorship and relocation support are only available for positions based in France."