Long-term strategy and execution of our internal Rust-based engine. This encompasses rendering, document model, data synchronisation and realtime 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.

Requirements

Proven experience leading deeply technical teams within product companies, with strategic decision-making experience 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 aimed at being consumed by other developers, in Rust or C/C++
Cross-functional collaboration - can work closely with other Engineering teams, Product, Sales, etc. Ability to simplify deeply technical topics into understandable terms.
Empowering leadership style with technical credibility - set context, maintain hands-on expertise, code review proficiency, and opinionated technical guidance.
Nice-to-haves: Experience working with or leading engineers working on rendering APIs: 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.

Benefits

Relocation support up to €10k + visa sponsorship for France-based positions
Full tech setup + annual company retreats
Language lessons for those who need them (English & French)

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

RustCC++code reviewperformance optimisationdebuggingrendering APIstext-rendering pipelinesvector-graphics editing pipelineswgpu

Soft Skills

team leadershipcross-functional collaborationmentorshipstrategic decision-makingknowledge-sharingsimplifying technical topicsempowering leadershiphands-on expertiseopinionated technical guidancecalculated risk-taking