C++ Developer / Tech Lead (Image Processing)

<p>Skylum empowers millions of photographers to create incredible images. Our award-winning photo editing software combines AI-powered automation with full creative control. We make editing enjoyable, easy, and accessible for everyone. You’ll join an environment where growth, learning, and creativity are encouraged. Flexible schedules, trust-based workflows, and a supportive team give you everything you need to focus on your best work.</p> <p> Proudly Ukrainian, Skylum stands with Ukraine through action, regularly supporting organizations that help accelerate our victory.</p> <p>You will design and implement high-performance image processing algorithms that power intelligent photo-editing features. You will contribute to and evolve a cross-platform C++ core library used across desktop, mobile, and web platforms, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability. Depending on your level, you may also lead technical initiatives and drive architectural decisions within a small feature team.</p> </p> <p>Requirements:</p> <ul> <li>5+ years of professional C++ development experience (C++17/C++20)</li> <li>Strong understanding of modern C++ paradigms (RAII, move semantics, STL, templates)</li> <li>Solid knowledge of multithreading, memory management, and performance optimization</li> <li>Strong problem-solving and analytical skills</li> <li>Ability to decompose complex tasks, define milestones, and estimate development effort</li> <li>Effective communication and teamwork skills</li> <li>Strong architectural thinking and ability to design scalable, maintainable cross-platform solutions</li> <li>Ability to define technical direction and drive implementation from design to delivery</li> <li>Product mindset: ability to not only build things right, but build the right things — making thoughtful trade-offs between quality, performance, and product impact</li> </ul> <p>Nice to have:</p> <ul> <li>Proven ability to lead technical initiatives or features involving 2–3 engineers</li> <li>Experience with graphics APIs (Vulkan, Metal)</li> <li>Experience with GPU acceleration or compute shaders</li> <li>Familiarity with ML inference frameworks (OpenVINO, DirectML, CoreML, ONNX Runtime)</li> <li>Background in computer vision, image or video processing</li> <li>Experience working in performance-constrained or embedded environments</li> <li>Experience with cross-platform build systems (CMake)</li> </ul> <p>Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li>You will design and implement high-performance image processing algorithms that power intelligent photo-editing features.</li> <li>You will contribute to and evolve a cross-platform C++ core library used across desktop, mobile, and web platforms, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.</li> <li>Depending on your level, you may also lead technical initiatives and drive architectural decisions within a small feature team.</li> </ul> <p>What we offer</p> <p>For personal growth:</p> <ul> <li>A chance to work with a strong team and a unique opportunity to make substantial contributions to our award-winning photo editing tools;</li> <li>An educational allowance to ensure that your skills stay sharp;</li> <li>English, German and Polish classes to strengthen your capabilities and widen your knowledge.</li> </ul> <p>For comfort:</p> <ul> <li>A great environment where you’ll work with true professionals and amazing colleagues whom you’ll call friends quickly;</li> <li>The choice of working remotely or in our office space located on Podil, equipped with everything you might need for productive and comfortable work.</li> </ul> <p>For health:</p> <ul> <li>Medical insurance;</li> <li>Twenty-one days of paid sick leave per year;</li> </ul> <p>For leisure:</p> <ul> <li>Twenty-one days of paid vacation per year;</li> <li>Fun times at our frequent team-building activities.</li> </ul> <p>What to expect when you apply</p> <ul> <li>An interview with our Talent Acquisition Manager</li> <li>Optional test task to show your skills </li> <li>Professional/technical interview</li> <li>Management interview</li> <li>And finally, your job offer!</li> </ul>