Senior С++ Developer

Skylum allows millions of photographers to make incredible images. Our award-winning software automates photo editing with the power of AI yet leaves all the creative control in the hands of the artist. Join us on our mission to make photo editing enjoyable, easy, and accessible to anyone. You’ll be developing products with innovative technologies, providing value and inspiration for customers, and getting inspired in return.

Thanks to our incredible team of experts, we’ve built a collaborative space where you can constantly develop and grow in a supportive way. At the same time, we believe in the freedom to be creative. Our work schedule is flexible, and we trust you to give your best while we provide you with everything you need to make work hassle-free. Skylum is proud to be a Ukrainian company, and we stand with Ukraine not only with words but with actions. We regularly donate to various organizations to help speed up the Ukrainian victory.

Responsibilities:

• 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.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional C++ development experience (C++17/C++20)
• Strong understanding of modern C++ paradigms (RAII, move semantics, STL, templates)
• Solid knowledge of multithreading, memory management, and performance optimization
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to decompose complex tasks, define milestones, and estimate development effort
• Effective communication and teamwork skills
• Strong architectural thinking and ability to design scalable, maintainable cross-platform solutions
• Ability to define technical direction and drive implementation from design to delivery
• Product mindset: ability to not only build things right, but build the right things — making thoughtful trade-offs between quality, performance, and product impact

Nice to have:

• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives or features involving 2–3 engineers
• Experience with graphics APIs (Vulkan, Metal)
• Experience with GPU acceleration or compute shaders
• Familiarity with ML inference frameworks (OpenVINO, DirectML, CoreML, ONNX Runtime)
• Background in computer vision, image or video processing
• Experience working in performance-constrained or embedded environments
• Experience with cross-platform build systems (CMake)
   

What we offer:

For personal growth:

• A chance to work with a strong team and a unique opportunity to make substantial contributions to our award-winning photo editing tools;
• An educational allowance to ensure that your skills stay sharp;
• English and German classes to strengthen your capabilities and widen your knowledge.

For comfort:

• A great environment where you’ll work with true professionals and amazing colleagues whom you’ll call friends quickly;
• The choice of working remotely or in our office space located on Podil, equipped with everything you might need for productive and comfortable work.

For health:

• Medical insurance;
• Twenty-one days of paid sick leave per year;
• Healthy fruit snacks full of vitamins to keep you energized.

For leisure:

• Twenty-one days of paid vacation per year;
• Fun times at our frequent team-building activities.

If you are looking forward to working with true professionals and simply amazing people & product — we are waiting for your CV!