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.
🇺🇦 Proudly Ukrainian, Skylum stands with Ukraine through action, regularly supporting organizations that help accelerate our victory.
Required experience:
- 3+ years of professional C++ development experience
- Good knowledge of modern C++ (C++17/C++20)
- Understanding of RAII, move semantics, STL, and basic template programming
- Experience with multithreading and performance optimization
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to decompose technical tasks and estimate implementation effort
- Experience working in a collaborative team environment
- Understanding of scalable and maintainable software design principles
- Responsible approach to product and code quality
- CPU optimization skills
- English at B2 level (C1 is preferred)
Nice to have:
- Experience with graphics APIs (Vulkan, Metal)
- Basic understanding of GPU acceleration / compute shaders
- Familiarity with ML inference frameworks (ONNX Runtime, OpenVINO, CoreML, DirectML)
- Experience of low-level CPU optimization techniques - SSE/AVX/NEON intrinsics or Assembly language
- Background in computer vision, image, or video processing
- Experience with CMake
- Experience developing cross-platform solutions
- Experience optimizing applications for resource-constrained environments
- Experience taking part in technical sales and commercial exploration of new projects or products or experience working in early-stage startups
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, German and Polish 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;
For leisure:
- Twenty-one days of paid vacation per year;
- Fun times at our frequent team-building activities.
What to expect when you apply
- An interview with our Talent Acquisition Manager
- Professional interview
- Management interview
- And finally, your job offer!
Skills Required
- 3+ years of professional C++ development experience
- Good knowledge of modern C++, including C++17 and C++20
- Understanding of RAII, move semantics, STL, and basic template programming
- Experience with multithreading and performance optimization
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to decompose technical tasks and estimate implementation effort
- Experience working in a collaborative team environment
- Understanding of scalable and maintainable software design principles
- Responsible approach to product and code quality
- CPU optimization skills
- English proficiency at B2 level; C1 preferred
- Experience with graphics APIs such as Vulkan or Metal
- Basic understanding of GPU acceleration and compute shaders
- Familiarity with ML inference frameworks such as ONNX Runtime, OpenVINO, CoreML, or DirectML
- Experience with SSE, AVX, NEON intrinsics, or Assembly language
- Background in computer vision, image processing, or video processing
- Experience with CMake
- Experience developing cross-platform solutions
- Experience optimizing applications for resource-constrained environments
- Experience with technical sales, commercial exploration, or early-stage startups
What We Do
Skylum is a Ukrainian company that develops photo editing software. We create intuitive, powerful, and easy-to-use tools for photographers of all skill levels, aiming to make photo editing enjoyable and accessible to everyone. Above all, we value creativity and innovation. With our cutting-edge technology, we want to empower artists all over the world to produce photos they love and are proud to share. Our flagship product is the award-winning photo editor Luminar Neo that enables millions of photographers worldwide to edit photos with the power of AI. We believe that the happier a team is, the more successful it will be. So we trust you to bring your best, while we provide the most comfortable working environment! We also believe that creativity and freedom go hand in hand. Skylum stands with Ukraine — we help the Armed Forces of Ukraine and volunteer at animal shelters. On top of that, we regularly donate to various organizations to help speed up the Ukrainian victory.
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