Pixum operates as Europe's leading online photo service, transforming digital images into personalized physical products across more than 100 offerings - from photo books and wall art to calendars, greeting cards, phone cases and bespoke gifts. Founded in 2000, the company has built substantial technical infrastructure to support its operations, processing 1.5 million image uploads daily and handling approximately 3,000 requests per second through a combination of PHP monolith and Java microservices architecture running on Google Cloud Platform.
The company employs over 170 people across three operational hubs in Cologne, Sofia and Varna, serving customers throughout Europe. Pixum's mobile app has received recognition as the world's best photo book application, winning the TIPA World Award. The organization maintains certification as a Great Place to Work employer and emphasizes agile development practices and collaborative culture across its international team.
Technical work spans the full spectrum of e-commerce photo services: web platform development, mobile application design, high-throughput image processing, backend scalability and cloud infrastructure management. The company is actively engaged in modernizing its technology stack, migrating from legacy monolithic architecture towards microservices while maintaining the reliability required to serve millions of daily transactions.
