Senior Backend Engineer (Mobile Team)

WHO WE ARE 🌎

Manychat is the world’s leading social automation platform. We help creators and businesses automate conversations on Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, and TikTok. The result? Better engagement, more sales, and real, sustainable growth.

We’re proud to be an official Meta Business Partner and backed by world-class investors like Bessemer Venture Partners.

With a diverse team spread across three continents, we’re building the product used and loved by more than 1.5 million customers worldwide.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR 🌟

We are seeking a Senior PHP Developer who’s all about building smart tech and even better experiences for users. Our cross-functional mobile teams cover a wide range of tasks, allowing  engineers to work on various product components. We believe that mobile is key to our platform’s future, and you’ll play a key role in shaping that future.

Here, product development goes beyond coding — it’s about creating meaningful value. We’re looking for someone who sees technology as a way to deliver business wins and takes technical quality seriously.

You’ll join an engineering culture, where ownership is real: teams decide how they build and deliver, always with company goals in mind. Plus, you’ll connect with our internal tech groups, helping raise the bar even higher.

WHAT YOU'LL DO 🚀

• Contribute to the core value of the product by improving template discovery, the basic automation building experience, in-app monetization, developing new features for affiliates and infopreneurs, and advancing the Smart Inbox experience.
• Take an active role in meetings, offering insights and input to refine the product backlog and foster consensus during decision-making processes.
• Shape our growth by helping evolve processes in the company and inside the teams, and onboarding new employees.
• Work closely with other mobile developers and your manager to shape the overall development strategy for the mobile stream, aligning it with product goals.
• Take ownership of results by committing to team goals and the product, ensuring accountability for the overall result.
• Share your expertise with the external community by writing articles for our blog and participating as a speaker at professional conferences.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE 💥

You'll need:

• 4+ years of experience in a product development driven environment, being an expert and domain owner as a Backend engineer. With a modern PHP technologies related stack (we use PHP 8.2 on the backend).
• Experience working with the relational databases (we use PostgreSQL).
• Ability to write testable code and test cases.
• Passion for contributing results to the user experience and future product strategy growth.
• An upper-intermediate level (B2) of English or higher is essential, as we conduct a significant part of our communication in English.

It would be great if you have:

• Knowledge of different NoSQL solutions and analytical systems.
• Replication, partitioning, sharding, PL/pgSQL, and other attributes of profound work with databases.
• Experience working with high-load project environments and queue systems.
• Infrastructure domain knowledge and proven experience working with different solutions.
• Experience working with third-party API integrations.

WHY YOU’LL LIKE IT HERE 🤩

• From Day One, you’ll feel part of a team who values openness and collaboration — and genuinely cares.
• Your actions shape what’s next, building the future of conversational marketing on a global scale.
• From continuous learning to exciting new projects, we make sure you have what you need to succeed.
• You’ll have the freedom to create, experiment, and bring your ideas to life, because we know you’ve got this.

WHAT WE OFFER 😊

We care deeply about your growth, well-being, and comfort:

• 💙 Comprehensive health insurance for both you and your family.
• 📚 Professional development budget for conference tickets, online courses, and other relevant resources to help you grow.
• 🤍 Flexible benefits package to tailor perks that matters most for you.
• 🌿 Hybrid work and generous leave options to prioritize your work-life balance.
• 🍽 In-office perks, including free meals and snacks.
• 👍 Company-funded sport activities, annual offsites, and team-building events.

Manychat is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual preference, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.

This commitment is also reflected through our candidate experience. If you have individual needs that may require an accommodation during the interview process, please indicate this in your application. We will do our best to provide assistance throughout your interview process to ensure you’re set up for success.

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