About Manychat

Manychat is a platform for automating business communications. We help businesses engage with their customers in Instagram Direct Messages, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and SMS. Our mission is to help businesses grow by building meaningful relationships with their customers.Over a million companies across the world choose Manychat to grow their brands — from a small bakery in New Jersey to the Philippine Department of Education. Manychat helps them get more leads and drive sales, engage prospects and support existing customers, and launch and analyze marketing campaigns. Here you can find a lot of use cases.We are a team of more than 120 people, located in three offices. Our R&D team is located in Yerevan and Barcelona, and our marketing and sales team is based in New York.

We are looking for a PHP product developer. If you’re interested in product development — this position is a perfect match.

Our tech stack: PHP 8, PostgreSQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, NGINX + Lua, AWS.

About the role 

We have a wide range of initiatives and tasks across various teams. You can work with different parts of the product.

Here are some of our current objectives:

  • Instagram: our focus is to enhance the product metrics of our Instagram channel, driving growth and engagement through strategic optimizations and user-centered improvements.
  • WhatsApp: with a core emphasis on stability, we aim to enhance the functionality of our WhatsApp channel, ensuring seamless messaging experiences, and expanding capabilities for businesses and users alike.
  • Live Chat: launching a specific area, we are committed to improving our mobile application and Live Chat functionality, enabling real-time and efficient customer support, and empowering businesses to deliver exceptional experiences.
  • Flow Builder: our goal is to elevate user experiences by improving the Flow Builder — our visual editor, streamlining the creation of dynamic chatbot flows, and enhancing the internal processing to enable smoother, more efficient interactions.
  • Developer/Professional Tools: we are actively developing tools and resources for developers who utilize Manychat, fostering a thriving ecosystem. By providing comprehensive support and enhancing our DevProgram, we empower developers to create innovative solutions and integrations with our platform.

What we are looking for

Must haves:

  • 2+ years experience working in a product team as a PHP developer (we use PHP 8).
  • Ability to use relational databases (we use PostgreSQL).
  • Experience in writing testable code and test cases.
  • Ability and desire to work in a product team.
  • Capability to take ownership and lead long-term projects.
  • Adaptivity to change and comfort in a fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent communication skills, strong ability to collaborate, and proactive approach.
  • Problem-solving mindset.

Nice to haves:

  • Experience working with loaded projects and queue systems.
  • Skills working with infrastructure.
  • Experience working with third-party API.
  • Knowledge of different NoSQL solutions and analytical systems.
  • Replication, partioning, sharding, PL/pgSQL and other attributes of profound work with databases.

We offer

We care about your growth

  • Professional development. We pay for relevant conference tickets, training programs, courses, and any necessary literature.

We care about your comfort

  • Hybrid work. You can combine a remote and in-person working environment..
  • Necessary equipment. We provide you with a MacBook, and a monitor as well as any other tools you need for your duties.

We care about your well-being

  • Health Insurance. Our plan includes dentistry and сheckups, and covers your prescription medication expenses.
  • Flexible benefits plan. Choose the perks that fit your needs: from home office equipment to personal growth and wellness sessions, plus many more.

What to expect

It includes 4 steps:

  1. Introduction with our Recruiter and Backend Lead. We will talk about your interests and will tell you more about the role. The main aim of this step is to see if we are a good match (1 hour 30 minutes).
  2. Technical interview with our Engineering Leads. We will talk about your technical skills, development approaches and you will write some code. (1-2 hours)
  3. Culture fit interview with our CTOBackend Lead and our Recruiter. We will talk more about your interests and development approaches (1-1,5 hours).
  4. You accept our offer and ... welcome aboard!

Approximate annual salary, depends on the candidates levels: 55 000 - 75 000 (gross, EUR)

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