Staff Backend Engineer - Brands Platform (Hybrid)

Manychat, Inc; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid onboarding

Relocation support for you and family

Health insurance for you and family

Professional development budget

Flexible benefits package

Hybrid work and flexible time off

In‑office meals and snacks

Annual offsites and team building

Job summary

Manychat, Inc. is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer for Brands to own the technical side of a new product. You’ll set architecture and priorities for Python services and manage data models, authentication, and integration with the core platform.

You’ll decide what belongs in Python-based Brands services vs the PHP-based platform, with a focus on reliability, data ownership, and long-term maintenance. You’ll partner with Product and security teams to shape scalable, secure workflows.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in Python backend development and a broad view of backend architecture beyond one language.
• Strong product mindset; explain technical trade-offs in terms of user experience, timelines, and product capabilities.
• Experience owning the architecture and production operations of a product or large technical area.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and data flows: API contracts, async processing, data consistency, retries, idempotency, and failure handling.
• Knowledge of deployment in production: configuration, networking, and external dependencies.
• Knowledge of application security basics: authentication, authorization, data isolation, access management.

Responsibilities

• Set architecture and technical priorities for Brands with Engineering Manager and team.
• Decide Python vs PHP boundaries for Brands services and core platform.
• Lead large system-level changes with measurable milestones and data migrations.
• Define reliability and performance metrics and observability for key workflows.
• Identify root causes of slowdowns and incidents across service boundaries.
• Collaborate with Security, Infra, and Platform teams on solutions and trade-offs.
• Coordinate with Product on scope and approach of solutions.
• Document key design decisions and provide thorough code reviews.

Skills

Python backend

Distributed systems

API contracts

Data flows

Production operations

Architecture ownership

Security basics

Observability

Documentation & reviews

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform/Terragrunt

PostgreSQL

Redis

Celery

Job description

Manychat, Inc. is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer for Brands to own the technical side of a new product. You’ll set architecture and priorities for Python services and manage data models, authentication, and integration with the core platform.

You’ll decide what belongs in Python-based Brands services vs the PHP-based platform, with a focus on reliability, data ownership, and long-term maintenance. You’ll partner with Product and security teams to shape scalable, secure workflows.