# Senior Backend Engineer, Backend Platform (PHP and Python)

WHO WE ARE Creating content that resonates is great - turning that attention into growth is even better. That's what Manychat does. Our AI-powered automations help creators and brands engage with audiences across Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and TikTok - at the right moment, with the right message, minus the manual work. We're 400+ people across three continents behind the leading platform for conversational growth, with AI skills shaping how we build, how we work, and how we grow. WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR Some engineers own a feature. On Backend Platform, you'll own how the backend works for everyone. We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who works across PHP and Python and wants a say in the bigger picture. You'll lead company-level projects, like our Auth Service: one authorization layer for PHP and Python that lets Python products handle their traffic directly, without going through PHP. You'll research first when things are unclear, weigh the trade-offs, write them down, then ship in small, safe steps. And you'll decide where code should live by what makes sense for the system, not by which language you know best. Product teams will come to you for advice, reviews, and a

- **Id**: 3870914
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/manychat-senior-backend-engineer-backend-platform-php-and-python>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Barcelona, Spain, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Countries**: ES, NL
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T14:12:23Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T04:20:30Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6314
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Social Media Marketing, Marketing Automation, Conversational AI

## Company

- **Id**: 1756687
- **Name**: Manychat
- **Domain**: manychat.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/manychat-com>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

## Technologies

- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **DNS** — Optional: no
- **Grafana** — Optional: no
- **Incident Management** — Optional: no
- **PHP** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SLI/SLO/SLA** — Optional: no
- **WhatsApp** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **Netherlands** — Iso: NL; Kind: country
- **Spain** — Iso: ES; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T14:24:09Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 36
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T04:37:34Z

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