Senior Backend Software Developer (AI Agents)
Senior Backend Software Developer (AI Agents)
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Job Description
Knak is a mission-driven company
Why Because our time is limited our competition is fierce and our margin for error is small. For us to have the greatest impact on the world we need to be laser focused on our core mission which is...
Empowering people to be creative.
Thats why Knak exists.
We are a world-class enterprise email and landing page creation platform with a focus on making successful and happy customers by providing them with an incredibly powerful yet easy to use creation platform.
Our industry leading SaaS solution is built by Marketers for Marketers. We know that its the small things that make the biggest impact and that emails and landing pages are where the rubber hits the road when it comes to Marketing Automation. We change the way Marketers work by making them more efficient while improving conversion rate of their campaigns and helping them stay on brand.
Oh and we have a bit of fun while doing it too!
Empowering People to Be Creativewith the Power of AI
At Knak our mission is simple but powerful:empower people to be creative.
Were a world-class SaaS platform built by marketers for marketershelping teams launch high-converting emails and landing pages quickly beautifully and always on brand. With our focus on AI-driven innovation were changing how marketers work by making them more efficient effective and inspired.
And yes we have a lot of fun while doing it.
The Role: Senior Backend Software Developer AI Agents
Were looking for an experienced backend developer to help scale the intelligence of Knaks AI this role youll design and build the robust systems that power AI agentsenabling them to analyze data generate complex marketing assets and deliver incredible value to our customers.
This role is highly impactful: youll contribute to architecture decisions mentor teammates and collaborate across engineering and product to shape the future of marketing automation.
What Youll Be Doing
Build reliable APIs: Develop and maintain RESTful APIs with Laravel (PHP) ensuring testability observability and performance.
Create AI microservices: Build Python and services for AI agent hosting and LLM interaction enabling seamless content generation.
Design across the stack: Apply object-oriented and functional programming to deliver scalable and maintainable systems.
Optimize databases: Tune queries and indexing for MySQL to improve speed and reduce latency.
Deploy to the cloud: Use AWS services (Lambda CDN delivery optimization) to build secure scalable infrastructure.
Elevate code quality: Lead and participate in code reviews maintaining high standards across the team.
Collaborate cross-functionally: Work with product design QA and DevOps to align solutions with business needs.
Mentor engineers: Share knowledge and set a high bar for technical excellence.
What You Should Bring
6 years of backend software development experience
Strong proficiency in PHP (Laravel) Python and MySQL
Expertise in RESTful APIs TDD CI/CD (GitHub Actions)
Experience with SaaS architecture microservices and AWS
Knowledge of observability performance tuning and scalability
Familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes
Excellent problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset
Nice to Have
Experience in AI-powered product development
Background with LLMs LangGraph or AI agent frameworks
Prior experience in a fast-growing SaaS company
Why Youll Love Working at Knak
At Knakculture is our first pillar.Weve been recognized as one of Ottawas Best Places to Work 2024 and were proud to offer:
Competitive salary and equity
Comprehensive benefits and paid vacation
Life leave days (because life happens)
Regular team lunches and offsites
A people-first environment with real opportunities to grow your career
What We Offer
At Knak we have four foundational pillars. Culture customers product and growth. Culture is our number one pillar because we know that is at the core of building a strong company that can build amazing products and delight our customers. We do this with a laser focus on hiring the right people who are smart positive and who want more than the typical nine-to-five offers.
We offer an extremely rewarding second to none work environment as acknowledged by Ottawas Best Places to Work 2024! We show our investment in our people through our competitive salaries equity in the company great benefits paid vacation Life leave days (because life happens) team lunches and off-sites and most importantly our commitment to YOUR career growth.
If this sounds like something youre looking for then wed love to hear from you!
If you dont see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on the posting above we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders ages ethnicities cultures abilities sexual orientations and life experiences to apply. Knak believes in creating an inclusive barrier-free working environment. If you require ANY accommodation to the interview process please contact .
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
