Are you more than just a developer?

Do you want to build things that have real impact, talk directly to users, and take ownership — instead of working in corporate layers, endless meetings, and ticket queues?

At Manuel AI, you’ll work like a startup owner: freedom to shape the product, responsibility for what runs in production, and direct impact on software used daily by real technicians.

Company: Manuel AI

Location: Remote from Turkey (working with NL-based founders and Turkish Product team)

Type: Full-time, remote

Level: Senior (shipped real products)

About Manuel AI

Technicians in the Netherlands work under pressure: heat pumps, boilers, AC units…

error codes they don’t have time to decode, long PDF manuals, customers waiting on-site.

Website: https://manuel.chat/en

Manuel AI is their digital colleague.

A technician types a problem or error code → Manuel searches technical documents + uses LLMs → returns short, practical steps that actually work on-site.

Product-wise we have:

• Web + mobile-first UI
• Usage via browser + messaging channels
• Multi-manufacturer document engine
• AI layer powered by LLMs + search

Who you’ll work with

• Founding team in the Netherlands (product, customers, industry)
• Core development team in Turkey (small, experienced, fully remote)
• No corporate layers. Direct communication with decision-makers.

If you enjoy hiding in a ticket system and never talking to humans, this role is not for you.

The Role

This is not a “shut up and code JIRA tickets” role. We’re looking for a developer who can think end-to-end:

• The technician’s mobile experience (small screen, real-world pressure)
• Backend APIs, auth, user/org mode
• Database design and performance
• AI calls, error handling, stability and reliability

You’ll own and improve flows like:

Technician asks → backend enriches request → search + LLM runs → we respond fast with a clean, predictable UI.

What you will do

Build and maintain the core product

• Backend APIs: auth, sessions, org/user management, logging/audit
• Data models and queries (Postgres): users, companies, permissions, usage events
• Web/mobile-first UI for technicians + internal tools

Own AI-related flows

• Integrate with LLM + search APIs
• Handle timeouts, retries, fallbacks, logging
• Keep behavior stable and predictable (consistency > “clever but unreliable”)

Improve quality & stability

• Fix bugs, refactor safely, reduce tech debt
• Improve test coverage, monitoring/logging discipline
• Care about performance, basic security, production readiness

Work with Product & Project (like an owner)

• Give realistic estimates
• Raise risks early
• Challenge ideas when they’re wasteful or technically wrong
• Ask “why are we building this?” not only “what is the ticket?”

Mobile (iOS/Android) — Important

We already have iOS & Android apps in production, so mobile experience matters.

• Preferred: experience shipping apps with React Native
• Bonus: native knowledge (Swift for iOS / Kotlin for Android)
• Ability to build and maintain mobile flows with a mobile-first UX mindset

Note: You don’t need to be a “pure mobile specialist”, but you should be comfortable owning mobile work when needed.

Tech stack (expected familiarity)

You don’t need to tick every box, but you should recognize most of this.

Backend

• Node.js/TypeScript (NestJS, Express) or Python (FastAPI, Django)
• REST API design, auth, rate limiting basics
• SQL (PostgreSQL) schema design & query performance
• Caching/queues basics (Redis or similar)

Frontend / Web

• React / Next.js (or similar)
• Component-based UI, state management, responsive design

Mobile

• React Native or Flutter experience preferred
• Bonus: Swift/Kotlin

AI / LLM integration

• Calling external APIs over HTTP
• Bonus: OpenAI / Anthropic / similar
• Logging prompts/responses, handling failures & fallbacks

General

• Git, code review, basic CI/CD habits
• Experience with at least one real product in production (not only school projects)

How you work

We’re looking for someone who:

• Thinks in product flows, not just code blocks
• Communicates clearly in remote setup
• shares progress
• says “blocked because X” instead of going silent
• Can take and give feedback without drama
• Cares about real users and real contracts

Bonus: UX / product sense

• Strong instinct for usability and friction removal
• Can propose improvements in onboarding, navigation, and technician workflows

Languages

• Turkish: fluent (most dev communication is Turkish)
• English: solid (docs, code, some calls)

What we offer

• Real product, real users, real pilots (not a side project)
• Direct access to founders + core team
• Room to influence architecture and technical decisions
• Long-term upside via performance-based equity/option structure
• Remote from anywhere in Turkey, high ownership, sane expectations

Hiring process

1. Short Typeform (tech profile + Manuel-specific questions)
2. Technical & culture interview (founders / lead devs)
3. Small practical case based on a real Manuel flow (no LeetCode)
4. Optional code review (existing repo or example project)
5. Reference checks



Apply via LinkedIn. If your profile fits, we’ll send the Typeform.