Knak is a mission-driven company

Why? Because our time is limited, our competition is fierce, and our margin for error is small. To have the biggest impact on the world, we stay focused on our core mission, which is...

Empowering marketers to be creative.

That’s why Knak exists.

In a world where AI has made everyone a creator, Knak helps marketers turn ideas into on-brand, high-performing campaigns at scale. The world's most AI-forward companies, including Meta, OpenAI, NVIDIA, Vercel, Notion and Stripe, use Knak as their agentic marketing production layer.

Here's what they and our investor Insight Partners figured out: creation got easy, but that’s making production harder. Every new idea and brief still has to be built, versioned, checked, approved, and shipped across every channel, and that work runs on handoffs, review cycles, and a lot of copy-paste. That middle stretch of the marketing stack has no system, no standard, and no owner.

Knak is the flexible factory for that work. Our customers set the brand rules, choose the tools that feed in and the platforms that send, and decide where AI does the work and where people do. We handle the repeatable parts, so marketers get their time back for the parts that aren't.

We're built by marketers, for marketers. We started with email because it's the hardest channel to get right and where many campaigns win or lose. Now we're bringing that same production discipline to every channel our customers use.

Our Engineering Team:

At Knak, we build groundbreaking software used by marketers at many of the world’s top companies. As engineers, we foster a transparent, collaborative and blameless culture. We emphasize continuous learning and encourage our engineers to experiment in search of creative ways to solve problems and help our customers.

We have a small but rapidly growing team where you'll be given many opportunities to grow and hone your skills across our entire tech stack. Our belief is that to build great software, we have to equip ourselves with the best tools, technologies, and processes.

Roles and Responsibilities:

We are looking for an Intermediate Full Stack Developer to join our growing engineering team. As an Intermediate Developer, you will be responsible for developing user-friendly, high-performance web applications using a variety of full stack web technologies. You will work closely with team leads, product managers and design teams to create compelling user experiences built upon scalable and reliable systems.

Develop, maintain, and optimize RESTful API endpoints using Laravel (PHP), ensuring adherence to best practices for observability, testability, and performance. This includes thorough documentation and robust error handling to enhance the reliability and usability of the APIs.
Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and front-end developers to create intuitive and responsive user interfaces using Vue.js. Implement efficient state management and UI components to deliver a seamless user experience across various devices and screen sizes.

Implement software solutions across the entire technology stack by applying Object-Oriented or Functional Programming principles and best practices, selecting the most appropriate approach to meet the use case.
Effectively apply best practices when using an ORM or SQL interface to a MySQL relational database, including query optimization, efficient data modeling and performance tuning via optimal indexing practices.
Leverage various AWS services to deploy, manage, and scale web applications securely and reliably. Develop serverless microservices using Node.js deployed on AWS Lambda, implement CDN-based content delivery for improved performance, and optimize memory usage for long-running processes to enhance scalability and cost-effectiveness.
Actively participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, and adherence to coding standards. Provide constructive feedback to peers and collaborate with them to identify and address areas for improvement.
Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, QA, and DevOps, to analyze business requirements and technical objectives. Contribute to the design and implementation of solutions that align with both business needs and technical constraints, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation within the team.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
3+ years of software development experience, with a proven track record of building and maintaining SaaS based web applications
Experience in developing RESTful APIs, including authentication, validation, and error handling.
Solid understanding of JavaScript frameworks such as VueJS/React/Angular and their ecosystem, build and deployment patterns.
Experience with TDD and automated testing frameworks such as Jest, Playwright PHPUnit
A keen eye for observability, monitoring, and performance optimization.
Familiarity with common SaaS architecture/release concepts, such as continuous deployments, multi-tenant architectures and services layered architecture.

The Ideal Candidate will have

Experience working with PHP and the Laravel framework.
An understanding of SaaS software development practice, previous experience working on a SaaS product will be viewed favorably.
Familiarity with common SaaS architecture/release concepts, such as continuous deployments, multi-tenant architectures and services layered architecture.

Goals

Be part of a full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment.
Be a team player with an eye for visual design and software usability.
Collaborate with peers on the creation of clean, maintainable, and reusable code practices.

Base Salary: The anticipated base salary range for this position is $120,000 - 150,000k/year. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. This range reflects base salary only and does not include other forms of compensation that may be available as part of the total rewards package.

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 Ottawa’s Best Places to Work 2025! 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 you’re looking for, then we’d love to hear from you!

If you don’t 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 [email protected].

At Knak, our recruitment process includes AI screening for keywords and minimum qualifications as well as video interviews which are transcribed with AI. Humans are still at the core of our decision making! Please note that this job post is for an existing vacancy.

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About the company

Knak provides a no-code platform for enterprise marketing teams to design emails and landing pages. Its cloud-based, drag-and-drop builder lets marketers create campaigns without writing code, reducing dependence on developers. The tool integrates directly with major marketing automation systems (Marketo, Eloqua, Salesforce Marketing Cloud) to ensure seamless workﬂow from creation to execution, and to optimize assets for those platforms. Knak differentiates itself by targeting large organizations with an easy-to-use, code-free workflow that still aligns tightly with existing marketing stacks, enabling faster campaign production. The company’s goal is to empower marketing teams to own campaign creation end-to-end, improving speed, flexibility, and collaboration while scaling across enterprise deployments.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$25M

Headquarters

Ottawa, Canada

Founded

2015

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What believers are saying

September 2026 hiring spans sales, product marketing, engineering, and data roles.
Adobe Summit 2026 showcased Knak with OpenAI, strengthening enterprise credibility.
Knak's Mobile Message Builder beta adds SMS and RCS before October 2026.

What critics are saying

April 2026 MCP stayed alpha-only, exposing enterprise rollouts to product instability.
Adobe, Salesforce, and Braze can bundle similar workflow tools inside existing suites.
If AI agents bypass Knak's production layer, its core middleware thesis collapses.

What makes Knak unique

April 2026 MCP lets ChatGPT and Claude generate Knak assets through governed templates.
Knak sits between intake and launch, replacing manual handoffs for enterprise marketing ops.
OpenAI, Meta, Google, Amazon, and Uber use Knak as the production layer.

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Benefits

Health Insurance
Paid Vacation
Life leave days
Equity in the company
Stock Options
401(k) Retirement Plan
Wellness Program
Gym Membership
Paid Holidays

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Headcount

6 month growth

15%

1 year growth

15%

2 year growth

15%

PR Newswire

Sep 14th, 2026

Knak adds SMS and RCS to AI production platform as business messaging set to hit 485B by 2030

Knak has launched Mobile Message Builder, adding SMS and Rich Communication Services (RCS) production to its AI-powered marketing platform. The tool integrates mobile messaging into the same production environment teams use for email and landing pages. The launch addresses growing enterprise demand as RCS adoption accelerates. Juniper Research forecasts business RCS messages will nearly quadruple from 125 billion globally in 2026 to more than 485 billion by 2030. Knak's study of 333 enterprise marketers found 85% missed at least one planned campaign launch last year due to production constraints. Mobile Message Builder aims to streamline approvals and brand compliance across channels. The tool generates SMS fallbacks from RCS messages using AI and provides unified review workflows. It is currently in beta with enterprise customers and will be generally available in October 2026.

PR Newswire

Apr 20th, 2026

Knak adds Model Context Protocol support to let AI agents generate marketing assets

Knak, a marketing production platform, has announced support for the Model Context Protocol, enabling AI agents to directly generate launch-ready campaign assets. The integration allows AI assistants to access Knak's production infrastructure whilst maintaining brand guidelines and governance controls. The MCP support transforms how enterprises deploy marketing campaigns, with companies including OpenAI, Meta and Google building AI-driven workflows using Knak as the production layer. Previously, teams used Knak manually to build emails and landing pages; now the platform is callable by AI orchestration systems. Knak co-founder Brendan Farnand and OpenAI's Jeff Canada will demonstrate the technology at Adobe Summit 2026. MCP support is currently available in alpha, with email generation through existing templates now accessible to ChatGPT and Claude.

HiTechNectar

Apr 20th, 2026

Knak makes enterprise marketing production callable by AI agents.

Knak makes enterprise marketing production callable by AI agents. LAS VEGAS, April 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Knak, the marketing production platform for enterprise teams, announces support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), giving marketers access to marketing assets and campaigns within the AI workflows they already use - and without the manual handoffs and bespoke development that can slow teams down. The Knak MCP marks a significant expansion of how enterprise marketing teams can deploy marketing campaigns. Teams previously used Knak directly to build emails, landing pages and digital assets. Now, the production platform is accessible to AI assistants and works whether a human marketer or an AI agent is calling it, allowing AI outputs to reflect brand guidelines and assets that live within Knak. Enterprises such as OpenAI, Meta and Google are building AI-driven workflows that use Knak as the production layer in the middle. Knak and OpenAI will present a session at Adobe Summit 2026 to demonstrate how enterprise marketing teams are already building AI-native production workflows with Knak. Knak Co-Founder and Chief Evangelist Brendan Farnand will join Jeff Canada, head of B2B Marketing Operations at OpenAI, for the Tuesday, April 21 session, "Inside OpenAI's Marketing Stack: Applying AI to Scale Smarter." The session will cover the real-world architecture OpenAI's marketing operations team has built - connecting intake, orchestration and execution - and how Knak sits at the center of that production stack. "The way enterprise marketing teams produce content is changing fast. AI is already a big part of production workflows, but enterprises need to consider if their production infrastructure can keep up with the increased demand," said Pierce Ujjainwalla, Co-founder & CEO, Knak. "Knak's MCP server is built to fix the pain points enterprise teams are facing by allowing orchestration layers to call Knak, and the production system takes it from there." Knak has long served as the production layer between brief and MAP, the system where on-brand emails, landing pages and digital assets get built, reviewed and made launch-ready. With MCP support, that same production infrastructure becomes accessible to any AI orchestration layer, enabling structured content inputs to be passed into Knak and marketing assets to be returned, ready for review and launch. For teams already building AI-driven marketing workflows, this MCP announcement formalizes the architecture that enhances marketers' bandwidth but doesn't replace them. Marketing Operations teams can architect how AI gets deployed inside Knak by setting the brand guardrails, access controls and governance rules that ensure every asset that comes out is ready to ship. "We're using AI to triage requests, reduce friction, and move faster - but AI alone doesn't get you to launch-ready," said Jeff Canada, Marketing Operations Lead, OpenAI. "You still need a production layer that takes what the AI hands off and turns it into something that can actually ship. That's where Knak sits in our stack, and it's what makes the whole workflow actually close." Current and future availability MCP support is available to Knak customers in Alpha. Current capabilities include email generation through AI agents using Knak's existing template library. AI agents including ChatGPT and Claude can now connect to Knak through the MCP server to generate emails programmatically using existing templates. Brand compliance guardrails and expanded platform functionality are planned for upcoming releases. About Knak Knak is the marketing production platform for enterprise teams - the dedicated system where on-brand emails, landing pages, and digital assets get built, reviewed, and made launch-ready, with AI embedded across the production workflow. Trusted by Google, Amazon, Uber, Meta, OpenAI, Forbes, and Palo Alto Networks. SOURCE Knak HiTechNectar send you the latest trends and best practice tips for online customer engagement: Receive Updates: HiTechNectar hate spams too, you can unsubscribe at any time.

Credera

Mar 12th, 2025

Enhancing automotive CRM with Knak and Adobe technologies: A two-workflow approach

Adobe's powerful suite of tools can be integrated with Knak, an intuitive email and landing page creation platform, to deliver impactful customer relationship management (CRM) campaigns that speak directly to your customers - whether through scheduled push communications or hyper-personalized journeys.

Knak

Dec 20th, 2023

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