AI-Driven Social Media & Ads Manager Development

Title:
Full-Stack Developer Needed to Build AI-Powered Social Media & Ads Automation Tool (Meta API Integration)
Description:
I am building an internal agency tool to manage social media and advertising for ~20 restaurant clients.
This is NOT a public SaaS at this stage.
It is an agency-only dashboard with human approval workflows.
The system will:
Generate social media content using AI (captions + promotions)
Generate image creatives from predefined templates
Allow admin approval/editing before publishing
Automatically publish to Facebook Pages and Instagram Business accounts
Create and manage Meta ad campaigns
Handle Messenger & Instagram DM automation flows
Provide performance reporting
Core Features Required
1️⃣ Admin Dashboard
Multi-restaurant management
Calendar view
Content approval interface
Creative preview
Edit/regenerate content
Ad budget controls
Campaign status monitoring
2️⃣ Meta API Integration
Must integrate:
Facebook Pages Publishing API
Instagram Content Publishing API
Meta Marketing API (Ads)
Messenger API
Instagram Messaging API
Must support:
Webhooks
Access token management
Message automation logic
Quick replies
Campaign creation via API
3️⃣ Creative Generation
Template-based image generation (Bannerbear/Placid or custom rendering)
Replace images/text dynamically
Export PNG for posting
Support square + 4:5 formats
No browser automation of Canva.
4️⃣ AI Integration
OpenAI API for:
Caption generation
Promotion suggestions
Content calendar suggestions
5️⃣ Reporting
Pull performance metrics from Meta Ads API
Basic dashboard:
Spend
Impressions
Messages
Cost per result
Technical Stack (Flexible but preferred)
Backend:
Node.js / Express or Python (FastAPI)
PostgreSQL
Secure token storage
Webhook handling
Frontend:
React / Next.js (clean admin UI)
Hosting:
AWS / Vercel / DigitalOcean
Must follow Meta platform policies and prepare for App Review.
Deliverables
Fully functional web-based admin panel
Clean, maintainable code
Documentation
Deployment to production
Assistance with Meta App Review submission
Experience Required
Proven experience with Meta Graph API
Experience with Meta Marketing API
Experience handling webhooks
OAuth flow implementation
Token refresh logic
Production deployment
Please provide:
Examples of Meta API projects you’ve built
Architecture approach you would take
Estimated timeline
Estimated cost