Staff Backend Engineer (TypeScript/Node.js), Flourish Platform

• Join the Flourish Platform space responsible for the core infrastructure and features that power the data visualisation platform. • Work on everything from UI improvements for core user flows to designing backend services that process complex datasets to infrastructure that ensures the platform scales reliably for millions of users. • Build technical solutions using Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Terraform, and AI with high code review standards.

• Have strong experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and PostgreSQL. • Have strong experience building API-based backend services. • Have strong experience with AWS services such as Aurora RDS, SQS, S3, and Lambda. • Have strong experience supporting SaaS products end to end. • Have experience with system observability, reliability, and CI/CD. • Have experience with infrastructure as code via Terraform. • Have experience hardening application security including authentication, access management, encryption, and auditing. • Have familiarity with full-stack JavaScript development.

• Have experience with data visualisation platforms or tools. • Have experience with AI integration in backend services. • Have experience driving technical decision-making processes across teams. • Have experience with incident management and support rotations.

• Work responsibly with stakeholders using team tools and proactively identify issues or request support. • Drive decision-making processes that match the importance and urgency of decisions ensuring the right people are involved. • Foster productive discussions with strong opinions weakly held encouraging critical thinking and maintaining a high-feedback culture. • Collaborate with Product, Design, and Data teams to plan viable, desirable, and feasible solutions. • Build technical solutions using Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Terraform, and AI with high code review standards. • Deploy and manage services in AWS staging and production environments. • Improve reliability through testing, observability, monitoring, and deployment automation. • Participate in support rotations and incident management. • Evaluate and improve team processes through regular reflection and experimentation.

• Work from the London campus with choice in where and how you work. • Join a team that combines strong technical skills with a genuine passion for making data visualisation accessible to everyone.

Canva is redefining how the world experiences design. Within the Canva organisation, Flourish continues as its own business developing innovative data visualisation tools while contributing to the broader vision of making design accessible and data communication impactful. The Flourish Platform space is responsible for the core infrastructure and features that power the data visualisation platform for millions of users.