Staff Backend Engineer, TypeScript, Node.js

Canva

full-time

Posted on: 3/3/2026

Location Type: Remote

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About the role

working responsibly with stakeholders using team tools (Slack, Jira, Github)
driving decision-making processes that match importance and urgency
fostering productive discussions and encouraging critical thinking
collaborating with Product, Design, and Data teams to plan solutions
building technical solutions using Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Terraform, and AI
deploying and managing services in AWS environments
improving reliability through testing, observability, monitoring, and deployment automation
participating in support rotations and incident management
evaluating and improving team processes through reflection and experimentation

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

Benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

Node.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLAWSTerraformAPI-based backend servicessystem observabilityreliabilityCI/CDapplication security

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementdecision-makingcritical thinkingcollaborationproductive discussionsprocess improvementreflectionexperimentation