Mural is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer, Canva Core

Mural is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer for the Canvas Core team. You will ensure the Mural editor is reliable, high-performing, and intuitive by designing and maintaining robust APIs that support real-time collaboration, presentations, integrations, and AI-powered features.

What You'll Do

• Lead research, design, and prototyping for backend features across the Canvas Core domain.
• Build and maintain scalable, high-performance systems that support real-time collaboration in the Mural editor.
• Drive projects from prototyping to production as a hands-on contributor and technical leader.
• Design flexible, maintainable systems and ensure quality, reliability, and performance.
• Use AI tools in your day-to-day workflow to enhance productivity and innovation.
• Develop robust automated testing and documentation strategies.
• Contribute to team growth by mentoring, leading technical discussions, and participating in code reviews.
• Help evolve team processes and drive continuous improvement in our engineering practices.

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years of experience building and shipping production-grade software in an agile team.
• Strong full-stack development skills, with a focus on JavaScript/TypeScript and modern web frameworks like React and Node.js.
• Experience engineering real-time collaborative platforms, including understanding of conflict-free replicated data types (CRDT), event sourcing, and other kinds of distributed data structures.
• Proven ability to quickly learn new technologies and navigate large codebases.
• A strong interest in AI-driven development and a willingness to experiment with new approaches.
• Experience leading technical projects and shipping customer-facing features in iterative cycles.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with an inclusive, team-first mindset.

Nice to Have

• Experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments or startups.

Technical Stack

• JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node.js

Team & Environment

The Canvas Core team builds and maintains the foundational platform that powers the visual thinking canvas.

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