Global digital services firm scaling AI-driven design and data integration
Appnovation operates as a full-service digital agency built on React, Vue, Node.js, and Java—a classic services-company stack. Their active project list (design systems, Figma-AI integration, data pipelines, ML deployment) and pain-point cluster (undocumented schemas, legacy modernization, data volume) reveal a shift from pure web/mobile delivery toward data and AI-enabled solutions. Senior-heavy hiring across engineering and data (53 of 59 roles) combined with accelerating velocity signals a pivot toward higher-margin consulting and platform work.
Appnovation is a Vancouver-based digital services firm founded in 2007, operating globally with nearshore delivery centers across Canada, Malaysia, China, and Latin America. The company designs and delivers digital transformations—combining strategy, UX, engineering, data, and AI—for enterprise clients across technology, pharma, consumer, and industrial sectors. With 201–500 employees and 59 active open roles, Appnovation is actively scaling its engineering and data capabilities, focusing on modernizing legacy systems, building data integration infrastructure, and embedding AI into design and deployment workflows. Core service areas span web and mobile development (React, Vue, Node.js), Drupal-based content platforms, design systems, and managed services, increasingly supported by data warehousing (Snowflake, Supabase) and AI tooling.
Frontend: React, Vue, Next.js, Remix, Nuxt. Backend: Node.js, Express, Java, Spring, PHP, Python. Data: Snowflake, Salesforce Data Cloud, Supabase. Design: Figma, Storybook. Infrastructure: GitHub, Jira, Google Workspace, n8n.
Data integration and storage systems, design system architecture, Figma-AI integration, AI/ML model deployment, Supabase backend implementation, and legacy system modernization for enterprise clients.
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