Senior Backend Engineer

At the moment, this role is focused on:

• Delivering critical back-end services and features that provide essential functionality for all Canva users to have the best on-brand experience.
• Building tools and frameworks that help us rapidly and effectively conduct experiments across different parts of the Canva app
• Design, develop and deploy solutions and hands-on software development
• Work collaboratively and advise leads, product managers, and engineers across teams at Canva to unblock back-end works that help your group deliver features and experiments to our customers worldwide
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and effectively advocate for engineering needs to non-technical stakeholders within the group
• Models initiative and ownership in achieving goals, improving processes and solutions
• Identifies opportunities for cross-team collaboration to work on new ideas and improvements that help achieve our goals

You're probably a match if

• You have commercial experience developing sophisticated web applications

• Most of our code is in Java, so you will be very comfortable using Java.

• You are grounded in computer science and engineering fundamentals including concurrency, multithreading, data structures, solution design, architecture, and design patterns

• You work collaboratively with team members and communicate effectively

About the team

In our Brand Experience team, you will deliver critical backend services and features that provide essential functionality for all Canva users to have the best on-brand experience. You will collaborate with other engineers to drive best practices within the team and improve the user experience for Brand in Canva.

What's in it for you?

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Here's a taste of what's on offer:

• Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.