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Where and how you can work
Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have choice in where and how you work, we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.
What you'd be doing in this role
As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.
At the moment, this role is focused on:
- Collaborating with a backend-focused team of engineers to extend and scale the backbone of our Microservice landscape: the User Platform.
- Ensuring high-performance systems to authenticate, authorize, and manage users, avatars, groups, and teams.
- Working with the team to envision, design, plan, build, and maintain reusable building blocks for the User Platform.
- Communicating with stakeholders to assess requirements, align timelines, and optimize for customer value.
- Enhancing the experience for customers with large teams, particularly in Enterprise and Education environments.
You're probably a match if you have
- Five-plus (5+) years of commercial experience developing complex applications in Java
- A collaborative mindset and the ability to communicate effectively with teammates
- Strong fundamentals in computer science and engineering, including concurrency, multithreading, data structures, and solution design
- Experience designing, building, and maintaining high-performance, large-scale Java backend systems
- A problem-solving mentality and a passion for finding innovative solutions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Nice to have's
- Experience with Authentication and Authorization systems is a huge plus
- SQL experience
- DynamoDB experience is a plus
About the Team
In User Platform, we break up existing services and build new ones from scratch to prepare our architecture for the future. We care about software design and its impact on the user. We constantly aim to get the most performance out of AWS resources, and along the way, we ship new features to improve the user experience for Enterprise and Education users.
About the Role
As a backend engineer, you'll have the exciting opportunity to build and expand Canva's User Platform - the essential backbone supporting our millions of daily users.
Your role will revolve around designing, creating, and maintaining new features that enhance and extend the experience for Pro and Enterprise teams. You'll be crafting building blocks like Permissions and Product Capability controls.
Constant collaboration with other Canva teams is part of the job, giving you a fantastic opportunity to learn about what everyone else is up to, and connect the dots across projects.
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.
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What We Do
Canva is a free, online tool where you can create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos and more. Our community of 190 million+ monthly active users is already creating 280+ designs every second, but we’re just 1% of the way to our goal.
It’s hard to explain what makes life at Canva so special, but we've identified two key ingredients: talented people around the world and a values-driven culture that inspires us to do our best work. So if you’re looking to design your dream career and experience meaningful opportunities to grow, come and join us.
Why Work With Us
We're driven by our simple but radical 2 Step Plan: Step 1, become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Step 2, do the most good we can. And as part of a truly global company, you'll get to be part of our US success story from the early stages, helping us build and scale from the ground up. Find your next opportunity to have an impact.
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You'll enjoy meaningful face-to-face time with your team, as well as plenty of opportunity to enjoy the benefits of working from home.
