Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.Hey, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, ??, hallo, vítejte!Thanks for stopping by.We know job hunting can be a little time-consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the point.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 a choice in where and how you work.That means if you want to do your thing in the office (if you're near one), at home or a bit of both, it's up to you.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 Your day-to-day activities will consist of solution design and hands-on software development – working closely with leads, designers, and product managers to deliver features and functionality to our customers all over the world.Once you've settled in and have a comfortable grasp of the product, environment, and processes, you'll be given more responsibility and start leveraging your previous experience — bringing new ideas to the table concerning everything from feature development, to process improvement, and product suggestions.Developing and iterating on technical proposals – outlining how solutions will be structured and developed.Developing solutions you've designed from the ground up through to deployment into production.Identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks within the application and broader infrastructure.Participating in design meetings, hiring interviews, and code reviews.Performance debugging, benchmarking and building awesome things in general.You're probably a match if Five-plus (5+) years of commercial experience developing complex, distributed applications writing services in Java.Disciplined coding practices, and experience with code reviews and pull requests.You model best practices to your peers.Strong communication and team collaboration skills, both written and verbal.A Canva engineer strives to understand the exact problem before jumping into writing code.You will have the ability to work with a diverse range of individuals from different backgrounds and with different professional and personal needs.While not required, commercial experience developing APIs with backend web frameworks is an advantage.All of our services are built on AWS.While not required, commercial experience with AWS services like DynamoDB, and SNS/SQS is an advantage.You will be leading by example - promoting Canva's values, no-blame mentality, and inclusive culture.About the team We aim to build the world's richest Ecosystem of apps and integrations for visual design and communications that supercharge Canva's ability to meet the diverse needs of a billion users and drive Canva's MAU growth.With the proliferation of innovations in generative AI and as large organizations have increasingly complex workflows to manage their designs, Canva is well poised to become the platform that simplifies access and discovery of services related to visual design.We are already working with hundreds of developers to enable access to these exciting products with our Apps SDK and Canva public REST API!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 stack 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.Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.
