At the moment, this role is focused on: Working with designers and product managers to scope out new features, functionality, and technical requirements. Participating in design meetings, hiring interviews, and code reviews. Optimising backend performance for a global scale and proposing innovative approaches and solutions to ensure we future-proof products and features as we grow. Seeking solutions to challenges with a scale and performance angle - be motivated by the idea of debugging, benchmarking, building exciting things, and picking up new technologies and skills as you grow. You're probably a match if: You have proven commercial software development experience writing high-performance production quality code in Python for large-scale global projects. You know Cloud (AWS), Networking, and OS (Linux) concepts, services, and best practices. You have experience developing large-scale web applications and portals - a background in e-commerce or other high-volume web portals would be beneficial. You are grounded in computer science and engineering fundamentals including concurrency, multithreading, data structures, solution design, architecture, and design patterns. You have an interest in growing into a leadership position, collaborating with other backend and frontend engineers in the Pixabay engineering team. About the team: This team builds one of the world's biggest free stock content sites, Pixabay. It serves tens of millions of monthly users over 2 million free images, videos, vectors, and music. This content is ingested into Canva, available for everyone to use and supports Canva's growing user base. We are looking at ways to redefine how content can be used and connected with Canva, and you will be a key player in helping to define the future. Our vision is to become the go-to destination for all free creative content. You will work on a variety of backend features and infrastructure projects with a small team of backend and frontend engineers who enjoy extraordinary influence over the product's tech stack and direction. 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 support 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. Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
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