Senior Software Engineer (Infra)

Job Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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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:

• Leading impactful projects: You’ll own challenging infrastructure problems end-to-end. By understanding how engineers use our platform, you’ll design and build practical solutions that improve reliability, developer velocity and autonomy.

• Driving architectural decisions: You’ll design scalable, maintainable services and contribute to technical proposals and decision records that set us up for long‑term success.

• Shaping Core Infrastructure direction: You’ll contribute to the roadmap for our Provisioning team, highlighting opportunities, validating approaches and helping keep our platform solutions current with cloud best practices.

• Enabling others: You’ll help infrastructure teams deliver secure, resilient systems in a complex, distributed environment—removing blockers and amplifying great ideas.

You're probably a match if

• You have proven experience (6+ years) as a Software Engineer with a track record of delivering complex, large-scale software projects in the cloud, and are comfortable coding in Go, Python and/or Java.

• You have a background in cloud platforms, with a strong understanding of distributed systems, IaC, PaaS, containerisation technologies (e.g., Kubernetes) as well as public cloud providers (AWS must, GCP nice-to-have) and broad infrastructure functions (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, automation, site reliability, security, etc)

• You have excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, with the ability to identify and resolve complex technical issues.

• You have strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders, both technical and non-technical.

• You have a passion for staying current with the latest cloud and platform-specific technologies and trends

• You have a no-blame mentality, you lead by example and promote Canva and Engineering values

About the team

This role sits within the Core Infrastructure Group. Canva’s intuitive suite of design products is powered by our large distributed infrastructure group. We’re constantly setting large and ambitious goals and thus, are looking for an experienced Engineering Lead to join our dynamic group and play a key role in delivering the right things at speed and scale. 

Core Infra Engineering at Canva is about reducing the complexity burden of using the Cloud, and in this position, you’ll be responsible for ensuring the impactful work done by various teams is cohesive and aligned in reaching the group's vision. Apart from providing technical direction, you’ll spend time influencing, leading by example, and actively contributing to the engineering strategy. You’ll ensure we continue to offer secure and reliable products while managing debt and delivery tradeoffs. All of this focused on delivering a delightful experience to our internal customers.

Our platforms support engineers across the company to: provision, release, run, and operate cloud workloads. We do all this in the simplest and most secure way possible. What we create frees engineers from having to worry about what goes on under the hood, allowing them to produce their best work.

We are the stewards of a seamless, scalable ecosystem that’s extensible, easy to use, and backed by uncompromising security.

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 see AI as a powerful amplifier of creativity and technology at Canva. We’re evolving how we assess AI skills in our Technology hiring experience - you’ll tackle interactive, real-time challenges that reflect the kind of work we do. In some interviews, you may also be asked to solve a problem using an AI tool to show how you approach challenges with tech by your side. Your recruitment partner will walk you through what to expect. 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.