What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer position at Canva?
Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
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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 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:
- As an individual contributor - work closely with your leads, designers, and product managers to deliver great products that delight our 10 million customers all over the world;
- Bring new ideas to the table with respect to how we can streamline processes and build better solutions;
- Engage in technical discussions and the design and build-out of new features;
- Identify and address performance bottlenecks within the application and broader infrastructure;
- Participate in design meetings, interviews, and code reviews;
- Communicate with other team members to figure out the best solutions to difficult problems; and
- Passion for performance debugging, benchmarking, building awesome things, and picking up new technologies and skills
You're probably a match if
- You are a Senior Engineer at home working in our core technology environment - our core stack is Java backed by both relational and NoSQL databases as appropriate
- You are firmly grounded in computer science and engineering fundamentals including concurrency, multithreading, data structures, solution design, architecture, and design patterns
- You enjoy working collaboratively with team members and communicating effectively
- You can write performant, scalable reusable components, including appropriate testing
About the team
At Canva Print, we bring Canva designs into the real world. We’re an essential part of the Canva user experience with "Publish Anywhere" as our core mission pillar. Print is already a multi-million dollar department within Canva, and offers an incredible opportunity to work at a global scale, whilst still early enough to solve data model complexity with a very talented team of cross-functional specialists. Print is a pivotal part of Canva’s overall success and revenue. We’re on a mission to scale up rapidly with your help.
The Canva Print vision is to have a global Marketplace that enables all Canva users to Design and Print anything, anywhere. Literally anything, anywhere. Our ambition is thousands of products starting with Mugs, Posters, business cards, menus, that, over time, will include whatever you can imagine, from 3D printing of architectural models or large-scale billboards, or a haute couture fashion line. Print is accessible no matter where you are... with a strong focus on ethical and environmentally friendly practices, such as the One Print One Tree initiative.
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.
