Backend Software Engineer

Summary

Join Canva's Security Platform Engineering team and help redefine how the world experiences design through secure and innovative platform features. Based in Sydney with options for flexible work arrangements across multiple Australian locations, you will design and implement security platform features, own their lifecycle, and facilitate knowledge sharing. This role requires 3-5+ years of experience in programming (Java/Rust), expertise in developing maintainable code, and a strong understanding of computer science fundamentals. Canva offers equity packages, inclusive parental leave, a wellbeing allowance, flexible leave options, and more.

Requirements

• You have (3-5+ years) of experience in one or more programming languages (Java/ Rust), and can directly contribute to the design and implementation of features
• This is the ideal role for someone who is motivated by designing and building platform features within the security domain, while owning the whole solution end-to-end
• You have extensive experience in developing clean, readable, and maintainable code; The libraries and tools developed by the team are used by hundreds of developers at Canva so they need to be easily understandable
• You are comfortable with computer science and engineering fundamentals such as concurrency and data structures
• Experience improving testing frameworks and strategies, e.g. unit testing, system testing, and integration testing

Responsibilities

• Design and implement security platform features that enable Canva’s teams to move safely and quickly
• Owning the full lifecycle of features, from design docs and stakeholder alignment through implementation, testing, rollout, and maintenance
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and effectively advocate for engineering needs to non-technical stakeholders within the group
• Model initiative and ownership in achieving goals, improving processes and solutions
• Identify opportunities for cross-team collaboration to work on new ideas and improvements that help achieve our goals
• Champion adoption of security platform features across Canva’s engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a security domain (application sandboxing, encryption, authN/Z, etc) is a plus
• Experience with infrastructure tools like Terraform, Helm, K8s, or similar
• Experience with Linux security fundamentals such as cgroups, namespaces, seccomp, etc
• Experience securing or building on on cloud-based environments (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)

Benefits

• 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