Backend Software Engineer - Content Design Empowerment

Summary

Join Canva's Elements Experience team and help redefine how users create and customize design elements. This role focuses on building robust backend services and APIs to power element customization and style consistency features. You will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and develop scalable, performant systems handling complex transformations and ML/LLM processing. The ideal candidate possesses strong Java and backend technology skills, experience with scalable backend services, and a proven ability to deliver on technical problems. Canva offers a range of benefits, including equity packages, inclusive parental leave, a wellbeing allowance, and flexible leave options. The company embraces remote work and offers various work location choices.

Requirements

• You have solid experience working with Java and our backend technology stack
• Are grounded in computer science and engineering fundamentals including concurrency, multithreading, data structures, solution design, architecture, and design patterns
• Have experience building scalable backend services that handle complex data processing and transformations
• Are skilled at analysing problems by examining root causes and developing pragmatic solutions using precedent and judgment
• Have experience working with APIs, microservices, and understand how to build reliable, maintainable backend systems
• Can work autonomously on technical solutions and contribute to improving team processes and practices
• Have a track record of delivering on defined technical problems and executing consistently on technical proposals
• Demonstrate strong communication skills and can effectively collaborate with frontend engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders
• Are proactive in picking up unowned work that enables the team to move faster and seek to gain ownership of systems or components

Responsibilities

• Building robust backend services and APIs that power element customisation and style consistency features
• Collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders from content leadership, design experience, legal, and creators royalties teams
• Developing scalable, performant systems that handle complex transformations and ML/LLM processing with minimal latency
• Implementing new approaches to content processing and style analysis that enable faster, more intuitive design creation
• Contributing to backend architecture improvements that support intelligent editing and discovery experiences

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