Senior Full-stack Software Engineer

Summary

Join Canva's Data Sync Team as a passionate and experienced full-stack software engineer. Lead impactful initiatives from discovery to delivery, shaping the team's vision and driving business outcomes. Design and deliver major strategic projects, owning technical architecture and execution. Improve engineering standards by enhancing testing, frameworks, and documentation. Drive automation to reduce manual workflows and empower self-service. Build a developer-friendly culture by engaging with the internal data community. Support the growth of data platform teams through hiring, onboarding, and mentoring. The role focuses on simplifying how team members interact with the data platform, building scalable infrastructure, and improving user experience. This is an opportunity to contribute to Canva's mission of empowering everyone to design and publish.

Requirements

• You have strong Computer Engineering / Science knowledge around fundamentals and first principles relating to concurrency, multithreading, data structures, architecture, and various design patterns
• You have advanced coding skills in Java and JavaScript
• You’ve built and shipped web frameworks at scale—and know what great looks like
• You have hands-on experience building cloud-native data platform features using infrastructure-as-code principles and tools
• You thrive in ambiguity—cutting through complexity and helping teams find clarity and direction
• You bring visionary thinking to the table, crafting technical strategy and delivery roadmaps with thoughtful planning and bold ambition
• You’ve led critical projects from start to finish, balancing technical depth with pragmatic decision-making
• You have hands-on experience using AI in coding / programming to drive greater impact

Responsibilities

• Leading impactful initiatives end-to-end, from discovery through to delivery, that help shape the team’s vision and drive real business outcomes
• Designing and delivering major strategic projects, taking ownership of the technical architecture and execution
• Uplifting our engineering standards by improving testing strategies, frameworks, and documentation practices
• Driving automation efforts that reduce manual workflows and empower self-service across the business
• Building a developer-friendly culture by engaging with our internal data community to surface challenges and opportunities that grow the team’s capabilities
• Supporting the growth of our data platform teams, contributing to hiring, onboarding, and mentoring engineers while championing high-quality software engineering practices

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