Senior Platform Engineer

Summary

Join Canva's Workload Integration team and help redefine how the world experiences design. Based in Sydney with options to work from other campuses, co-working spaces, home, or a hybrid approach, you will build and deploy products using GoLang across multiple Kubernetes clusters. Responsibilities include on-call support, driving operational excellence, and collaborating with stakeholders. The ideal candidate possesses strong computer engineering/science fundamentals, advanced software and network engineering skills with GoLang experience, and a deep understanding of cloud networking and Kubernetes. Canva offers equity packages, inclusive parental leave, a wellbeing allowance, and flexible leave options.

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 skills in software and network engineering. Experience with GoLang
• Understanding of Cloud Networking in providers like AWS, GCP, or Azure
• You have experience in deploying and operating a Service Mesh in Kubernetes
• You have a working understanding of Kubernetes and Kubernetes networking. Understanding of CNI, Ingress, and Multi-Cluster networking
• Understanding of networking protocols e.g. IP, DNS, TLS, and mTLS
• You have experience working with cloud infrastructure platforms to create a foundation for building secure, reliable, and performant systems. Experience with Kubernetes controllers and reconcile loop architecture
• Knowledge of web application architecture in the context of cloud providers
• Experience using manifest generation tools, like Helm or Jsonnet, to manage cloud infrastructure
• You have experience as a software engineer building platform products to accelerate and empower engineers to achieve crazy big goals

Responsibilities

• Coding in GoLang to build and deploy products that run across multiple Kubernetes clusters
• Be on-call for the team’s products and drive operational excellence
• Working with our stakeholders across Security, Product, and other Platform teams to understand their needs as we forge Canva’s platform products

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