Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Canva's Cloud Security & Compliance team and help redefine how the world experiences design. Based in Sydney with options for remote work, you'll be responsible for building and improving the company's secrets platform and tooling. You will proactively improve user experience with compliance and advocate for best practices. This role requires proficiency in Golang (preferred), Python, Java, or similar languages, deep knowledge of computer engineering fundamentals, and experience with cloud security tooling and infrastructure-as-code. Canva offers a range of benefits, including equity packages, inclusive parental leave, a wellbeing allowance, and flexible leave options.

Requirements

• You are proficient and happy to code in Golang (preferred), Python, Java or comparable languages
• You have deep knowledge and understanding of Computer Engineering fundamentals and first principles
• A solid understanding of security best practices and compliance management in cloud environments
• You are proficient with infrastructure-as-code. We’re a Terraform shop, but strong experience with other IaC tools will do the trick
• You have solid knowledge of AWS services like EKS, EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, S3 or equivalent Cloud provider experience
• You have experience with cloud security tooling – having competency with AWS IAM, and tools like Hashicorp Vault and other cloud security and compliance vendors
• You have experience building platforms offering security capabilities to the rest of the business
• You have strong written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Finding solutions to accommodate our cloud security and compliance requirements, and provide better insights to our engineers
• Proactively improving the user experience with compliance and advocating for best practices
• Being responsible for building and improving our secrets platform and tooling with exceptional quality, at a regular cadence, that impacts all Canva engineers
• Providing technical leadership and expertise to drive pragmatic solutions and dive into impactful design decisions
• Participating in team ceremonies, knowledge sharing, brainstorming sessions etc
• Becoming a security champion, evangelising the best practices and guiding other Canvanauts in the cloud security space
• Providing on-call support as part of a rotation with the team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Kubernetes (preferred) or similar container orchestration tools
• Experience working with Bazel (preferred) or similar large-scale build tools

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