Staff Data Engineer - Product Insights Enablement

Summary

Join Canva and play a leading role in defining the technical roadmap and architecture for internal platforms used in product decision-making. You will advocate for best practices, establish yourself as a platform development expert, and propose innovative solutions. Responsibilities include designing and implementing intricate system aspects, guiding major projects, mentoring engineers, and facilitating cross-team initiatives. The ideal candidate possesses experience in developing distributed web applications on the JVM, architectural planning, strong communication skills, and experience mentoring engineers. Canva offers a flexible work environment, equity packages, inclusive parental leave, a wellbeing allowance, and flexible leave options.

Requirements

• Experience developing distributed web applications on the JVM; experience writing Java (experience with other JVM languages such as Scala, Kotlin, etc is a plus - however, we primarily use Java 17)
• Experience with planning, executing architectural changes, and a creative and conceptual problem-solving approach as opposed to a framework or library focused
• Strong communication and teamwork skills, both written and verbal
• Facilitating collaboration and fostering a positive working relationship between stakeholders and engineers, promoting a culture of trust, respect, and open communication
• Experience with guiding and mentoring other engineers, helping unblock technical challenges and being an all-around role model
• Deep knowledge of computer science and engineering fundamentals: concurrency, data structures, and distributed systems. And an understanding of resiliency techniques and patterns - load balancing, throttling, back pressure, circuit breaking, etc

Responsibilities

• Play a leading role in defining the technical roadmap and architecture for the services powering our internal platforms for product decisioning
• Advocate for best practices that enhance service performance, resilience, and adaptability
• Establish yourself as an expert in developing platforms that facilitate decision-making while being deeply integrated with the company's data ecosystem
• Propose innovative approaches and solutions to future-proof Canva's product decision platforms and deliver on business outcomes
• Engage with others to shape the improvements through writing design documents and running design meetings
• Design and implement the most intricate aspects of the system, showcasing your aptitude for tackling complex technical challenges effectively
• Guide the implementation of major projects, planning task breakdown and keeping engineers in sync using excellent verbal and written communication skills, including architectural diagrams
• Provide guidance and mentorship to other engineers, assisting them in their professional development and helping them navigate technical challenges
• Have a widespread impact across the organization by facilitating and orchestrating cross-team initiatives that set a higher standard for reliability, velocity, and security

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in large distributed cloud environments (ideally AWS), experience with cloud native technologies such as Kubernetes and Terraform is a plus
• Experience working with large distributed data processing systems (e.g. Snowflake, Clickhouse), knowledge of SQL and data modelling best practices is a plus
• Experience building AI powered applications is a plus

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