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Senior Backend Engineer - (Java) - Teams & Education

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Hiring Remotely in Melbourne, Victoria, AUS
Senior level
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Hiring Remotely in Melbourne, Victoria, AUS
Senior level
Lead the delivery of sharing and permissions features, propose innovative solutions, mentor engineers, and design intricate systems while ensuring performance and reliability in SaaS products.
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Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time-consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the point.

About the Teams and Education (T&E) SuperGroup

We have launched multiple SaaS products tailored to the needs of some of our biggest audiences; Canva Pro, Canva for Enterprise, Canva for NFPs, and Canva for Education.

The T&E SuperGroup is involved in the success of these products, which have millions of customers in almost every country around the world and which drive much of Canva’s revenue. In T&E, we perform everything from crafting and building outstanding product experiences, our GTM strategies to launch them, commercial partnerships, global distribution strategies, and so much more. 

We strive to further grow these products by ten fold globally over the next few years. The SuperGroup is made up of 4 Groups, 15 teams and almost 200 diverse Canvanauts who work together to delight our users with our tailored products and help Canva to achieve its user and growth goals.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

  • Playing a leading role in delivering sharing and permissions features across the whole of the Canva product, including our flagship design experience, content management, and brand.

  • Proposing innovative approaches and solutions to future-proof Canva's product decision platforms and deliver on business outcomes.

  • Engaging with others to shape the improvements through writing design documents and running design meetings.

  • Advocating for best practices that enhance service performance, resilience, and adaptability.

  • Designing and implementing the most intricate aspects of the system, showcasing your aptitude for tackling complex technical challenges effectively.

  • Guiding the implementation of major projects, planning task breakdown and keeping engineers in sync using excellent verbal and written communication skills, including architectural diagrams.

  • Providing guidance and mentorship to other engineers, assisting them in their professional development and helping them navigate technical challenges.

  • Having widespread impact across the organization by facilitating and orchestrating cross-team initiatives that set a higher standard for reliability, velocity, and security.

You're probably a match if

  • You have extensive experience developing distributed web applications, with a deep understanding of Java.

  • You have a proven track record of successfully planning and executing complex architectural changes, with a strong focus on creative problem-solving rather than reliance on specific frameworks or libraries.

  • You have excellent communication and collaboration skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to foster a positive working environment across stakeholders and engineers.

  • You have proven experience mentoring and guiding engineering teams, unblocking technical challenges, and serving as a role model.

  • Mastery of computer science and engineering fundamentals such as concurrency, data structures, and distributed systems, along with a strong grasp of resiliency techniques like load balancing, throttling, back pressure, and circuit breaking.

  • Hands-on experience working in large distributed cloud environments (AWS preferred) and familiarity with cloud-native technologies such as Kubernetes and Terraform.

  • Bonus: Experience with large-scale distributed asset management system

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually. 

Top Skills

AWS
Java
Kubernetes
Terraform

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