Job Description
Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
Where And How You Can Work
Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co‐working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. You have the choice in where and how you work; you can work at the office near you, at home, or a bit of both.
What You'd Be Doing In This Role
At the moment, this role is focused on the following:
* Shaping the Python language ecosystem with a strong product and platform mindset, defining clear development patterns and documentation in partnership with Infra and Product teams to support Canva's broader AI strategy.
* Architecting, building and delivering high‐impact solutions that uplift the Python developer experience at Canva, ensuring high standards of engineering excellence.
* Advocating for Python engineering best practices across the organization, influencing teams and aligning development patterns to Canva's long‐term strategy.
* Developing internal observability tooling and metrics that give the team actionable insights, enabling informed, targeted decisions on where to invest in the Python ecosystem.
* Driving org‐wide ecosystem migrations and tooling transformations, owning design, rollout, telemetry, communication and long‐term maintenance strategies.
* Shaping and executing the long‐term vision for IDE developer tooling, ensuring our tools evolve to meet the needs of Python engineers and industry trends.
You're probably a match if
* You have expert‐level Python experience, with familiarity in modern development ecosystems and tools such as Bazel being a plus.
* You have demonstrated leadership and ownership of complex, high‐impact engineering initiatives, with a strong sense of accountability for outcomes.
* You have a deep commitment to engineering excellence and systems architecture, with the ability to design for scale, reliability and strong non‐functional foundations.
* You have extensive experience with containerization, Terraform and GitOps, and a solid understanding of how to build and operate production‐grade infrastructure.
* You have a background in integrating ML applications into platform or backend systems, with an understanding of AI/ML toolchains and their operational requirements.
* You can translate customer and developer needs into impactful technical solutions, applying a product mindset to improve developer experience at scale.
About The Group
We are part of Developer Workflows, shaping the end‐to‐end engineering experience to build, test, deploy and operate software at Canva. We bring together developer advocacy, product thinking and deep technical expertise. The Backend Workflows team focuses on empowering backend engineers by removing friction from the software development lifecycle and delivering intuitive, scalable workflows. We collaborate across platform and product teams to compose seamless backend experiences that support Canva's rapid growth. Together, we create the foundations that enable every engineer to do the best work of their lives, directly contributing to Canva's long‐term vision and success.
About The Role
We're on a mission to elevate Python into a first‐class experience across Canva, unlocking the full potential of our ML/AI and backend engineering teams. As a Senior Python Software Engineer in Backend Workflows, you will lead the design and delivery of workflows, tooling and best practices that make Python development fast, reliable and frictionless. Your work will shape how engineers write, test, build and operate Python code every day at scale – directly empowering teams who are building the AI‐powered capabilities that define Canva's future. We work closely with ML, backend and platform engineers to deeply understand their challenges and craft solutions that accelerate their impact. This is a highly influential role where your contributions will have broad, long‐lasting impact on Canva's engineering velocity and AI strategy.
What's in it for you?
Besides a rewarding technical challenge, we offer a stack of benefits to set you up for success inside and outside of work.
* 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 and more.
* Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and support you personally.
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