Job Overview
As a key member of our Admin Experience Group, you will play a vital role in shaping the way teams and organizations work with Canva. Your expertise in designing scalable backend systems will be instrumental in delivering high-quality experiences for large-scale customers.
This is an excellent opportunity to leverage your technical skills, passion for innovation, and leadership abilities to drive growth and excellence within our organization.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and lead the design of scalable backend systems that support admin experiences across diverse customer segments.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to understand complex admin needs, identify opportunities for system improvements, and deliver reliable solutions.
Mentor and support other engineers, promoting engineering excellence, sharing feedback, and fostering a strong culture of technical growth.
Design and shape admin user experiences by exploring product ideas, testing technical feasibility, and building solutions that meet the needs of large-scale organizations.
Champion operational excellence, resolving tricky backend issues, improving observability, and contributing to on-call rotations.
Guide architecture decisions for high-volume, high-data services, ensuring robustness, scalability, and enterprise readiness.
Requirements
You should have:
* Deep expertise in JVM-based languages such as Java or Kotlin, with experience operating at Staff or Principal Engineer level.
* A proven track record of designing and leading backend strategies for large-scale distributed systems, optimized for availability, performance, and reliability, serving millions of users.
* A systems thinking mindset, thriving in ambiguity, using sound judgment to drive clarity, navigate trade-offs, and align cross-functional teams on complex challenges.
* Tech leadership and multiplier capabilities, mentoring engineers, raising engineering standards, and championing scalable practices across multiple teams.
* The ability to communicate effectively, translating evolving product goals into clear technical strategies and executable milestones.
Benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support your success and wellbeing, including:
* Equity packages that make our success yours too.
* An inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers.
* An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup, and more.
* Flexible leave options to empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge, and support yourself personally.
Others
We are committed to making hiring decisions based on your experience, skills, and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. We see AI as a powerful amplifier of creativity and technology at Canva, and we're evolving how we assess AI skills in our Technology hiring experience.
We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva, so even if you don't feel like your skills quite match what's listed above, we still want to hear from you.