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Senior Backend Engineer - - Teams & Education

AUSTRALIA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-10-03 → 2026-10-04

Core

Leading the delivery of sharing and permissions features across the Canva product, including the flagship design experience, content management, and brand.

Role type

Senior Backend Engineer (Distributed Systems)

Builds

Canva Pro, Canva for Enterprise, Canva for NFPs, and Canva for Education SaaS products

Domain

Design technology / SaaS

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Java, distributed systems, cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, architectural design, mentoring

Preferred skills

large-scale distributed asset management systems

Technologies

Java, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform

Responsibilities

Design and implement intricate aspects of the system for sharing and permissions; propose innovative approaches for product decision platforms; guide implementation of major projects and plan task breakdown; mentor other engineers; facilitate cross-team initiatives for reliability and security.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities (via careerplan.io/jobs/11313-senior-backend-engineer-teams-amp-education-at-canva)