Staff Software Engineer - Experiments Platform (AU remote)
Core
Provide senior technical leadership for backend systems enabling Canva's experimentation, A/B testing, and feature management programs to measure product impact and guardrails.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Backend Platform)
Builds
Shared experimentation platform for configuring, launching, and analyzing experiments across the company
Domain
SaaS / Product Experimentation / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Backend platform engineering, Distributed systems design, Experimentation concepts (A/B testing, feature flags, guardrails), Data systems familiarity, Technical leadership, Driving adoption
Preferred skills
Building experimentation infrastructure at scale, Data crossover (engineering + data science), Feature flagging systems, Statistical intuition
Technologies
Java
Responsibilities
Evolve the experimentation platform to automate analysis and alert on guardrails, Take ownership of significant technical problems, Shape the platform's technical direction, Collaborate with senior leaders and cross-functional teams
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence
