Principal Production Engineer
Core
Define and lead the Production Engineering practice at Canva, embedding senior engineers in high-risk technical areas to improve system reliability and resilience for 240M MAUs.
Role type
Principal Production Engineer (Strategy & Hands-on IC)
Builds
Production reliability solutions, engagement models, and technical standards for Canva's infrastructure.
Domain
SaaS / Distributed Systems / Infrastructure Reliability
Required skills
Large-scale distributed systems ownership, embedded technical leadership, JVM/systems depth, cross-org influence, Linux internals, observability tooling, Kubernetes, performance analysis, cloud infrastructure, incident response
Preferred skills
Enterprise SaaS background, JVM internals tuning, multi-region/sharding experience
Technologies
Java, Go, Rust, C++, Kubernetes, AWS, Linux
Responsibilities
Define the engagement model for Production Engineering, lead the most technically complex engagements (sharding, multi-region, JVM performance), set the technical bar for the role, pair strategy across the team, connect to the product roadmap, build the measurement story for incidents and feature launches
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship
