Job description
Job Description
At the moment, this role is focused on
- Building well-documented APIs, platforms & self-serve tooling to empower other teams within Canva
- Evolve our systems with urgency and focus to meet the rapidly growing customer needs and business ambitions
- Operating, monitoring & diagnosing issues with some of our most mission-critical systems in production, using every incident as an opportunity to make them more observable, resilient & secure
- Proactively identifying technical debt, communicating its impact to stakeholders, and proposing actions that reduce complexity & increase agility
- Becoming a mentor to your colleagues and actively contributing to an open, collaborative culture that encourages continuous learning & growth
- Working primarily on the backend, but often interacting with frontend code components and being open to contributing up & down the stack
You’re probably a match if
- Highly competent in backend Java development
- Strong knowledge of building APIs and leveraging databases
- Able to work closely with internal stakeholders to understand their requirements, iterate ideas, and build custom solutions
- Capable of identifying solution options, weighing tradeoffs and proposing a scalable software architecture that solves a given business problem
- Strong ability to communicate technical concepts and implications to different audiences, including non-technical stakeholders
- Comfortable working as part of a highly cohesive and collaborative team with frequent interactions, regular pair programming and code review
- Demonstrated ability to rally and energise others while driving team objectives forward.
- Hands-on experience using AI in coding/programming to drive greater impact.
About the team
Our vision as a Revenue Platform group is to build a monetisation engine that powers Canva to be one of the most valuable companies in the world and enables us to do the most good.
Our mission on the Revenue Enablement team is to create flexible solutions for Canva teams to monetise quickly & easily. We are tackling big platform opportunities that will simplify & amplify revenue growth by growing the number of paid users, increasing the adoption of paid products, improving customer retention and loyalty, and unlocking upsell and cross-sell opportunities while ensuring relevance in target markets through personalization.
As a Senior Engineer on the Revenue Enablement team, you will build a promotional platform that empowers teams across Canva to run viable and impactful offers with minimal effort while catering to their products’ diverse needs. You will be responsible for deeply integrating this platform with complementary systems for content management, personalisation, and experimentation. You will ensure that the platform is designed and built with scalability, ease of use, and self-serve in mind.
What’s in it for you?
Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you’ll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too.
We also offer a stack of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.
Here’s a taste of what’s on offer:
• 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 well-being, social connection, office setup & more
• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and support you personally
Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.
Other stuff to know
We make 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. We’re evolving how we assess AI skills in our Technology hiring experience - you’ll tackle interactive, real-time challenges that reflect the kind of work we do. In some interviews, you may also be asked to solve a problem using an AI tool to show how you approach challenges with tech by your side.
Your recruitment partner will walk you through what to expect. We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture.
When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process. 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!
When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.
Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.
