Full-stack Software Engineer (Java + JavaScript) - Data Platform

1 Day ago • All levels • Data Analyst • Frontend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Canva seeks a Full-stack Software Engineer (Java + JavaScript) for its Data Platform team. This role focuses on leading impactful initiatives from discovery to delivery, designing and delivering strategic projects, enhancing engineering standards (testing, frameworks, documentation), driving automation, building a developer-friendly culture, and supporting team growth (hiring, mentoring). The successful candidate will build scalable infrastructure and tooling to manage exponentially growing data volume across multiple systems and data stores, abstracting complexities for streamlined user experience. The role involves collaborating with internal stakeholders and championing high-quality software engineering practices.
Must have:
  • Strong Java and JavaScript skills
  • Experience building cloud-native data platforms
  • Experience with web frameworks at scale
  • Leadership experience in software engineering projects
  • Excellent communication and storytelling abilities
Perks:
  • Equity packages
  • Inclusive parental leave policy
  • Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance
  • Flexible leave options

Job Details

Job Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

Hey, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte!

Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the point.

Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have choice in where and how you work, we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

What you’d be doing in this role

As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

  • Leading impactful initiatives end-to-end, from discovery through to delivery, that help shape the team’s vision and drive real business outcomes.
  • Designing and delivering major strategic projects, taking ownership of the technical architecture and execution.
  • Uplifting our engineering standards by improving testing strategies, frameworks, and documentation practices.
  • Driving automation efforts that reduce manual workflows and empower self-service across the business.
  • Building a developer-friendly culture by engaging with our internal data community to surface challenges and opportunities that grow the team’s capabilities.
  • Supporting the growth of our data platform teams, contributing to hiring, onboarding, and mentoring engineers while championing high-quality software engineering practices.

You're probably a match if

  • You have strong Computer Engineering / Science knowledge around fundamentals and first principles relating to concurrency, multithreading, data structures, architecture, and various design patterns
  • You have advanced coding skills in Java and JavaScript
  • You’ve built and shipped web frameworks at scale—and know what great looks like.
  • You have hands-on experience building cloud-native data platform features using infrastructure-as-code principles and tools.
  • You thrive in ambiguity—cutting through complexity and helping teams find clarity and direction.
  • You bring visionary thinking to the table, crafting technical strategy and delivery roadmaps with thoughtful planning and bold ambition.
  • You’ve led critical projects from start to finish, balancing technical depth with pragmatic decision-making.
  • You’re a strong communicator and storyteller—able to bring technical concepts to life in a way that resonates with engineers and non-technical stakeholders alike.
  • You’re passionate about mentoring and inspiring teams, using your leadership to amplify the impact of those around you.
  • You’re endlessly curious—always exploring emerging technologies to keep your toolkit (and your team’s) ahead of the curve.

About the team

You will be joining the Data Sync Team, in the Data Platform Group at Canva.

The Data Platform Group aims to enable significant, scalable and sustainable value via data and insights, through building a world-class data platform and empowering Canvanauts with efficient & effective data capabilities.

And our Data Sync Team’s mission is to empower Canvanauts to deliver sustained value and innovation using data with ease, efficiency and confidence by providing Canvanauts with best-in-class platform infrastructure and services to manage data movement across various systems and data warehouse.

About the role

We're on the hunt for a passionate and experienced full-stack software engineer to join us in simplifying how Canvanauts interact with our data platform. Our data sync team is expanding our expertise in areas of web development to abstract complexities of tooling and processes to streamline and enhance the user experience.

Our team is building truly scalable infrastructure and tooling to support Canva’s growth to move exponentially growing data volume in a safe, cost-efficient and performant way across many systems and data stores.

The team is developer experience focused on the front end, but infrastructure-as-code framework in the back to keep up with the ever-changing needs of data users. We’re also building maturity into our data share infrastructure to provide the right governance and controls.

All these efforts are part of our grand vision to smash through barriers, so creators can focus on what truly counts—turning data into insights that propel Canva's mission to empower everyone to design anything and publish anywhere. Join us in this exciting adventure!

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 range 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 wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
  • Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports 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. 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!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.

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