Senior Backend Engineer (Java) Design at Scale - Teams and Education

2 Months ago • 4-8 Years • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Canva seeks a Senior Backend Engineer (Java) to design and implement server-side components for their at-scale design editing capabilities. Responsibilities include developing backend services leveraging AI, collaborating with cross-functional teams, building robust APIs, and facilitating knowledge sharing. The role focuses on creating scalable services for the Marketing platform, Sheet integrations, Team Library integrations, and Brand AI strategy, impacting how millions of users interact with Canva. The ideal candidate possesses strong Java experience, a deep understanding of computer science fundamentals, experience with high-performance backend services, and a product-first mindset. The position offers flexibility in work location across ANZ and a range of employee benefits.
Must have:
  • Commercial Java web application development experience
  • Strong computer science fundamentals (concurrency, data structures)
  • High-performance, scalable backend service development
  • API design and implementation expertise
  • Collaborative teamwork and effective communication
Perks:
  • Equity packages
  • Inclusive parental leave
  • Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance
  • Flexible leave options

Job Details

Company 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 a 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.

Job Description

At the moment, you will be focused on:

  • Developing backend services that leverage cutting-edge AI capabilities while maintaining system stability with Java.
  • Working collaboratively with leads, product managers, and engineers across teams at Canva to unblock back-end works that help your group deliver features and experiments to our customers worldwide
  • Facilitating knowledge sharing and effectively advocating for engineering needs to non-technical stakeholders within the group
  • Building robust APIs that balance creating at scale with creative flexibility and building tools and frameworks that help us rapidly and effectively conduct experiments across different parts of the Canva app

You're probably a match if:

  • You have commercial experience developing sophisticated web applications in Java.
  • You are firmly grounded in computer science and engineering fundamentals, including concurrency, multithreading, data structures, solution design, architecture, and design patterns
  • You work collaboratively with team members and communicate effectively
  • You have experience building high-performance, scalable backend services with strong skills in API design and implementation. 
  • You have a product-first mindset, with a strong intuition for how backend services can enable exceptional user experiences

About the Team

The Brand Experience Group is on a mission to empower anyone to bring their brand to life with every design. We're transforming how enterprises manage brand consistency at scale, using cutting-edge AI to interpret guidelines, offer context-aware guidance, and continuously learn from user behaviour and performance data. We are building a future where Canva's brand management solutions proactively enhance creativity rather than restrict it and deliver massive customer ROI through efficiency, brand consistency, and faster time to market.

As a Backend engineer in the Design at Scale team, you will design and implement the server-side components that power our at-scale design editing capabilities. You'll be responsible for creating robust, scalable backend services for our Marketing platform, Sheet integrations, Team Library integrations and Brand AI strategy, including the insight feedback loops. Your work will directly impact how thousands of enterprise customers and millions of users interact with designs and assets in Canva, ensuring performance and reliability at scale.

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, connection 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, home 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.

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