Software Engineer - Developer Platform

2 Months ago • All levels • Frontend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Canva seeks a Software Engineer for their Developer Platform team, focusing on improving remote developer environments. Responsibilities include enhancing local development experiences, building solutions for improved developer productivity, providing technical leadership, and collaborating on design decisions. The role involves working with modern tools like Bazel, deep Linux OS and AWS infrastructure knowledge, containerization, internal tooling development, and Terraform/GitOps. The ideal candidate possesses strong computer science fundamentals, excellent problem-solving skills, and a passion for engineering excellence. The position is remote across ANZ, offering flexible work options and a comprehensive benefits package.
Must have:
  • Strong Computer Engineering/Science knowledge
  • Experience with modern dev tools (Bazel)
  • Deep understanding of Linux OS internals
  • Deep knowledge of AWS infrastructure
  • Experience with containerization
  • Experience building internal tooling
  • Terraform and GitOps experience
Perks:
  • Equity packages
  • Inclusive parental leave
  • 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:

  • Assisting in improving Canva’s remote developer environments for engineers.
  • Building and delivering solutions to improve the local developer experience at Canva
  • Providing technical leadership and expertise to drive pragmatic solutions and dive into impactful design decisions.
  • Brainstorming, researching and prototyping to optimize our remote developer environment platform, improve our operational effectiveness and increase developer productivity.
  • Being proactive in improving the tracing user experience and advocating for best practices.
  • Participating in team ceremonies, knowledge sharing and brainstorming sessions.
  • Finding innovating new ways to leverage remote developer environment to make engineers more happy and productive at their work .

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 a willingness to learn modern development tools such as Bazel
  • You have a deep understanding of the Linux OS internals
  • You have deep knowledge of AWS infrastructure
  • You have experience with containerization
  • You have experience building internal tooling for infrastructure or developer efficiency/productivity
  • Terraform and GitOps principles for automation and deployment are highly valued
  • You have demonstrated self-motivation and ownership over complex problems and their solutions with a strong sense of accountability.
  • You’re passionate about engineering excellence, systems architecture, and meeting non-functional requirements.
  • You have a proven ability to foster team collaboration, driving collective success through shared challenges and goals.

About the Group

The Developer Platform Group owns the coding life cycle at Canva – from ideas through to production. Our mission is “To forge a delightful ecosystem for engineers at Canva, amplifying their craft and enabling them to ship fast and correct. At scale.” We create an environment in which developers can do their best work.

You'll be joining the Developer Environment team, whose mission is to uplift the local development experience for our engineers. Working directly with teams across the group, your role will focus on making engineers’ local development more pleasant and productive. You’ll collaborate with other engineers to identify pain points and work with the team to address them.

As a Software Engineer on the Developer Environment team, you'll get to work with Developer Platform Product Managers and leadership to align on strategic priorities, the roadmap and initiatives within the team.

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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