Staff Backend Engineer - Product Insights Enablement - Java

3 Months ago • All levels • Frontend Development • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Canva seeks a Staff Backend Engineer for its Product Insights Enablement team. This leadership role involves defining the technical roadmap and architecture for internal product decision-making platforms. Responsibilities include advocating for best practices, developing platforms integrated with Canva's data ecosystem, proposing innovative solutions, designing and implementing complex systems, guiding project implementation, mentoring engineers, and fostering cross-team collaboration. The ideal candidate will possess extensive JVM and Java experience (with other JVM languages a plus), strong communication skills, and deep knowledge of computer science fundamentals (concurrency, data structures, distributed systems). Experience with cloud environments (AWS), Kubernetes, Terraform, large data processing systems, and AI is beneficial.
Must have:
  • JVM & Java experience
  • Distributed system knowledge
  • Strong communication skills
  • Architectural planning & execution
  • Mentoring & leadership experience
  • Cloud environment experience
Good to have:
  • Scala/Kotlin experience
  • Kubernetes & Terraform
  • Large data processing (Snowflake, Clickhouse)
  • SQL & data modeling
  • AI application development
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. That means if you want to do your thing in the office (if you're near one), at home or a bit of both, it's up to you. 

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:

  • Play a leading role in defining the technical roadmap and architecture for the services powering our internal platforms for product decisioning. Advocate for best practices that enhance service performance, resilience, and adaptability.
  • Establish yourself as an expert in developing platforms that facilitate decision-making while being deeply integrated with the company's data ecosystem.
  • Propose innovative approaches and solutions to future-proof Canva's product decision platforms and deliver on business outcomes.
  • Engage with others to shape the improvements through writing design documents and running design meetings.
  • Design and implement the most intricate aspects of the system, showcasing your aptitude for tackling complex technical challenges effectively.
  • Guide the implementation of major projects, planning task breakdown and keeping engineers in sync using excellent verbal and written communication skills, including architectural diagrams.
  • Provide guidance and mentorship to other engineers, assisting them in their professional development and helping them navigate technical challenges.
  • Have a widespread impact across the organization by facilitating and orchestrating cross-team initiatives that set a higher standard for reliability, velocity, and security.

You're probably a match if you have:

  • Experience developing distributed web applications on the JVM; experience writing Java (experience with other JVM languages such as Scala, Kotlin, etc is a plus - however, we primarily use Java 17)
  • Experience with planning, executing architectural changes, and a creative and conceptual problem-solving approach as opposed to a framework or library focused.
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills, both written and verbal.
  • Facilitating collaboration and fostering a positive working relationship between stakeholders and engineers, promoting a culture of trust, respect, and open communication.
  • Experience with guiding and mentoring other engineers, helping unblock technical challenges and being an all-around role model.
  • Deep knowledge of computer science and engineering fundamentals: concurrency, data structures, and distributed systems. And an understanding of resiliency techniques and patterns - load balancing, throttling, back pressure, circuit breaking, etc.
  • Experience working in large distributed cloud environments (ideally AWS), experience with cloud native technologies such as Kubernetes and Terraform is a plus.
  • Experience working with large distributed data processing systems (e.g. Snowflake, Clickhouse), knowledge of SQL and data modelling best practices is a plus.
  • Experience building AI powered applications is a plus.

About the team

Product Insights Enablement (PIE) is a group of 4 teams dedicated to creating reliable insight-as-a-service platforms that assist the entire company in planning and decision-making. Our team consists of a diverse mix of engineers, product managers, and product designers collaborating to reach these goals. We focus on providing capabilities such as user behaviour analytics, experimentation (A/B testing), feature flags and organisational metrics. We build internal platforms to scale decision-making and remove guesswork from the product development process.

About the Role

This role is a leadership position for the whole group. As a versatile staff software engineer, you will be responsible for shaping the vision of the platforms our teams build. You will partner with other engineer and product leads including our Data Scientists, Frontend Engineers, Product Managers and Designers to build impactful solutions. We are part of the larger supergroup called Product Platform with a mission is to empower more informed product decision at the scale of Canva.

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 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.

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually. 

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