Canva

Computer Software

SeniorSoftwareEngineer-DeveloperExperience

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Senior Software Engineer - Developer Experience at Canva. Skills: Platform Engineering, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code. Own End-to-End Technical Solutions. Design infrastructure projects”

What You'll Achieve.

Eliminates repetitive manual work for engineers; Reduce dependency on platform teams; Proactively surface issues; Makes software development faster; Makes software development easier; Makes software development more enjoyable; Streamline the entire development journey; Optimising the inner loop; Optimising code collaboration; Automating testing; Automating releases; Defining standards; Removing friction; Empowering Canvanuats to ship quality work with speed and confidence; Eliminate systemic friction; Reducing build times; Automating release processes; Building self-service platforms

Industry & Context.

Computer Software
Problems you'll solve

Translating business needs and technical constraints into scalable solutions; Proactively surface issues

Eligibility Requirements

Participating in on-call rotation

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Platform Engineering background, Solid programming experience in Python, Proven track record of building and operating systems at scale, Experience supporting large engineering organizations (1000+ engineers), Experience with AWS or GCP, Thorough Kubernetes experience in production environments, Built and maintained complex CI/CD pipelines at scale, Proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation, Observability experience

Nice to Have

Experience with Java or TypeScript, Bazel experience highly valued, Experience with release automation and deployment safety mechanisms, Background in developer tooling, Contributions to open source infrastructure or developer tools, Experience integrating AI/LLM capabilities into developer workflows, Prior work on build performance optimisation or test infrastructure at scale

What You'll Do.

Own End-to-End Technical Solutions

Design infrastructure projects

Document infrastructure projects

Implement infrastructure projects

Drive projects from design to adoption

Create automation for engineers

Build self-service platforms

Develop monitoring tools

Develop alerting tools

Develop diagnostic tools

Partner with engineering teams

Translate business needs

Translate technical constraints

Mentor junior engineers

Participate in on-call rotation

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partnering with engineering teams; Understanding pain points; Gathering requirements; Translating business needs; Translating technical constraints; Sharing knowledge; Mentorship of junior engineers

Communication Scope

Tech talks

Process & Methodology

Drive projects from initial design doc, Stakeholder buy-in, Implementation, Testing, Rollout, Adoption

Full 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: Owning End-to-End Technical Solutions: * Designing, documenting, and implementing complex infrastructure projects spanning multiple systems and domains * Driving projects from initial design doc through stakeholder buy-in, implementation, testing, rollout, and adoption Building Developer-Facing Tools & Automation: * Creating pragmatic automation that eliminates repetitive manual work for engineers * Building self-service platforms and CLIs that reduce dependency on platform teams * Developing monitoring, alerting, and diagnostic tools that proactively surface issues Collaborating & Enabling Engineering Teams: * Partnering with engineering teams to understand pain points and gather requirements * Translating business needs and technical constraints into scalable solutions * Sharing knowledge through documentation, tech talks, and mentorship of junior engineers * Participating in on-call rotation for critical platform services You're probably a match if * You have a strong background in Platform Engineering, with solid programming experience in Python and Go; experience with Java or TypeScript is

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