Canva

Computer Software

SeniorSoftwareEngineer-PlatformWorkflows

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Perth, Western Australia, Australia; Adelaide, South Australia, Australia FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Software Engineer - Platform Workflows at Canva. Skills: Platform engineering, Software development, Cloud environments. Understand needs of platform engineers. Develop software patterns”

What You'll Achieve.

Ensure platform engineers have low-friction experience; Deliver value by ensuring platform engineers have tools; Accelerate platform development

Industry & Context.

Computer Software

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Java, Python, Go programming languages, Kubernetes, AWS or GCP cloud environments, AI tooling for use with software engineering

Nice to Have

prior work in a platform engineering capacity

What You'll Do.

Understand needs of platform engineers

Develop software patterns

Write tools and services

Consult with internal users

Participate in planning rituals

Work with product managers

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Consulting with internal users and other platform teams; Working alongside product managers; Collaborating with product managers to bring a product mindset

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, 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: * Deeply understand the needs and workflows of platform engineers and other engineers developing internal capabilities and services, as well as broader users of the infrastructure platform at Canva * Developing software patterns and archetypes that allow engineers to iterate quickly, and which integrate seamlessly with our software ecosystem and infrastructure platform * Writing tools, services, configuration and whatever else is required to ensure that platform engineers have a low-friction experience shipping new services and capabilities * Consulting with internal users and other platform teams to bring clarity and alignment * Participating in planning rituals at the team and group level to ensure that the needs of platform engineers and infrastructure consumers are prioritised * Working alongside product managers to bring a product mindset to platform engineering at Canva You're probably a match if: * You have 5+ years of experience with the Java, Python, or Go programming languages * You have strong experience with Kubernetes, ideally including Custom Resource Definitions * You have solid experience wi

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