Canva
Computer Software
StaffBackendSoftwareEngineer-UserPlatform
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“Staff Backend Software Engineer - User Platform at Canva. Skills: Backend systems, User platform, Java. Extend User Platform. Scale User Platform”
Industry & Context.
Problem Solver mentality
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Firmly grounded computer science fundamentals, Concurrency experience, Multithreading experience, Data structures experience, Solution design experience, Architecture experience, Design patterns experience, Designing Java backend systems, Building Java backend systems, Running Java backend systems, Problem Solver mentality, SQL experience
Nice to Have
Authentication systems experience, Permission systems experience, DynamoDB experience
What You'll Do.
Decompose existing services
Improve performance of AWS resources
Envision building blocks
Design building blocks
Build building blocks
Maintain building blocks
Communicate with stakeholder teams
Evaluate requirements
Optimise for customer value
Improve customer experience
Maintain new features
Extend user experience
Manage Single Sign On
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Backend focussed team; Stakeholder teams; Other teams across Canva
Communication Scope
Writing; Verbal communication
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 Sydney campus is uniquely Canva - an extension of our Surry Hills neighbourhood. It’s a thoughtfully designed space with plenty of room to collaborate, focus, and connect. This role is based in Sydney, and we’re looking for someone who calls it home. Our hybrid way of working gives you the flexibility to work remotely, and to come together on campus for meaningful in-person collaboration and connection when it matters most. 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: You will have the opportunity to work on some of the most essential and high performance backend systems at Canva: the User Platform. How do we scale our backend systems to enable Canva to support 10x the amount of users we have today? This is our mission We decompose existing services, we build up new ones from scratch and care about software design. We constantly improve the way how we get the most performance out of AWS resources and along the way we ship new features to improve the user experience for Enterprise and Education customers and their advanced organisational needs. Join us on this exciting journey! * Collaborate as part of a backend focussed team of engineers to extend and scale out the backbone of Canva's Microservice landscape: the User Platform * Responsible for high performance systems to authenticate and manage users, avat
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