Backend Software Engineer (Java)

TL;DR

Backend Software Engineer (Java): Building and maintaining backend features and services that power user experiences and internal systems at scale, with an accent on scalable APIs, distributed systems, and performance optimization. Focus on designing, testing, and shipping production-grade code while improving system health through observability and reliability work.

Location: Sydney, Australia (Open to remote across ANZ)

Company

Canva builds design tools that help people create and experience design worldwide.

What you will do

• Design and implement backend features within existing service architecture.
• Build and maintain scalable services powering user experiences and internal systems.
• Write clean, well-tested, maintainable Java code and participate in code reviews and pair programming.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers to deliver end-to-end user impact.
• Improve system health by adding tests, enhancing observability, and fixing bugs or performance issues.
• Work from design to deployment with support from the team and continuously learn across the engineering stack.

Requirements

• Experience building backend systems in Java in a production environment.
• Strong Java fundamentals, including multithreading, service design, and performance optimization.
• Basic understanding of distributed systems and comfort developing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Ability to work through problems from design to deployment with team support.
• Strong engineering practices: testing, monitoring, and documentation; clean and maintainable code.
• Hands-on experience using AI in coding/programming to drive impact.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work approach with a Sydney campus plus other Australian locations and co-working spaces.
• Equity packages and an inclusive parental leave policy.
• Annual wellbeing and connection allowance and flexible leave options.
• Virtual interviews and a supportive engineering culture focused on ownership and mentorship.

Hiring process

• Virtual interviews with interactive, real-time challenges to assess technical skills.
• Some interviews may include solving a problem using an AI tool to demonstrate your approach.