Backend Software Engineer - Product & Features (Java) - Open to remote across ANZ

Backend Software Engineer – Product & Features (Java) – Open to Remote Across ANZ

Backend Software Engineer – Product & Features (Java) – Open to Remote Across ANZ

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Job Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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 Canva‑nuts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

What You’d Be Doing In This Role

Backend roles at Canva can vary significantly depending on the team—each focused on solving meaningful problems at scale. You might help build scalable APIs powering millions of user interactions, improve system performance and reliability at scale, or contribute to shared services and internal tools. With multiple teams hiring backend engineers, we’d love to learn what excites you most and find the right fit for your passions and strengths.

You’ll work closely with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers to deliver end‑to‑end experiences that have real user impact. Whether you're designing new systems or maintaining critical infrastructure, your work will play a key role in Canva’s mission to empower the world to design.

As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that’s all part of the fun. This will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve. As a general guide, here’s what a backend engineer at this level typically focuses on day to day :

• Designing and implementing backend features within an existing service architecture
• Building and maintaining services that power user experiences and internal systems at scale
• Writing clean, well‑tested, and maintainable code with guidance from more experienced engineers
• Collaborating with engineers, product managers, and designers to understand problems and ship high‑quality solutions
• Participating in code reviews, pair programming, and technical discussions as part of a supportive team
• Contributing to system health by writing tests, improving observability, and fixing bugs or performance issues
• Continuously learning through mentorship, feedback, and exposure to different parts of Canva’s engineering stack

You're probably a match if

Engineering at Canva

Join a vibrant engineering community solving complex problems for millions of users worldwide. Here, engineering is about more than writing great code. It’s about rapidly iterating to deliver real value for users—building a product that empowers the world to design.

We care deeply about craft and collaborate closely to achieve hugely ambitious goals. We mentor and support one another generously, grounded in a culture of ownership, purpose, and a shared commitment to excellence.

What's in it for you

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard, and you’ll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Here’s a Taste Of What’s On Offer

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. We see AI as a powerful amplifier of creativity and technology at Canva. We’re evolving how we assess AI skills in our Technology hiring experience – you’ll tackle interactive, real‑time challenges that reflect the kind of work we do. In some interviews, you may also be asked to solve a problem using an AI tool to show how you approach challenges with tech by your side.

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.

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