Requirements
- Technical leadership
- Deep software engineering expertise: Strong computer science fundamentals with a track record of designing and delivering complex, scalable systems. You're known for writing excellent code and architecting elegant solutions.
- Expert-level coding proficiency: Extensive experience building services, tools, and automation with your language of preference; Python is the recommended one for this position and will have to be learned if not natural. You understand the language deeply and can leverage advanced features appropriately.
- Cloud platform mastery: Deep experience with AWS and/or GCP, understanding how to architect cloud-native solutions that are secure, scalable, and cost-effective.
- System integration expertise: Proven ability to integrate complex systems, design APIs, handle data transformations, and architect solutions that span multiple platforms.
- Platform engineering experience: Background building internal platforms or developer tools. You understand how to create abstractions that enable others and how platforms evolve at scale.
- AI and automation excellence: Advanced AI technology usage: Extensive hands-on experience leveraging AI tools and integrating language models into applications. You understand the capabilities and limitations of current AI technologies and how to apply them pragmatically.
- Automation platform expertise: Ideally experience with workflow automation platforms (n8n, Workato, CrewAI, etc.) or the ability to quickly become an expert. You understand workflow engines, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems.
- Strategic automation thinking: You see patterns across problems and design solutions that unlock entire classes of automation. You think in terms of platforms and frameworks, not just individual solutions.
- Leadership and impact: Independent operator: Track record of leading complex initiatives with minimal guidance. You proactively identify high-impact opportunities, scope them effectively, and drive them to completion.
- Technical Leadership: Experience coordinating work across multiple teams, aligning diverse stakeholders, and navigating complex organisational dynamics to deliver results.
- Technical mentorship: Proven ability to coach and develop other engineers. You enjoy teaching, conducting effective design reviews, and helping others level up their skills.
- Stakeholder management: Strong executive presence and communication skills. Comfortable presenting to business stakeholders, building trust with non-technical stakeholders, and translating between business and technical domains.
- Strategic thinking: You connect short-term deliverables to long-term platform vision. You help teams understand how their work fits into broader strategies and help prioritise based on business impact.
- Adaptable and versatile: Thrives in ambiguous, rapidly changing environments. Comfortable context-switching between different technologies, domains, and levels of abstraction.
- Pragmatic problem solver: Makes sound engineering trade-offs that balance quality, speed, and business value. Knows when to build, when to buy, and when to script together a quick solution.
- Collaborative influencer: Builds relationships across organisational boundaries. Earns trust through competence and empathy. Influences through expertise rather than authority.
- Operational ownership: Takes full accountability for systems in production. Implements comprehensive observability, responds to incidents effectively, and drives continuous improvement.
- Culture builder: Models engineering excellence and helps establish the culture and practices that will scale as the team grows.
Nice to Have
- Node.js experience is a strong bonus.
Benefits
- Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
- Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
- An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
- Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Team
Structure: Technology Experience group
Additional Information
- We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process. We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!
