Canva is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to shape the architecture, strategic direction, and maturity of our Detection and Response capabilities. This senior individual contributor role focuses on delivering high-impact security solutions and mentoring engineers within our collaborative and ambitious culture.
What You'll Do
- Own and deliver against a strategic architecture and roadmap for Canva’s Detection and Response Team.
- Identify and deliver improved security response tooling and capabilities across areas including Case Management, Automation, SOAR, SIEM, Detection, Forensics and Malware Analysis.
- Evangelise and lead the adoption and integration of GenAI Workflows to raise the efficiency and scalability of the Detection and Response team’s operations.
- Lead engineering excellence across the Detection and Response team’s tooling and capability program through individual delivery and by mentoring other engineers.
- Act as a technical leader working across security teams to deliver joint goals for Detection and Response.
- Assist your team in interviewing and hiring other talented security engineers.
- Mentor and support the growth of your colleagues in your areas of expertise.
What We're Looking For
- Experience in owning and successfully delivering against long term strategic roadmaps for Security Detection and Response team tooling and capabilities.
- Hands-on experience in the development of scalable security automation, case management, detection and response tooling, capabilities and workflows.
- Demonstrated ability to navigate engineering decisions, especially in 'Build vs Buy' scenarios, assessing third-party systems for partnerships, and effective vendor management.
- Proficiency in modern programming languages (Golang, Python, or Java preferred) for crafting secure software.
- Strong project management skills, with a history of leading projects from start to finish, effectively collaborating with various stakeholders, and guiding security teams.
- Excellent communication abilities, skilled in interacting with diverse groups and distilling complex technical concepts.
- Experience with Security Incident Response and Threat Modelling.
- You are an innovator who seeks and learns about new technologies, mentors others, shares knowledge, and raises the bar for security engineering practices.
Technical Stack
- Golang
- Python
- Java
Team & Environment
You’ll be joining the Detection and Response team, where you'll be a technical leader driving cross-team initiatives and shaping the team's future.
Benefits & Compensation
- Equity packages
- 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 Mode
This is a hybrid position open to candidates in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.
Canva is an equal opportunity employer.
