Senior Backend Engineer, User Platform

Senior Backend Engineer, User Platform - Java (Remote across ANZ) As Canva scales continues to be part of our DNA, you will develop and refine the Apps SDK, ensuring external apps can integrate natively into Canva’s product ecosystem. You will be responsible for architecting new full‑stack capabilities, shaping API designs, and collaborating with both internal teams and external developers to build a world‑class app experience. What You’d Be Doing As a technical leader, you’ll drive large‑scale projects from ideation to execution, making key architectural decisions that impact Canva’s developer community. You will also mentor other engineers, share best practices, and help define the future of backend development within the Ecosystem Supergroup. At the moment, this role is focused on building high‑performance backend systems for the User Platform. Responsibilities Collaborate within a backend‑focused engineering team to extend and scale the backbone of Canva’s microservice landscape — the User Product. Design, build, and maintain high‑performance systems for user authentication and management. Develop reusable and scalable building blocks that enable teams across Canva to build on top of the User Platform. Partner with stakeholder teams to evaluate requirements, align timelines, and optimise solutions for customer value. Participate in on‑call rotations and contribute to incident response as needed. Enhance the experience for large Enterprise and Education customers, supporting their advanced organisational needs. Qualifications Strong background in designing, building, and operating high‑performance, large‑scale Java backend systems. Firm grounding in computer science fundamentals: concurrency, multithreading, data structures, solution design, architecture, and design patterns. Experience collaborating effectively with teammates and communicating clearly. Problem‑solving mindset for complex challenges. Nice to Have Experience with authentication and authorisation systems. Familiarity with SQL. Experience with DynamoDB. Clear written and verbal communication skills. About The Team In User Platform, we break up existing services and build new ones from scratch to prepare Canva’s authentication platform for the future. We care about software design and its impact on the user. We constantly aim to 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 users. About the Role As a senior backend engineer, you will collaborate to build up and scale the backbone of Canva’s User Management: the User Product. The User Product team plays an essential role in keeping our auth pipeline extendable and scalable for our 260 million monthly active users. You will design, build, and maintain new features to improve and extend the experience for Pro and Enterprise teams and organisations by providing world‑class authentication and user management experiences. This role entails constant collaboration with other teams across Canva, giving you a lot of exposure to what other teams are working on and giving you the opportunity to connect the dots. 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. 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 Please note that interviews are conducted virtually. #J-18808-Ljbffr