senior software engineering Backend Engineer ic · Posted Oct 1, 2025

About this role

Canva is hiring a senior-level Backend Engineer in the software engineering function based in Melbourne, Australia. The posting calls out experience with Java, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform.

Role
Backend Engineer
Function
software engineering
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Posted
Oct 1, 2025

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Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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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.

About the Teams and Education (T&E) SuperGroup

We have launched multiple SaaS products tailored to the needs of some of our biggest audiences; Canva Pro, Canva for Enterprise, Canva for NFPs, and Canva for Education.

The T&E SuperGroup is involved in the success of these products, which have millions of customers in almost every country around the world and which drive much of Canva’s revenue. In T&E, we perform everything from crafting and building outstanding product experiences, our GTM strategies to launch them, commercial partnerships, global distribution strategies, and so much more. 

We strive to further grow these products by ten fold globally over the next few years. The SuperGroup is made up of 4 Groups, 15 teams and almost 200 diverse Canvanauts who work together to delight our users with our tailored products and help Canva to achieve its user and growth goals.

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