Security Engineer - Trust & Safety
Canva · Sydney, Australia
About this role
Canva is hiring a mid-level Security Engineer based in Sydney, Australia. The posting calls out experience with Python, Java, SQL, Security.
- Role
- Security Engineer
- Function
- security
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Posted
- Apr 15, 2026
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Job description
from Canva careersJob Description
Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
Hey, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte!
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 Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.
What you’d be doing in this role
As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.
Proactively investigate Fraud & Abuse risks across product surfaces, including account takeover, content abuse, bots attacks, account subscriptions abuse, and emerging abuse vectors.
Monitor signals and trends to identify new or evolving abuse patterns before they escalate into major incidents.
Engage early with product teams to review new features and surfaces for potential abuse risks, helping embed safety and fraud considerations into design decisions.
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