senior software engineering Platform Engineer ic · Posted Apr 30, 2026

About this role

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

Role
Platform Engineer
Function
software engineering
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Posted
Apr 30, 2026

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Job description

from Canva careers

Job 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.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

  • Deeply understand the needs and workflows of platform engineers and other engineers developing internal capabilities and services, as well as broader users of the infrastructure platform at Canva
  • Developing software patterns and archetypes that allow engineers to iterate quickly, and which integrate seamlessly with our software ecosystem and infrastructure platform
  • This is an excerpt. Read the full job description on Canva careers →
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