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Canva

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SaaS • Media • Education

Canva is a versatile online design platform that empowers users to create a wide range of professional designs with ease. From social media posts and presentations to business cards and posters, Canva provides thousands of templates and design tools to help users bring their creative ideas to life. The platform also offers a suite of AI-powered features to enhance creativity and productivity, including tools like Magic Write for copy generation and Magic Edit for photo transformations. Canva caters to individuals, teams, and enterprises, making it an ideal solution for collaborative design and workflow management. It is also committed to sustainability and social impact, offering free educational and nonprofit access to its premium features.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2013

☁️ SaaS

📱 Media

📚 Education

💰 $200M Venture Round on 2021-09

📋 Description

• Coaching and mentoring a high-performing engineering team with psychological safety at its core • Scaling the platform underpinning user permissions and capabilities across all of Canva • Collaborating across supergroups to deliver secure, reliable, production-ready services • Contributing to the design and evolution of systems that impact millions of users daily • Driving platform-wide initiatives around performance, reliability, and developer experience • Owning planning cadences, delivery rituals, and team growth & impact cycles

🎯 Requirements

• You’ve led high-performing engineering teams and know what it takes to build culture as well as code • You bring deep backend expertise—especially in designing scalable, performant Java systems • You’ve built or worked with complex permissioning systems or access control infrastructure • You’re a clear communicator and effective cross-functional collaborator • You enjoy balancing engineering excellence with fast-paced delivery in a product-led company • You care about developing others and thrive on coaching your team to do the best work of their lives

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity packages—we want our success to be yours too • Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers • Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support wellbeing, social connection & more • Flexible leave options for recharging or making an impact