Canva
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.
Senior Backend Engineer – Video Effects
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November 5
Canva
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.
📋 Description
• Build scalable backend services that support the effect creation and serving layer • Design and maintain APIs for effect asset storage, retrieval, and metadata management • Develop effect management tooling to support internal creators and product workflows • Optimize system performance, reliability, and memory efficiency • Collaborate across specialties to integrate services into Canva’s broader infrastructure • Support the global distribution of effects with caching, delivery strategies, and observability • Ensure systems are production-ready, fault-tolerant, and easy to maintain
🎯 Requirements
• Experience building and operating distributed systems or microservices at scale • Strong programming skills in C++, Java, Go, or Python • Solid understanding of backend architecture, caching, and performance tuning • Familiarity with large-scale infrastructure and deployment systems • Multimedia or video infrastructure experience is a bonus • A collaborative, product-minded approach to engineering
🏖️ Benefits
• Professional development opportunities
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