Jobs at Canva

Design and build portable, production-grade libraries in Rust/C++ that run across iOS, Android and web. Own cross-platform API/ABI/FFI design, ensure safe performant interop with React Native/JavaScript, lead technical direction as a hands-on Staff engineer, and communicate designs for broad consumption.

Own and grow Canva's APAC reseller channel: manage partner portfolios, onboard new resellers, run partner enablement, co-create joint business plans, coordinate co-branded campaigns, track partner performance, and support partners in customer engagements.

Lead international growth for Canva's Education vertical: set market prioritisation and strategy, align cross-functional teams, shift focus from training to activation and retention, scale local learnings into global playbooks, and partner with country leads to contextualise execution across APAC, LATAM, EMEA and beyond.

Lead commercial strategy and sourcing for enterprise technology and SaaS portfolio. Advise senior stakeholders, negotiate high-value contracts, build supplier governance, manage performance, mitigate commercial risk, partner with Finance/Legal/Security/tech teams, and drive value realisation beyond contract signature.

Design, build, and maintain high-performance C++ services and distributed systems for large-scale video/audio ingestion, transcoding, storage, processing, and delivery. Optimize multimedia pipelines for performance, reliability, scalability, and cost; collaborate across product and design; troubleshoot production issues; drive engineering best practices and platform capabilities for Canva's video ecosystem.

Design, build, and scale high-performance Java backend services for Canva's User Platform. Work on authentication, user management, reusable platform components, partner with stakeholders, join on-call rotations, and improve enterprise and education user experiences.

Design, build, and scale high-performance Java backend systems for Canva's User Platform. Collaborate on microservices to authenticate, authorize and manage users, groups and teams; optimise AWS resources; deliver features for Enterprise and Education customers; work with stakeholders to align requirements and timelines and improve scalability and performance.

Create, edit, publish, and optimize SEO-focused landing pages and blog content for the Japan market. Collaborate with local SEO and marketing teams, support keyword research and analytics, maintain editorial calendars, and experiment with emerging discovery channels (AI/LLMs, YouTube). Ensure cultural relevance, content quality, and alignment with SEO best practices and brand guidelines.

Lead and run the operating rhythm for EMEA enterprise go-to-market: manage cadences (QBRs, pipeline reviews), drive strategic projects (including post-acquisition GTM integration), partner with Finance and RevOps to surface metrics, synthesize updates for leadership, align cross-functional teams, and manage priorities across regions and business lines.

Lead partner-facing platform engineering for Canva's external surfaces (MCP, REST APIs, Apps, middleware). Drive technical decisions, produce runnable prototypes, align partners and engineering, and set platform direction across teams and flagship engagements.

Lead technical partnerships across Canva's external platform (MCP, REST APIs, Apps, PaaS). Drive partner-engineering decisions, produce runnable prototypes, set platform direction, and own flagship technical engagements bridging product, platform, and partners.

Lead the design and implementation of Canva's native-grade mobile tooling and test automation. Own simulator/emulator/device orchestration, CI/CD quality gating, cross-team alignment, and mobile testing standards. Drive architecture, deliver cross-team projects, build shared quality signals, and mentor engineers to scale mobile development workflows across iOS, Android, and web.

Build and scale high-performance backend systems for Canva's User Platform. Design, implement, and maintain services for user management, authentication, teams, roles, and permissions. Collaborate across teams to decompose, design, and optimize microservices on AWS, improving performance and experience for Enterprise and Education customers.

Lead technical direction for Canva's mobile tooling, test automation, and CI/CD quality gating as part of a major migration to a native-grade cross-platform mobile platform. Architect simulator/emulator/device orchestration, design test frameworks, consolidate fragmented workflows, publish standards, build company-wide quality signals, and mentor engineers while delivering cross-team infrastructure projects at scale.

Design, build, and own core authorization and access control systems (SpiceDB-backed); drive adoption and integrations across product teams; deliver high-availability backend services; partner with Security and API Platform; shape identity and access models for AI workflows; mentor engineers on system design and IAM best practices.

Lead architecture and roadmap for mobile development tooling, test automation, and CI/CD quality gating. Consolidate fragmented mobile workflows, define testing standards, build shared quality signals, and mentor engineers while delivering cross-team infrastructure at scale.

Design, build, and ship production ML systems for content and element generation. Own the full ML lifecycle from data pipelines and training to deployment, monitoring, and iteration. Run experiments, diagnose model and data issues, and collaborate with research, content, and product teams to scale reliable systems impacting millions of users.

Lead the architecture and roadmap for mobile development tooling, test automation, and CI/CD quality gating. Consolidate fragmented workflows, design cross-platform test frameworks, build shared quality signals and triage workflows, codify mobile testing standards, and mentor/scale the team to enable reliable mobile delivery across iOS, Android, and web.

Lead Italy creative performance for paid and organic social: own the creative cycle, design and run tests and attribution experiments, analyze dashboards to optimize, brief and review UGC and localized content, collaborate with agencies and cross-functional teams, and support CRO to drive user growth.

Manage day-to-day media buying and optimisation across creative-led channels for Italy, set media mix and budgets, run experiments and incrementality analyses, translate performance into creative insights, manage creative rotation, improve funnel CRO for apps and web, and adopt automation/AI tooling to improve workflows.