Senior Backend Engineer - Java - User Platform

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 Sydney campus is uniquely Canva - an extension of our Surry Hills neighbourhood. It’s a thoughtfully designed space with plenty of room to collaborate, focus, and connect. This role is based in Sydney, and we’re looking for someone who calls it home. Our hybrid way of working gives you the flexibility to work remotely, and to come together on campus for meaningful in-person collaboration and connection when it matters most. 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: You’ll have the opportunity to work on some of Canva’s most essential and high-performance backend systems — the User Platform. Our mission is to scale our authentication platform to support 10x the number of users we have today. To achieve this, you’ll: Collaborate within a backend-focused engineering team to extend and scale the backbone of Canva’s microservice landscape — the User Product. Design, build, and maintain high-performance systems for user authentication and management. Develop reusable and scalable building blocks that enable teams across Canva to build on top of the User Platform. Partner with stakeholder teams to evaluate requirements, align timelines, and optimise solutions for customer value. Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to incident response as needed. Enhance the experience for large Enterprise and Educat