Mobile Infrastructure Engineer — Mobile Workflows

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work
Our flagship Sydney campus is uniquely Canva - an extension of our Surry Hills neighbourhood. Its a thoughtfully designed space with plenty of room to collaborate focus and connect.

This role is based in Sydney and were 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.

At the moment this role is focused on:

• Build and operate the shared mobile test infrastructure CI/CD pipelines simulator/emulator orchestration and device farm (BrowserStack) integration.
• Develop and maintain the CLI and EMU developer tooling (xcrun simctl ADB and related) that underpins local and CI mobile workflows.
• Design and implement CI/CD quality gating infrastructure so automation tests run reliably and detect regressions proactively.
• Collaborate with Native Infra Cross Platform and DevX teams to consolidate fragmented mobile workflows into a unified system.
• Build company-wide monitoring triage and early-warning systems for mobile development and testing failures.
• Contribute to defining improving and codifying mobile infrastructure and workflow best practices across Canva.
• Rally knowledge sharing across mobile teams mentoring less experienced engineers.

Youre probably a match if:

We are looking for an experienced infrastructure engineer with a passion for developer tooling build and test systems and mobile platform reliability. Ideally you have experience building CI/CD pipelines device or test infrastructure or developer tools at scale.

• Strong foundations in computer science and software engineering practices.
• Proven expertise in build and CI/CD systems with deep understanding of pipeline design caching and large-scale test execution.
• Experience with device farm solutions such as BrowserStack or similar cloud device testing platforms is essential.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code containerisation and orchestration plus strong scripting skills (e.g. Python Go Bash or TypeScript).
• Knowledge of mobile build pipelines and tooling (e.g. Fastlane Gradle Bazel) and device orchestration.
• Familiarity with native (iOS/Android) or cross-platform/hybrid development approaches (React Native web-to-native bridges) is a plus.
• You can navigate through ambiguity and come up with the best technical solutions independently.
• You exemplify attention to detail and strategic thinking writing reusable and testable code.

About the team

The Mobile Workflows team at Canva owns 3 major pieces: Mobile development tooling Mobile Automation Testing Pipeline and Mobile quality strategy across Canva. We sit within the Mobile Platform subgroup and play a critical role in Canvas mobile products were empowered to make mobile development reliable scalable and high-quality across the entire engineering organisation. Our work ensures that hundreds of product and platform teams can build confidently for iOS and Android.

About the role

Youll get hands-on experience building and refining mobile development workflows test automation frameworks and CI/CD quality gating for Android. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Android engineer who is passionate about developer experience testing infrastructure and enabling teams at scale. Youll work closely with cross-functional partners across Mobile Platform DevX and product teams to consolidate fragmented tools into a cohesive mobile workflows system.

Whats in it for you

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard and we do but youll experience lots of moments of magic connection and fun along the way. We also offer a range of benefits to support you inside and outside of work.

Heres a taste of whats on offer:

• Equity packages we want our success to be yours too

• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers

• Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support wellbeing connection and home office setup

• Flexible leave to recharge volunteer or just do you

• Internal coaching programs and world-class leadership development

Ready to join the team

We make hiring decisions based on your experience skills and passion as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply please share the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need.

We celebrate all types of backgrounds at Canva so even if you dont feel like you meet every single point wed still love to hear from you!

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time