Senior Backend Engineer Java - Content Enrichment

As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think thats all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things youll be working on when you start but this will likely evolve.

At the moment this role is focused on:

• Generating tagging and storing metadata for all Canva content.
• Integrating our enrichment ML models with various Canva services to streamline content ingestion.
• Designing data pipelines to automate metadata backfills for the existing content library.
• Opportunities to contribute to ML model training and evaluation.
• Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues within the teams domain.
• Managing stakeholders and identifying crossteam collaboration opportunities to drive new ideas and improvements that align with our goals.
• Investigating and providing guidance on interacting with our service and codebase in response to stakeholder requests.

Youre probably a match if

• You have 5 years of handson experience developing complex distributed applications in Java.
• You are skilled in building and maintaining microservices and working with large monorepos.
• You design solutions with scalability security and maintainability in mind.
• You follow disciplined coding practices actively participate in code reviews and set best practice standards for your peers.
• You have strong written and verbal communication skills and excel in team collaboration. A Canva engineer takes the time to fully understand the problem before diving into code.
• Experience with protocol buffers is a plus but not required.
• Knowledge of machine learning using python and concepts such as data wrangling embeddings model training or prompt engineering is beneficial but not mandatory.
• Our services run on AWSexperience with AWS services like DynamoDB SNS and SQS is an advantage but not required.

About the team

Our team is responsible for two critical services within Canva and here are some key metrics:

• 2.96 million public media items tagged per month
• 2.14 billion private media items tagged per month
• 112000 videos tagged per month
• 6.27 million image texts extracted per month

We are a closeknit team of experienced engineers including three senior machine learning engineers two senior backend engineers (including yourself) one intermediate backend engineer (hiring) a senior backend architect a product manager and an engineering manager. We take a proactive approach to problemsolving value knowledge sharing and encourage open collaboration and idea exchange.

Additional Information :

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 connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in 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 & carers
• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing social connection office setup & more
• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good take time to recharge and supports you personally

Check out lifeatcanva for more info.

Other stuff to know

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 tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you dont feel like your skills quite match whats listed above we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Fulltime