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The Trust & Safety (T&S) Group vision is to empower everyone to feel safe in trusting Canva content. To safeguard our community our T&S engineering teams build technologies to protect user safety (including but not limited to their account content data and privacy) and to prevent detect and mitigate abuse and fraud that could compromise the trust people have in Canva such as unacceptable content bots account takeovers and other abuse vectors.
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Backend Engineer ideally with a strong background in trust and safety. As a Senior Backend Engineer you will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining our backend systems working with tech stacks such as DynamoDb MySql Snowflake and AWS. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement scalable solutions with a specific emphasis on ensuring the trustworthiness and safety of our platform.
What youll do
Design develop and maintain backend systems for content classification review and enforcement to safeguard the billions of content published through Canva.
Collaborate with product managers and cross-functional stakeholders to research clarify and launch T&S solutions.
Develop and enhance tools and technologies that enable proactive monitoring analysis and reporting of trust and safety-related metrics.
Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices in trust and safety to continuously improve our platforms security and user protection measures.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to investigate and resolve trust and safety incidents taking proactive measures to prevent their recurrence.
Participate in on-call rosters mentor junior engineers and share knowledge through various forums.
Youre probably a match if
Proven experience of owning and operating high-availability high-scale services
Demonstrated experience working with ambiguity and defining success metrics to deliver impactful results.
Strong proficiency in backend development including experience with one or more programming languages such as Java(preferred) Python or Ruby.
Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or Google Cloud Platform and experience with containerization technologies.
Experience with database technologies (e.g. MySQL DynamoDb data warehouse) and proficiency in SQL.
Experience in trust & safety fraud or abuse preferred but not necessary
Comfortable developing solutions around egregious content (without the need for firsthand exposure)
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 stack 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 well-being 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
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Other stuff to knowWe make hiring decisions based on your experience skills and passion as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture.
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Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
Remote