Senior Backend Engineer Feature Control, Remote ANZ

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and youre probably keen to find out whats on offer so well get straight to the point. 

Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane Perth and Adelaide. But you have choice in where and how you work. That means if you want to do your thing in the office (if youre near one) at home or a bit of both its up to you. 

What youd be doing in this role

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:

• Building and evolving backend systems that power feature flagging and progressive delivery at Canva.
• Designing safe rollout patterns targeting logic and observability integrations to ensure confidence in launches.
• Collaborating with platform and product teams to embed safety and control into their development workflows.
• Maintaining and improving the performance reliability and scalability of the flag infrastructure.
• Participating in code reviews technical design discussions and cross-team architecture planning.
• Sharing knowledge and elevating engineering craft through mentorship and best practices.

Youre probably a match if you are:

• An experienced backend engineer ideally with a background in building platforms internal tools or safety-critical systems.
• Skilled in designing and scaling APIs distributed systems or configuration-based infrastructure.
• Comfortable managing infrastructure at scale using container orchestration platforms.
• Familiar with (or keen to learn) concepts like progressive delivery flag targeting and rollout metrics.
• Thriving in cross-functional teams and enjoy collaborating with product data and infra partners.
• Committed to writing clean maintainable and well-tested code while advocating for engineering excellence.
• Thoughtful about safety observability and the long-term health of systems.
• Motivated by solving complex technical challenges and influencing the product roadmap.
• Excited about building tools that empower others to ship better faster and safer.

About the team

Youll join the Feature Control team within the Product Insights Enablement (PIE) group. We empower teams across Canva to ship new features safely and progressively with robust flagging rollout and control systems. Our infrastructure supports everything from small A/B tests to global rollouts including high-stakes launches like major redesigns and ML models. We partner closely with engineering data and product to enable safe data-informed delivery at scale.

About the Role

As a Senior Backend Engineer youll be a key technical contributor to the evolution of Canvas rollout platform. Youll design and build systems that help product teams control observe and measure how features are released. This includes infrastructure for flag targeting safety checks integrations with observability tools and support for complex rollout strategies. Your work will directly shape how every team at Canva ships product and how we reduce risk while moving fast.

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 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

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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.

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually. 

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time