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Senior Backend Engineer - Java - User Platform

🗓️ Posted 2026-07-21 Sydney, New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Australia Full-time Hybrid ICT

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Market rate

A$15,000–A$20,833/mo (A$180,000–A$249,996/yr)

Based on similar roles (title + domain + location).

About the Company

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 Education customers, supporting their advanced organisational needs. You're probably a match if - You have ex perience collaborating effectively with teammates and communicating clearly. - Are firmly grounded in computer science and engineering fundamentals, including concurrency, multithreading, data structures, solution design, architecture, and design patterns. - Have a strong background in designing, building, and operating high-performance, large-scale Java backend systems. - Bring a problem-solving mindset to complex challenges. Nice to have: - Experience with authentication and authorisation systems (a huge plus). - Familiarity with SQL. - Experience with DynamoDB. - Communicate clearly with s trong written and verbal skills. About the team In User Platform, we break up existing services and build new ones from scr

Responsibilities

  • ● rove and extend the experience for Pro and Enterprise teams and organisations by providing world-class authentication and user management experiences. This role entails constant collaboration with other teams across Canva, giving you a lot of exposure to what other teams are working on and giving you the opportunity to connect the dots.
  • ● What's in it for you
  • ● Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll 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.
  • ● Here's a taste of what's 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.com 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.
  • ● Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.