Staff Backend Engineer - Experiments Platform (AU Remote)

Canva; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity packages

Parental leave

Vibe & Thrive allowance

Flexible leave

Job summary

Canva is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Experiments Platform. You will provide senior technical leadership across Canva's experimentation backend, evolving the platform to support setup, targeting and measurement of experiments at scale.

You will drive adoption of internal tools, collaborate with data science and product teams, and help shape the platform's direction as Canva expands its experimentation capabilities across the company.

Qualifications

• Experience building backend platforms others depend on.
• Deep involvement with experimentation, A/B testing or feature-flagging.
• Able to set technical direction and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership across Canva's experimentation backend.
• Evolve platform to support experiment setup, targeting and measurement.
• Drive adoption and trust of internal experimentation platforms.
• Collaborate with data science, product and engineering leadership.

Skills

Backend platform engineering

Experimentation at scale

Technical leadership

Adoption of internal platforms

Tools

Java

Feature flags

Data/Analytics tooling

Job description

Canva is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Experiments Platform. You will provide senior technical leadership across Canva's experimentation backend, evolving the platform to support setup, targeting and measurement of experiments at scale.

You will drive adoption of internal tools, collaborate with data science and product teams, and help shape the platform's direction as Canva expands its experimentation capabilities across the company.