Staff Backend Engineer - Experiments Platform (Remote AU)

Nearheal Pty Ltd (trading as Nearheal); Adelaide; Remote; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity packages

Parental leave

Wellbeing & Thrive allowance

Flexible leave options

Job summary

Canva is hiring a Staff Software Engineer - Experiments Platform. You will lead the backend systems that power Canva’s experimentation program, shaping how teams configure experiments, target users, expose variants and evaluate outcomes.

You’ll drive adoption across platform teams and work to automate analysis using AI, enabling faster learning and iteration. You’ll own major technical challenges, partner with Canva’s engineering and data science leaders, and guide the platform’s next stage of

Qualifications

• Backend platforms that other engineers depend on
• Experience with experimentation, A/B testing or feature management
• Ability to lead ambiguous engineering problems to a direction
• Experience driving platform adoption across teams

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership across Canva’s experimentation backend
• Evolve platform for configuring experiments, targeting users, and evaluating outcomes
• Automate analysis work with AI to speed learning and iteration
• Own significant technical problems and shape platform direction

Skills

Backend platforms

Experimentation at scale

Technical leadership

Adoption & collaboration

Tools

Java

Job description

Canva is hiring a Staff Software Engineer - Experiments Platform. You will lead the backend systems that power Canva’s experimentation program, shaping how teams configure experiments, target users, expose variants and evaluate outcomes.

You’ll drive adoption across platform teams and work to automate analysis using AI, enabling faster learning and iteration. You’ll own major technical challenges, partner with Canva’s engineering and data science leaders, and guide the platform’s next stage of