Software Engineer (Python) - Data Platform (Open to remote across ANZ)

Canva; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company that is redefining design through data! This role offers the chance to develop a world-class data platform and empower a vibrant community of data enthusiasts. With a strong focus on innovative practices and collaboration, you'll be at the forefront of building scalable infrastructure that drives impactful business outcomes. Enjoy a flexible work environment that values your contributions and supports your personal growth. If you're passionate about data and eager to make a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Equity packages

Inclusive parental leave policy

Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance

Flexible leave options

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of experience developing complex applications in Python.
• Experience with Snowflake and AWS for cloud-based data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a declarative infrastructure management framework for data.
• Contribute to the growth of data platform teams through hiring and training.

Skills

Python

Infrastructure as Code

Data Governance

Analytical SQL

Testing Strategies

Tools

Snowflake

AWS

Terraform

Job description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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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; we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

About the group

You will be joining the Data Platform Group in the Infrastructure Super Group at Canva.

The Data Platform Group aims to enable significant, scalable, and sustainable value via data and insights, through building a world-class data platform and empowering Canvanauts with efficient & effective data capabilities. The Group is responsible for building Canva’s innovative data infrastructure, platforms, and services that enable Canva to deliver high-impact outcomes to our customers and our business.

Role Responsibilities:

• Design and implementation of a declarative infrastructure management framework for Canva’s data platform (Snowflake and AWS) to enable self-service data pipeline and analytics development by Canva’s data community.
• Build out automated governance for the data platform across all data workloads.
• Uplift & iterate the data access controls framework towards finer grain controls and policy-based access controls.
• Improve development practices through improvement to testing strategies and frameworks.
• Contribute towards the growth of data platform teams, including hiring, onboarding, and training of fellow engineers.
• Contribute towards up/cross-skill training on the usage of the data platform in Canva’s data community.
• Uplift engineering practices, especially on engineering, architecture, and documentation.
• Engage the data community to improve data platform capabilities and tooling.
• Proactively search and identify opportunities, shape, and lead data platform initiatives to achieve material business value.

Required Experience:

• You have five-plus (3-5+) years of commercial experience developing complex applications in Python.
• Architecture and design experience for modern MPP cloud-based data platforms and warehouses, Snowflake and AWS preferred.
• Implementing data platform infrastructure resource management framework using Infrastructure as Code declaratively (e.g., Terraform).
• Experience improving testing frameworks and strategies, e.g., unit testing and integration testing.
• Prior experience building and uplifting data governance capabilities, including managing lineage, classification, treatment, access control, sovereignty, etc.
• You have extensive experience in developing clean, readable, and maintainable code; the libraries and tools developed by the team are used by hundreds of developers at Canva, so they need to be easily understandable.
• You are comfortable with computer science and engineering fundamentals: concurrency, data structures.

Nice to have:

• Prior experience in data processing using Analytical SQL.

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 range 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 support 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.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva, so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.