Senior Backend Software Engineer - Java - RPC (Remote across ANZ)

Job Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design. Hey, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte! Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll 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 you're near one), at home or a bit of both, it's up to you. What you’d be doing in this role As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA. This will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve. At the moment, this role is focused on: As an individual contributor, you will design and implement tools and libraries to improve the reliability of the Canva microservices. Conduct and organize reliability experiments to identify possible scenarios in which failures might occur and verify the reliability measures. Design and build services and tooling that help ensure each of Canva’s microservices are working optimally and are resilient to failures. Facilitate and orchestrate cross-team initiatives that set a higher standard for reliability, velocity, and security. Deep investigation into production incidents followed up by applying the learning to code. Researching, developing, and justifying the best choices in the form of design docs for features that will shape the future of Canva. Identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks within the application and broader infrastructure. Propose innovative approaches and solutions to ensure we future-proof Canva’s distributed cloud infrastructure as we scale. Participate in design meetings, hiring interviews, and code reviews. You're probably a match if Five-plus (5+) years of commercial experience developing sophisticated distributed web applications on the JVM; experience writing Java (experience with other JVM languages such as Scala, Kotlin, etc. is a huge plus - however, we primarily use Java 17). Familiar with asynchronous or reactive programming techniques and associated patterns; at our scale, writing blocking code is often not an option. Comfortable with computer science and engineering fundamentals: concurrency, data structures, and distributed systems. Experience working in large distributed cloud environments (ideally AWS). Disciplined coding practices, experience with code reviews and pull requests, and a creative and conceptual problem-solving approach. Strong communication and teamwork skills, both written and verbal. Experience with RPC Frameworks, Finagle, Thrift, or gRPC will be a huge plus, but not required. Knowledge of networking protocols such as TCP, HTTP 2 , etc. would be a big plus. An understanding of resiliency techniques and patterns - load balancing, throttling, back pressure, deadline propagation, circuit breaking, etc. About the team The RPC team's mission is to make inter-service communication simple, reliable, secure, and performant. The RPC team is responsible for client & server components that all our backend services use to communicate with each other, which directly affects the performance and reliability of those services. About the Role This role sits within the RPC Team. As a versatile senior software engineer, you will be responsible for shaping the vision of service communication on our platform. 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. 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. Please note that interviews are conducted virtually. #J-18808-Ljbffr