Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
The position is remote across Australia and New Zealand, with options to work from the Sydney or Melbourne campuses or co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.
You will design, implement, and maintain database infrastructure automation, tooling, and solutions with scalability, high-availability, and security in mind.
Analyze fleet-wide performance, reliability, and efficiency of Canva’s database infrastructure and roll out best practices and improvements.
Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for databases at Canva and provide expertise to engineering teams through reviews of database migrations, queries, and performance optimizations.
Support and debug production issues with databases across services.
Provide on-call support as part of a rotation with the team.
Plan the growth and manage the capacity of Canva’s database infrastructure.
Participate in solution design meetings, hiring interviews, and code reviews.
Requirements:
Strong Computer Engineering/Science knowledge around fundamentals and first principles relating to concurrency, multithreading, data structures, architecture, and various design patterns is required.
Advanced coding proficiency in Golang (preferred), Python, or Java, along with strong Object Oriented Programming fundamentals is necessary.
Experience running one or more database technologies (MySQL/MariaDB preferred) in large-scale production environments is essential.
Experience working with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform preferred) is required.
It’s nice to have experience working with AWS (preferred), GCP, or Azure.
Experience working with Kubernetes (preferred) or similar container orchestration tools is a plus.
A solid understanding of security and networking best practices in cloud environments is beneficial.
Experience working with Bazel (preferred) or similar large-scale build tools is advantageous.
Benefits:
Equity packages are offered to ensure that the success of the company is shared with employees.
An inclusive parental leave policy supports all parents and carers.
An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance is provided to support wellbeing, social connection, office setup, and more.
Flexible leave options empower employees to take time to recharge and support personal needs.
